Harvest Chemical Solutions

Whatech | April 23, 2020

As per the recent interim updates by the American Chemistry Council (ACC), there is significant uncertainty in the projections of the U.S. chemical industry as it analyzes the potential impacts of Covid-19 which has caused indefinite halt in the country’s manufacturing activities and muted trading. ACC projects the world trade to plummet by 10.5% this year as the pandemic brings a “perfect storm” to the global economy with U.S. experiencing the hardest blow as it reports ...

CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT

Odyssey Investment Partners, LLC | March 17, 2022

Odyssey Investment Partners, LLC a middle-market private equity firm, announced that its Fund has acquired Pexco LLC, a leading North American engineered plastic component supplier, from AEA Investors. Another Odyssey Fund previously owned Pexco from 2012 to 2017. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Based in Atlanta with manufacturing plants in the United States and Mexico, Pexco provides extrusion, design and fabrication of specialty plastic products for a wide...

CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY

Johnson Matthey | June 22, 2022

Johnson Matthey a global leader in syngas production technologies, launches CLEANPACETM, a suite of ready-now technologies to retrofit existing grey hydrogen and methanol assets and reduce carbon emissions by up to 95%. Working together, JM is integrating its established Advanced ReformingTM technologies with leading pre-combustion CO2 capture providers, to deliver cost effective decarbonisation solutions. CLEANPACE will allow producers across the syngas value chain to retrofit existing assets r...

CGTN | January 17, 2020

In a landmark move in the future China-U.S. relations, the phase one economic and trade deal was signed on January 15 in Washington. Chinese Vice Premier Liu He and U.S. President Donald Trump officially sealed the deal in the East Room of the White House. This comes as a good news for the muted chemical industry across the U.S. and China, which found itself caught in the crossfire between the world's two largest economies. Even though the spotlight has been seldom onto the trade war impact ...