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PR Newswire | March 02, 2020

Junction Capital Partners ("JCP") today announced the completion of the acquisition of Wilkinson Chemical, LLC and affiliated entities ("Wilkinson" or the "Company"). The Company will now operate under the name of Wilkinson Solutions. Wilkinson, based in Mayville, Michigan, was founded in 1948 and has been engaged in the production and sale of calcium chloride solution since inception. The Company currently produces 150,000 tons of calcium chloride solut...

CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY

Huue | August 19, 2021

Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc., which is building the leading horizontal platform for cell programming, today announced a new cell program in partnership with Huue, a biotech startup that's pioneering sustainable bio-based dyes for the fashion industry and beyond. Ginkgo, which recently announced a business combination with Soaring Eagle Acquisition Corp., serves customers across industries seeking to develop new and better products using biology. Huue will leverage Ginkgo's platform to optimize ...

CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY

BASF | October 28, 2021

BASF and Entegris have signed an agreement on the sale of the Precision Microchemicals business to Entegris for $90 million. The transaction includes technologies, intellectual property and trademarks and is expected to be completed by the end of 2021. The Precision Microchemicals business is part of the Surface Treatment business unit of BASF’s Coatings division, operating under the Chemetall brand. It develops, m...

Hydrocarbon Engineering | January 13, 2020

Shell has recently announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with CNOOC Oil & Petrochemicals Co. Ltd to explore its first commercial-scale polycarbonate (PC) production unit, which would be located at the CNOOC and Shell Petrochemical Co. (CSPC) joint-venture chemicals complex in Huizhou, China. As an interim step, Shell has started constructing a PC development unit at its Jurong Island chemicals plant in Singapore. An expanded and differentiated product range is a key part of S...