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KPX Chemicals& Huntsman | September 28, 2021

KPX Chemical, a leading polyols producer for polyurethanes in Korea, and Huntsman Corporation , a world-leading MDI-based polyurethanes and specialty chemical manufacturer, today announced the establishment of a joint venture named KPX HUNTSMAN POLYURETHANES AUTOMOTIVE CO., LTD. The joint venture will create and provide innovative polyurethane system solutions to Korean automakers from a specialty polyurethanes manufacturing facility at KPX Chemical's Ulsan plant. Operations are expect...

U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, Airgas | July 31, 2020

The US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board issued two significant reports in late July. One praises voluntary actions of Airgas after a deadly incident at a nitrous oxide facility. The second is a factual update to the ongoing investigation of an incident at an Aghorn Operating facility in Texas in which a worker and his wife died from exposure to toxic hydrogen sulfide gas. The CSB is an independent, nonregulatory federal agency that investigates chemical accidents. In...

CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY

Johnson Matthey | July 18, 2022

Johnson Matthey a global leader in sustainable technologies, announces that it is building a £80 million gigafactory at its existing site in Royston, UK, to scale up the manufacture of hydrogen fuel cell components. Earlier this year, JM announced a refreshed strategy, with an ambition to be the "market leader in performance components for fuel cells and electrolysers," targeting more than £200 million sales in Hydrogen Technologies by end of 2024/25. The gig...

RAW MATERIALS

Chemtrade | September 30, 2021

Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Potassium Chloride (KCl) and Vaccine Adjuvants businesses to Vertellus, a manufacturer of specialty products for various consumer goods, food and agriculture, healthcare and industrial markets, for approximately US$155 million. The transaction is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2021 and is subject to customary closing conditions. Vertellus, a Pritzker Private ...