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1. Mobile Inline Rotor/Stator Homogenizers For Efficient High Shear Mixing 3/26/2020

   ROSS inline high shear mixers from 1 through 250 HP accelerate mixing, emulsification and homogenization in both recirculation and continuous modes. A mobile skid allows these machines to be used anywhere in a plant, saving time and money by eliminating the need for multiple mixers separately dedicated to each vessel or product

2. Department Of Homeland Security: Chemical Industry Deemed Essential Critical Infrastructure 3/21/2020

   The American Chemistry Council (ACC) today confirmed that the U.S. Depar ent of Homeland (DHS) security has identified the U.S. chemical industry and its workers as Essential Critical Infrastructure, an industry sector critical to public health and safety, economic and national security

3. The Gazprom Neft Omsk Refinery Is Improving Efficiency In Its Production Of Diesel Fuels 3/19/2020

   Work is now complete on the modernisation of a three-million-tonne diesel hydrotreatment facility at the Gazprom Neft Omsk Refinery. Works undertaken have facilitated a 10-percent increase in the production of diesel fuels at that facility which accounts for more than one third of all diesel fuel produced at the Omsk Refinery

4. A Chemical Factory For All Cases 3/19/2020

   In the future, bottlenecks in the supply of medicines could be more easily eliminated. An automated machine for radial synthesis developed by chemists at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces will enable the flexible production of medical agents and other chemical products

5. Four-Year Zonal Isolation Contract In Malaysia 3/18/2020

   Independent global completions service company Tendeka has secured a four-year contract to supply its zonal isolation technologies across a leading operator’s Malaysian assets.

6. Clariant And Floreon Announce Collaboration To Expand High-Performance Biopolymer Applications To Additional Markets 3/18/2020

   Clariant’s Additives business and Floreon-Transforming Packaging Limited announce an exciting new collaboration to further extend the performance properties and market potential of biopolymers, whilst preserving their environmental benefits

7. LeBaronBrown Specialties LLC Acquires Dien, Inc 3/17/2020

   LeBaronBrown Specialties LLC ("LBB Specialties") announced today that it has acquired a majority interest in Dien, Inc. ("Dien"), a leading specialty chemical and ingredients distributor based in Dallas, TX

8. Metso Supplies Calcining System To Russia 3/17/2020

   Metso has signed a contract for the delivery of a calcining system to a customer in Russia. The order value of approximately EUR 30 million has been booked in Metso’s Q1 2020 orders received. Commissioning of the system is expected to take place in 2023

9. Toray Plastics (America), Inc., Opens New PEF Division Innovation Center 3/17/2020

   Toray Plastics (America), Inc., announces that it has opened the PEF Division Innovation Center at its operations in Front Royal, Virginia. The new $4M, 5,000-square-foot Innovation Center houses a state-of-the-art, custom designed pilot line, which enables Toray to explore and qualify new resin systems and technologies, develop new products quickly, and commercialize customer-specific solutions

10. Huntsman Announces The Acquisition Of CVC Thermoset Specialties, Expanding Its Specialty Chemicals Portfolio 3/16/2020

    Huntsman Corporation (NYSE: HUN) today announces its agreement to acquire CVC Thermoset Specialties, a North American specialty chemical manufacturer serving the industrial composites, adhesives and coatings markets