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Henkel opens new
adhesives plant in Mexico
June 28, 2022 - Henkel AG (Düsseldorf,
Germany; www.henkel.com) opened
a new plant for hot-melt adhesives in
Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The
30,000-m2 facility will mainly produce
pressure-sensitive and non-pressuresensitive
hot-melt adhesives for use
in consumer goods and packaging.
BASF to increase U.S. production
capacity for specialty amines
June 28, 2022 - BASF will increase the
production capacity for key specialty
amines manufactured at its Geismar,
La. site. After completion of the capacity
expansion by mid-2023, BASF will be
able to produce more polyetheramines
and tertiary amines, complementing
its global network of specialty-amines
production plants in Ludwigshafen,
Germany and Nanjing, China.
Mergers & Acquisitions
AkzoNobel acquires coatings
assets from Lankwitzer Lackfabrik
July 6, 2022 - AkzoNobel is bolstering
its automotive performance-coatings
portfolio by acquiring the wheel liquidcoatings
business of Lankwitzer
Lackfabrik GmbH. Completion of the
transaction is expected before the end
of 2022. Lankwitzer's Rims and Wheel
business operates a manufacturing
site in Leipzig, Germany, as well as
laboratories in Germany and Turkey.
Neste acquires European rights to
Alterra plastics-recycling process
June 27, 2022 - Neste Corp. (Espoo,
Finland; www.neste.com) purchased
the European rights to Alterra Energy's
(Akron, Ohio; www.alterraenergy.com)
proprietary thermochemical technology
for the liquefaction of hard-to-recycle
plastics into an intermediate product
that can be further refined into raw
materials for plastics and polymers.
Together with Ravago, Neste also
plans to set up a joint venture (JV) to
deploy the Alterra Energy technology
in Vlissingen, the Netherlands.
PKN Orlen receives clearance for
merger with Lotos Group
June 24, 2022 - PKN Orlen (Płock,
Poland; www.orlen.pl) has secured the
European Commission's clearance for
its intended merger with Lotos Group
(Gdansk, Poland; www.lotos.pl). The
antitrust clearance marks a leap forward
for the merger, which will create an
organization with annual revenue of
approximately PLN 250 billion (around
$53 billion). The new, expanded Orlen
Group will be based on an integrated
value chain, from upstream petroleum
exploration and production, through
refining and petrochemical production.
Air Liquide and Siemens Energy
create hydrogen electrolyzer JV
Siemens Energy (Munich, Germany;
www.siemens-energy.com) and Air
Liquide created a JV dedicated to the
production of industrial-scale PEM
electrolyzers in Europe. Production is
expected to begin in the second half
of 2023 and ramp-up to an annual
production capacity of 3 GW by
2025. Air Liquide will take 25.1% of
the JV, and Siemens Energy will hold
the remaining 74.9% stake. The new
JV will be headquartered in Berlin,
Germany. One of the JV's first projects
is the 200-MW Normand'Hy electrolyzer
project in Normandy, France. ■
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