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Unión de Industrias C.A., S.A. (Unica) from private-equity firm
Espiga Capital. Unica operates an advanced compounding
facility in Corella, Spain, which serves customers in the
automotive, construction and agriculture sectors.
Linde sells refrigerants business
in Austria to TEGA
April 7, 2021 - TEGA GmbH (Würzburg, Germany; www.
tega.de) has acquired Linde plc's (Guildford, U.K.; www.linde.
com) Austrian refrigerant business. TEGA's local subsidiary,
TEGA Austria GmbH, is based in Enns (near Linz), and
includes a sales office and local warehouse.
Accenture and Sumitomo Chemical
form digitalization JV
April 1, 2021 - Accenture plc (Dublin, Ireland; www.
accenture.com) and Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo,
Japan; www.sumitomo-chem.co.jp) have established a
joint venture (JV) called Sumika DX Accent. The JV will
leverage the power of artificial intelligence (AI), data analytics
and other technologies to transform operations and create
new businesses at Sumitomo Chemical Group. It is 80%
owned by Sumitomo Chemical and 20% by Accenture.
DSM acquires bio-based
intermediates assets from Amyris
March 31, 2021 - Royal DSM N.V. (Herleen, the Netherlands;
www.dsm.com) has reached an agreement to acquire the flavor
and fragrance bio-based intermediates business of Amyris, Inc.
(Emeryville, Calif.; www.amyris.com), which extends DSM's
offerings in aroma ingredients with bio-based ingredients for
the flavor, fragrance and cosmetics industries. DSM will acquire
the business for around $150 million. In recent years, DSM
also acquired Amyris' farnesene business and technologies,
as well as biotechnology manufacturing facilities in Brazil.
Petrobras approves sale
of RLAM petroleum refinery
March 29, 2021 - Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras; Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil; www.petrobras.com.br) has approved
the sale of its Landulpho Alves Refinery (RLAM) and its
associated logistics assets, located in São Francisco do
Conde, Bahia, Brazil, to Mubadala Capital for $1.65 billion.
RLAM is the first of eight Petrobras petroleum refineries that
are being divested to have its sale completed.
Eni to acquire Italian biogas
producer FRI-EL Biogas Holding
March 23, 2021 - Eni S.p.A.'s (Rome, Italy; www.eni.com)
subsidiary Ecofuel and FRI-EL Greenpower have reached
an agreement for Eni to acquire FRI-EL Biogas Holding
Co., a biogas producer based in Rome. FRI-EL Biogas
Holding owns 21 plants generating electricity from biogas,
as well as a plant for processing the organic fraction of
municipal solid waste, which Eni intends to convert to produce
biomethane. When fully operational, this plant will supply over
50 million m3/yr of biomethane.
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