Lanxess, a US-based specialty chemicals company, has signed an agreement to sell its chrome chemicals business Lanxess CISA to Chinese leather chemicals producer Brother Enterprises for €83.05 million ($93.06 million). The chrome chemicals business, which belongs to the Lanxess Leather business unit, generates annual sales of around €100 million. Brother Enterprises will acquire Lanxess’s two […]
McDermott International has received a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract from PetroLogistics ll LLC for a propane dehydrogenation plant (PDH plant) in the US Gulf Coast. The contract, valued between $1 million and $50 million, will include the development of a propane dehydrogenation plant. The plant with a design basis of 500,000-tonne per year is […]
DizziBrands, which makes alcohol infused ice creams, has officially opened Taste Kitchen in Dallas, Texas – its first adults-only retail store, marking the beginning of the expansion plans for the company. Located at Alpha Road, Taste Kitchen will sell alcohol-infused desserts, including DizziCreams, DizziPops, DizziCakes, and DizziShots, which can be enjoyed at the outlet or […]
Dineout acquisition of Binge Digital : Dineout, an Indian restaurant technology solutions company owned by Times Internet, has acquired Delhi-based food technology platform Binge Digital. Dineout acquisition price for Binge Digital has not been disclosed. Dineout acquires Binge Digital The acquisition, which is said to support Dineout’s new digital menu product – Dine-In, marks the […]
US chemical manufacturing company Huntsman has agreed to divest its chemical intermediates businesses, which includes PO/MTBE, and its surfactants businesses to Thai petrochemicals producer Indorama Ventures for $2.076 billion. The deal is expected to help Huntsman to focus on its growing polyurethanes operations while enabling Indorama Ventures to increase its US footprint. As part of […]
Plumas District Hospital (PDH) in Quincy, California, will move to Cerner Millennium, an electronic health record solution (EHR solution), to provide better services to denizens of Plumas County and surrounding areas of northeastern California. Slated to go live by the end of 2019, the electronic health record system offers clinicians, doctors, and patients digital access […]
Kyowa Chemical Industry, a Japanese chemical products manufacturer and seller for industry and healthcare, has deployed Infor M3 Cloud, an ERP software developed by Infor, to improve business data visibility and business efficiency as part of its overseas expansion. Infor M3 Cloud integrates all international sales, purchasing and inventory management functionalities with a single system […]
German pharma company Bayer and specialty chemicals company Lanxess have signed corresponding agreements with Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) to sell their stakes in Currenta, a chemical park operator, for an enterprise value of €3.5 billion. Currenta, a joint venture of Bayer and Lanxess, manages and operates infrastructure, energy supply and other essential services […]
Fluor Corporation has received a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract from INEOS for the latter’s new vinyl acetate monomer plant at the Saltend Chemicals Park in Hull, UK, as per the latest chemical industry news. The new vinyl acetate monomer plant will be designed to manufacture 300,000 metric tons per annum of the organic […]
Durabook Z14I Fully Rugged Laptop : Durabook Americas has introduced a new fully rugged laptop with a starting price of $3,599, that can handle data-intensive tasks at speed in the harshest of environments. Z14I features a range of built-in customization possibilities, proprietary DynaVue technology, 14-inch Full HD sunlight-readable multi-touch display, and hot-swappable battery technology for […]