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BUSINESS Business Roundup ShareShare onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail C&EN, 2022, 100 (32), p 11September 12, 2022Cite this:C&EN 100, 32, 11AbstractSeatex has acquired fellow Texas contract chemical manufacturer ChemQuest Chemicals. The combined firm will serve specialty chemical customers including oil and gas, cleaning, agriculture, and water treatment firms. Ashland will double the footprint and staffing of its bioresorbable polymer plant in Mullingar, Ireland. Various slow-release medications and dissolving medical devices use the lactide-glycolide-caprolactone copolymers made at the site. Balchem , which makes food ingredients and animal feed supplements, has acquired the methylsulfonylmethane (MSM) maker Bergstrom Nutrition. MSM is a food ingredient that supports joint and skin health and that can also be used in pet foods, Balchem says. BASF has agreed to purchase pyrolysis oil from Arcus Greencycling Technology, which operates a plastics pyrolysis recycling demonstration plant in Frankfurt, Germany. BASF plans to use the oil as feedstock at its chemical complex in Ludwigshafen, Germany. Lonza has formed a pact with Touchlight that allows it to offer Touchlight’s enzymatically madeView: PDF | Full Text HTML
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