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BUSINESS Business Roundup ShareShare onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail C&EN, 2018, 96 (21), p 15May 21, 2018Cite this:C&EN 96, 21, 15AbstractIndorama Ventures has agreed to acquire Avgol Industries, an Israeli maker of nonwoven materials for diapers, feminine hygiene products, and adult incontinence products. The deal values Avgol at more than $300 million. Inovyn has shut down its mercury cell chlor-alkali plant in Stenungsund, Sweden, in line with European regulations banning such technology. The firm is converting the site to membrane technology, which doesn’t use mercury. Tronox will acquire a titanium slag smelter in Jizan, Saudi Arabia, from a joint venture between Saudi Arabian chemical maker Tasnee and its titanium dioxide arm Cristal. The transaction for the facility, which makes feedstock for TiO2 pigment, will help advance Tronox’s merger with Cristal. DSM is expanding capacity for Dyneema UD, a unidirectional laminate based on ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene and used in antiballistic vests. The company will carry out the 20% boost at its plants in Heerlen, the Netherlands, and Greenville, N.C. It will alsoView: PDF | Full Text HTML
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