BUSINESS Business Roundup ShareShare onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail C&EN, 2021, 99 (6), p 19February 22, 2021Cite this:C&EN 99, 6, 19AbstractElkem has acquired a new organofunctional silicones facility near Lyon, France, for more than $10 million. The metals and materials firm expects to start up the plant, bought from an undisclosed seller, by year’s end. Clariant has made “a significant contribution” to Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, in exchange for 10 years of research into catalysis and sustainable chemistry. The goal is to better understand the effect of catalysts’ properties on performance. EnginZyme , a Swedish start-up developing catalysts based on enzymes fixed to packed-bed reactors, has increased its first round of funding to $13.2 million, from $7.0 million raised in April. Investors include Industrifonden, SEB Greentech VC, and Sofinnova Partners. Syngenta and Insilico Medicine, an artificial intelligence software company, are collaborating to accelerate the development of crop protection molecules. The project will work with AI and deep-learning techniques that Insilico has employed in pharmaceutical research. Snapdragon ChemistryView: PDF | Full Text HTML