Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials, an affiliate company of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings and a producer of high-performance thermoplastic material, says it has acquired Advanced Polymer Technologies. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.
APT offers “advanced engineering plastic solutions through polymer conversion technologies in North America and Asia to the semiconductor, aerospace/defense, energy and medical industries,” it says. The acquisition will add one manufacturing facility to MCAM’s seven existing facilities in the US, it adds.
By Kartik Kohli
Source: Chemical Week
France has launched an offshore green hydrogen production platform at the country’s Port of Saint-Nazaire this week, along with its first offshore wind farm. The hydrogen plant, which its operators say is the world’s first facility of its type, coincides with the launch of another “first of its kind” facility in Sweden dedicated to storing hydrogen in an underground lined rock cavern (LRC).
The project sets up the Hydrogen Valley in Rome, the first industrial-scale technological hub for the development of the national supply chain for the production, transport, storage and use of hydrogen for the decarbonization of industrial processes and for sustainable mobility.
At first glance, hydrogen seems to be the perfect solution to our energy needs. It doesn’t produce any carbon dioxide when used. It can store energy for long periods of time. It doesn’t leave behind hazardous waste materials, like nuclear does. And it doesn’t require large swathes of land to be flooded, like hydroelectricity. Seems too good to be true. So…what’s the catch?
