Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management contract by Shell for the first phase of its “Connect” project in Germany. By connecting two existing refineries in Godorf and Wesseling Shell will create the largest…
KBR (Houston, Tex.; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a contract by Verkhnechonskneftegas (VCNG) to provide front-end engineering and design (FEED) services for the VC FFD Project located in the Eastern Siberia region of Russia. KBR will provide FEED services for a…
Oxea GmbH (Oberhausen, Germany; www.oxea-chemicals.com) has completed the acquisition of assets of the Amsterdam Esters Plant in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, from ExxonMobil Chemical Holland B.V. The acquisition will significantly strengthen Oxea’s position in specialty chemicals and provide both an extension…
Dow plans to shut down its ethylene oxide and glycol plant in the U.K... July 08, 2009 — The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.) has announced its intention to close its ethylene oxide and glycol (EOEG) production facility at Wilton,…
Royal DSM N.V. (Heerlen, Netherlands; www.dsm.com) and Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Rome, Italy; www.mairetecnimont.it) announce today that they have reached an agreement for the sale of DSM’s urea-licensing subsidiary Stamicarbon B.V. to Maire Tecnimont for a total consideration of 38-million euros…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and IMEC (Leuven, Belgium; www2.imec.be), Europe's leading independent nanoelectronics research center, have announced today that they are extending their joint development program. The process chemicals which the two partners plan to develop as part of…
The Process Technology Segment of GEA Group AG (Bochum, Germany; www.geagroup.com) has received an order for about 9-million euros from Nestlé to build the liquid processing part of a Growing-Up Milk plant in Chile. The new plant will be located…
Agilent Technologies, Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.; www.agilent.com) and Varian, Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.; www.varianinc.com) have signed a definitive agreement for the acquisition by Agilent of Varian, a leading worldwide supplier of scientific instrumentation and associated consumables for life science and…
The specialty chemicals Group Altana AG (Wesel, Germany; www.altana.com) has entered into an agreement to acquire the business of the North American company Water Ink Technologies, Inc. The company produces primarily water-based and UV inks, coatings and varnishes for narrow…
Lewa GmbH (Leonberg, Germany; www.lewa.de) has been acquired by the Japanese company Nikkiso Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.nikkiso.co.jp/english), and both companies are excited about their shared synergies in product technology and global market presence. The acquisition contract is still pending…