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CB&I lands gasification-technology contract in China
CB&I (The Woodlands, Rex.; www.cbi.com) has been awarded a contract by Shandong Sincier Petrochemical Co. for the license and engineering design of a gasification unit to be built near Dongying, Shandong Province, China. The unit will utilize CB&I's proprietary E-GasPlus…
Clariant invests in personal- and home-care segments in Asia
Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) will build a new production facility at its Tangerang site in Indonesia to support regional demands in the personal and home care industry. The overall investment of approx. CHF17 million in combined esterquat and methylquat…
CB&I announces technology award in the Kingdom of Bahrain
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) today announced Chevron Lummus Global, a joint venture between CB&I and Chevron, has been awarded a contract in excess of $100 million by Bahrain Petroleum Co. (Bapco). The scope of work includes the license of…
Evonik boosts capacity for special silicas at its Rheinfelden site
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has officially opened a new production line to manufacture surface-treated fumed silica under the Aerosil brand name. The new line will be located at Evonik’s Rheinfelden, Germany site, which will boost their global production…
M+W Group receives contract for Merck’s new pharmaceutical facility in China
M+W Group (Stuttgart, Germany; www.mwgroup.net), one of the world’s leading high-tech engineering and construction companies, has been awarded a major order from Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany; www.merckgroup.com) for its new pharmaceutical facility in China. The site, with around 40,000 m2,…
BASF inaugurates chemical complex in India
BASF India Ltd. today inaugurated its large-scale chemical production complex at Dahej in Gujarat, India. With a project cost of INR 1,000 crore (approximately €150 million), the site represents BASF’s single largest investment in India. The site was jointly inaugurated…
New Borealis JV delivers safe and reliable energy supplies in Porvoo
Borealis AG (Vienna, Austria; www.borealisgroup.com) plans to partner with Neste Oil and Veolia in a joint venture (JV) to modernize and operate the power plant in the Kilpilahti petrochemical cluster in Porvoo, Finland. Designed to meet demanding European emissions requirements,…
Parker opens Parflex Polymer Innovation Center
Parker Hannifin Corp. (Cleveland, Ohio; www.parker.com), a global leader in motion and control technologies, today announced the formal opening of its world-class Polymer Innovation Center at the Parflex Division in Ravenna, Ohio. The Parflex Division designs and manufactures thermoplastic and…
Rethinking Intellectual Property Policies
A philosophical shift in the way universities treat intellectual property (IP) resulting from industry-sponsored research could mean substantial benefits to companies in the chemical process industries (CPI). Specifically, large research universities in the U.S. are adopting, developing or considering policies…
A step forward for a new titanium leaching process
Reed Resources Ltd. (Perth, Western Australia; www.reedresources.com) has advanced its Barrambie Titanium Project — about 600 km northeast of Perth, Western Australia — with the construction (now in its final stages) of a mini-pilot plant in Canada to demonstrate a…