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Kobe Steel to set up compressor companies in Europe and the Middle East
Kobe Steel, Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.kobelco.com) says it will establish two 100% owned companies in July, one in Europe and the other in the Middle East, to expand the global marketing and servicing of its compressors. Kobelco Machinery Europe GmbH…
Technip awarded two contracts for a petrochemical complex in Russia
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded by ZapSibNeftekhim LLC (an affiliate of JSC Sibur Holding) two front-end engineering and design contracts for plants located in Tobolsk, in the Tyumen Region of Russia. The first contract concerns a linear low/high density…
Linde wins contract for ethylene plant in Russia
The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) has received an engineering contract for the licensing and front end engineering design (FEED) of one of the world’s largest ethylene plants in Tobolsk, Western Siberia. The contract was awarded by Russia’s largest petrochemical…
Pompetravaini to acquire 80% of NSB Gas Processing
Pompetravaini S.p.A. (Castano, Italy; www.pompetravaini.it) has entered into a share purchase agreement with the holders of 80% of the outstanding shares of NSB Gas Processing AG (NSB; Basel, Switzerland; www.nsbgas.com), a market leading European manufacturer of API liquid ring compressors…
Celanese plans methanol plant for Houston area
Celanese Corp. Dallas, Tex.; www.celanese.com) plans to construct and operate a methanol production facility at its Clear Lake, Texas acetyl complex. As one of the world’s largest producers of acetyl products, the company plans to utilize its existing infrastructure to…
Topsøe signs agreement to purchase land in China for a new catalyst plant
On June 15, 2012 Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby. Denmark; www.topsoe.com) has signed the agreement with TEDA to purchase land for a new catalyst plant in the Tianjin city of China. Topsøe has been present in China for more than 50…
Dow and DPT license new LP Oxo Technology to Yan’an Energy in China
Davy Process Technology Ltd. (DPT; London; www.davyprotech.com), a Johnson Matthey company, and The Dow Chemical Company’s (Dow; Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) Oxygenated Solvents business announced that Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Yan’an Energy and Chemical Co., (Yan’an Energy), a project entity invested in…
Lotte Chemical UK orders MTR plant from Uhde Inventa-Fischer
PTA (pure terephthalic acid) and PET (polyethylene terephthalate) producer Lotte Chemical UK Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of KP Chemical Corp. (Korea) and part of the Lotte group of companies, has commissioned Uhde Inventa-Fischer AG (Berlin, Germany and Domat/Ems, Switzerland;…
Solvay to build bio-based epichlorohydrin plant in China
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) announced today its Thai affiliate Vinythai will serve the vast and growing Chinese epichlorohydrin market with a new production plant in Taixing, China. The plant with an initial capacity of 100,000 ton/yr epichlorohydrin requires an…
Manufacturing bee silk with bacteria
A partnership between Australian research agency CSIRO (Melbourne, Australia; www.csiro.au) and Lonza Group Ltd. (Basel, Switzerland; www.lonza.com), aims to market new insect silk products globally. Potential applications of insect silk include composite fibers for the aviation and marine industries, and…