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Innospec acquires Chemsil Silicones and ChemTec, deepens personal care profile

Innospec Inc. (Littleton, Colo.; www.innospecinc.com) has announced that it has acquired Chemsil Silicones Inc. and the Chemtec Chemical Co., from its private owners. Chemsil develops and markets silicone-based formulations to the personal care industry. Chemtec, which distributes a wide range…

Russia’s GSE-Giprokauchuk signs major new contract with Aveva for software integration

Aveva Solutions Ltd. (Cambridge, U.K.; www.aveva.com) has announced that it has been awarded a significant new contract by  LLC GSE-Giprokauchuk, Russia ’s leader in design and research for the chemical, petrochemical and synthetic rubber industries. The contract is for the…

Synalloy acquires CRI, expands specialty chemicals segment

Synalloy Corporation (Spartanburg, S.C.; www.synalloy.com), a company that engages in a number of diverse business activities including the production of stainless steel pipe, fiberglass and steel storage tanks, specialty chemicals and fabrication of stainless and carbon piping systems, announces the…

Gevo to produce biobased para-xylene at newly opened biorefinery complex

Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.; www.gevo.com) held a ribbon cutting ceremony for its demonstration-scale para-xylene plant in Silsbee, Texas. The para-xylene facility is located adjacent to Gevo's existing jet fuel plant in Silsbee, and establishes the site as a biorefinery that…

Technip to provide FEED for LNG liquefaction project in Louisiana

Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded the front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for Trunkline LNG Export, LLC’s potential expansion of the existing liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal located in Lake Charles, Louisiana.The potential expansion project includes a LNG…

Evonik Acrylics Africa begins production at extrusion plant in Johannesburg

Evonik Industries AG’s (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) joint venture with Ampaglas Plastics Group, Evonik Acrylics Africa (EAA), has begun production at a new extrusion plant in South Africa. Located in Johannesburg, the plant will produce extruded Plexiglas sheets. With an initial…

Evonik announces expansion of oil additives in Singapore

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has announced a significant expansion of its Jurong Island, Singapore oil additives plant, to be completed in early 2015. With ongoing improvement and debottlenecking projects scheduled to be finalized during the first half of…

IMCD Group acquires Singapore’s Paceco Industrial Supplies

IMCD Group B.V. (Rotterdam, The Netherlands; www.imcdgroup.com) announces it has acquired Singapore-based Paceco Industrial Supplies Pte. Ltd., a distributor for engineering and specialty plastics. Established in 1985, the company is active in Singapore, China and Malaysia and currently employs 28…

Honeywell to supply control systems for refinery expansion in Russia

Honeywell (Morristown, N.J.; www.honeywell.com) has announced that Antipinsky Refinery CJSC will use Honeywell's Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS) to control plant processes and general refinery facilities as part of the third stage of construction of the Antipinsky Refinery in Tyumen,…

Atlas Copco to acquire Edwards Group

Atlas Copco AB (Stockholm, Sweden; www.atlascopco.com) and Edwards Group Ltd. have entered into an agreement where Atlas Copco will acquire Edwards, a global supplier of vacuum and abatement solutions, for an amount of up to $1.6 billion. Edwards is a…