ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com) is strengthening its plant technology capabilities in France by merging the formerly separate entities Polysius and KH Mineral to become ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions (France). The step comes into effect as of…
ABB (Zurich, Switzerland; www.abb.com) will supply integrated process electrification, automation and optimization systems for Fibria’s new pulp mill in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Civil works on the ‘Horizonte 2’ project will begin at the end of 2015, with…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has started the planning stage for the construction of an additional world-scale plant complex in Singapore. The facility, which will produce the amino acid DL-methionine for animal nutrition, will have an annual production…
ABB (Zurich, Switzerland; www.abb.com) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with leading pharmaceutical MES supplier, Werum IT Solutions GmbH (Lüneburg, Germany; www.werum.com), to collaborate on control system solutions for life science industries. These solutions will enable customers to…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has acquired Tecnogas, a local producer and distributor of carbon dioxide and industrial gases in Peru. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Tecnogas has been serving customers in Peru for more than…
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) has been awarded a contract by Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc. to provide its proprietary ethylene technology and front-end engineering and design (FEED) services for a proposed new ethane cracker located in Port…
Today, the Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU; www.bbi-europe.eu) launched a €6-million project entitled CarboSurf with the aim to develop new processes and solve bottlenecks in the fermentative production of biobased biosurfactants and specialty carbohydrates. The new three-year project…
Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany; www.lanxess.com) and Saudi Aramco (www.saudiaramco.com) plan to establish a joint venture (JV) for synthetic rubber detailed in an agreement signed today. Lanxess and Saudi Aramco subsidiary, Aramco Overseas Co., will each hold a 50% interest…
ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com), the engineering and construction specialist within the ThyssenKrupp Group, has won a contract from the Southern Peru Copper Corp. to supply a primary crushing and overland conveying system. The new system will…
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. (B&W; Charlotte, N.C.; www.babcock.com) says that a joint venture (JV) including its Denmark-based subsidiary, Babcock & Wilcox Vølund A/S, has been awarded a contract to design and build the Teesside Renewable Energy Plant near…