Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS; Yokohama, Japan; www.mhps.com) has received an order for two sets of its natural gas-fired H-25 gas turbine and generator to be installed at a fertilizer production plant, which Turkmenhimiya, a state-owned chemical company…
On 15 September 2015, the Hungarian subsidiary of Messer Group (Bad Soden, Germany; www.messergroup.com) signed a purchase contract with Air Liquide Eastern Europe S.A. to buy 100% of the shares in Air Liquide Hungary Ipari Gáztermelő Kft. Messer Hungarogáz…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has signed an agreement to acquire Yara International ASA’s (Yara) European CO2 business. The proposed transaction also includes Praxair’s acquisition of Yara’s remaining 34% stake in the Yara Praxair Holding AS industrial gas joint…
Pepperl+Fuchs GmbH (Mannheim, Germany; www.pepperl-fuchs.com) has acquired MACTek Corp. (Twinsburg, Ohio; www.mactekcorp.com), a leading provider of HART protocol devices. The move is part of Pepperl+Fuch´s strategy to further extend its integrated solutions offerings and strengthen its position in the…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has taken another step in enhancing its helium supply portfolio by signing a long-term agreement for the purchase of helium from Nacogdoches Oil & Gas (NOG). NOG operates a helium-bearing gas field in Apache…
Air Products’ (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) Prism Membranes division in St. Louis, Missouri, has received Pressure Equipment Directive (PED) certification from DNV GL Business Assurance Italia S.r.l. for its newest line of biogas membrane separators. “This certification confirms that…
On September 3, 2015, Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) signed a definitive agreement for acquisition of PeroxyChem Netherlands B.V. (Delfzijl) from PeroxyChem Holdings, L.P. Subject to pending approval by the cartel authorities responsible, the business with its site…
Siemens AG (Munich, Germany; www.siemens.com) and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK; Brentford, U.K.; www.gsk.com) have entered a global strategic partnership. Siemens will become a strategic partner of GSK in manufacturing automation and thus the preferred automation supplier for GSK production and R&D…
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. (MGC), Mitsubishi Corp. (MC) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) have reached a final investment decision (FID) for the construction of a methanol and dimethyl ether (DME) plant to be constructed in Trinidad and…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) says that PTT Global Chemical Public Co. (PTTGC) has selected a Fluor-led team to perform front-end engineering and design work for its proposed petrochemical complex in Belmont County, Ohio. The team includes Fluor, Technip…