Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) has been awarded several contracts for the expansion of the existing residue conversion facilities at S-Oil’s (www.s-oil.com) Onsan refinery in South Korea. The Residue Upgrading Complex Project (RUCP) is aimed at reducing fuel oil production…
ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Dortmund, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com), the plant engineering and construction specialist of the ThyssenKrupp Group, has received a contract from Apatit, a subsidiary of the leading Russian fertilizer producer PhosAgro, to supply a complete in-pit crushing and…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has for the first time acquired shares in a young technology company in Germany via its venture capital arm. The Group invested in JeNaCell GmbH and now holds a minority share in the…
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) has agreed to enter into two new partnerships with Bernhard Capital Partners (BCP). The first agreement will establish a new, equally owned and managed company, Brown & Root Industrial Services. KBR's Industrial Services Americas, part of…
Porvair Filtration Group Ltd. (Fareham, U.K.; www.porvairfiltration.com) has doubled the size of its manufacturing and office space in Caribou and improved its existing building to provide a showcase facility. The expansion will increase manufacturing capacity and add new capabilities…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) is selling its 25% share in the joint venture (JV) SolVin to Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com). The transaction will take place on July 1, 2015. Financial details were not disclosed. In addition, BASF…
Harry Van den Akker — Professor of Transport Phenomena at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft; the Netherlands), and the Bernal Professor of Fluid Mechanics at the University of Limerick, Ireland — has been named as the recipient of…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has strengthened its leading position in C4-based products and has successfully, and on time, put into operation new production plants in Antwerp, Belgium. Also in the Marl Chemical Park (Germany), the C4 capacities…
Novasep (Pompey, France; www.novaseo.com) says it will build a fully integrated Antibody Drug Conjugate (ADC) facility at its Le Mans site in France. The new facility will enable Novasep to complement its current ADC offering with full bio-conjugation services…
Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; www.petronas.com), Malaysia’s national oil-and-gas company, has selected Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) as a technology provider for Petronas’ Refinery and Petrochemicals Integrated Development (RAPID) project located in Pengerang, Johor, Malaysia. RAPID is part…