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Aveva and EMC to deliver integrated solution for capital projects and asset operations

Aveva (Cambridge, U.K.; www.aveva.com) says it has collaborated with EMC Corp.’s Enterprise Content Division to deliver an integrated software solution for the management and control of engineering data and associated documents. Designed for the specific needs of owner operators (OOs)…

Jacobs awarded contract from Bristol-Myers Squibb

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has received a contract from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. to provide architectural and engineering services for a new large-scale biologics manufacturing facility in Cruiserath, County Dublin, Ireland. The facility is being designed to produce…

Solvay to build specialty polymers PEEK-production unit in U.S.

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) is building a new specialty polymers resin unit in the U.S., significantly expanding its production capacity of PEEK (polyether etherketone) and solidifying itself as a leader in the industry with a unique site presence in…

KBR and Showa Denko sign acetyls licensing agreement

KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) has signed an agreement with Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; Tokyo, Japan; www.sdk.co.jp) to license acetyls technologies globally. The demand for acetic acid products derived including plastic bottles (polyethylene terephthalate; PET), paints, adhesives, coatings, textiles and safety…

Yara and BASF to build ammonia plant in Freeport

Yara International (Oslo, Norway; www.yara.com) and BASF Group have agreed to build a world scale ammonia plant at BASF’s site in Freeport, Tex. The plant will use hydrogen as raw material, reducing capital expenditures (capex), maintenance and carbon dioxide emissions…

BASF and Petronas to build 2-EH acid production plant in Malaysia

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Petronas Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG; Kuantuan, Malaysia; www.petronaschemicals.com) will build a new world-scale production plant for 2-ethylhexanoic acid (2-EH acid) at the site of their existing joint venture, BASF Petronas Chemicals, in Kuantan, Malaysia…

MHPS receives order for rehabilitation work at geothermal power plant in the Philippines

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS; Yokohama, Japan; www.mhps.com) has received an order from Green Core Geothermal, Inc. (GCGI), a group company of Energy Development Corporation (EDC) of the Philippines, the world leader in geothermal power generation capacity, for rehabilitation…

Romaco acquires Innojet Herbert Hüttlin

With its strategic acquisition of Innojet Herbert Hüttlin, the Romaco Group (Karlsruhe, Germany; www.romaco.com) will be able to provide engineering solutions for the entire chain for manufacturing and packing pharmaceutical solids. The transaction was officially closed on February 12, 2015.…

BASF increases production capacity of vitamin A

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) increases its production capacities for vitamin A by 25%. The company has expanded an existing plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany, which is part of BASF’s Citral Verbund. With this capacity extension, BASF reacted to the rising…

JGC wins EPCC contract for LNG-complex expansion project in Malaysia

JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.jgc.co.jp) announced today that, as a part of a consortium with JGC Group company, JGC Malaysia, it has been awarded a contract by Petronas LNG 9 Sdn. Bhd. (PL9SB), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Petronas. Petronas is…