Endress+Hauser AG (Reinach, Switzerland; www.endress.com) has expanded its center of competence for advanced analysis in Lyon, France. The Group invested €2 million in a new production facility and office space to meet the growing demand in the area of advanced…
IPCO Germany GmbH (former Sandvik Process Systems; Fellbach, Germany; www.ipco.com) has acquired Extruwork S.r.L. (Gerenzano VA, Italy), a manufacturer of extruder lines for powder paint. Core capabilities are within design, production, service and spare parts supply. Extruwork has high technical…
Asahi Kasei (Tokyo, Japan; www.asahi-kasei.co.jp) has decided to expand its plant for Lamous artificial suede in Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, by four million m2/yr, increasing the total production capacity to 14 million m2/yr upon completion in 2021. Dyed by Italian…
After four years of teamwork for project development and execution, the new PolyFuel unit at Petrobrazi petroleum refinery in Brazii de Sus, Romania, was started up and is fully functional since April 2019. Based on the PolyFuel technology licensed by…
SNC-Lavalin (Montreal, Canada; www.snclavalin.com) has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract from NEXA Resources for the Aripuanã polymetallic project in the state of Mato Grosso, in the Central-West of Brazil. SNC-Lavalin will deliver EPCM services for…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has increased its global production capacity for the higher carboxylic acids (HCA) isononanoic acid (INA) and 2-ethylhexanoic acid (2-EHA) from 55,000 metric tons (m.t.) to 68,000 m.t./yr. With world-scale and highly flexible production facilities at…
Global EPC and turnkey management company Nuberg EPC (New Delhi, India; www.nubergepc.com) has been selected by SCE Chemicals, Morocco as the EPC lump sum contractor to establish a new chlor-alkali plant. The plant will produce caustic soda, hydrochloric acid and…
Since the acquisition of Microdyn-Nadir in 2015, Mann+Hummel (Ludwigsburg, Germany; www.mann-hummel.com) has been active in the membrane industry with a focus on water, wastewater and process filtration. With the acquisition of a stake in Seccua Holding AG (www.seccua.com), the company…
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a contract by Qingdao Haiwan Chemical Co., Ltd. (Haiwan Chemical) to license KBR's leading phenol and acetone technology for a new phenol and acetone plant in Qingdao City, Shandong Province, China. Under the…
Today, a grand event marked the official opening of the world’s only natural gas-to-gasoline plant close to Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan. His Excellency President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and a large number of dignitaries attended the event. Start-up of the plant…