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GEA supplies two plants for waste-heat utilization to India and Italy

GEA (Düsseldorf, Germany; www.gea.com) supplies Saint-Gobain with two Waste Heat Recovery Systems (WHRS) each for the utilization of waste heat from the float-glass production lines in Pisa, Italy and Sriperumbudur, India. Commissioning is planned for the first half of 2019.…

Total sells its polystyrene business in China to Ineos Styrolution

Total S.A. (Paris, France; www.total.com) has accepted an offer from Ineos Styrolution Group GmbH (Frankfurt am Main, Germany; www.ineos-styrolution.com), the leading global styrenics supplier, to acquire its polystyrene business in China. The transaction includes in particular two facilities with a…

GEA delivers centrifuges for BP gas plant in Egypt

GEA Group AG (Düsseldorf, Germany; www.gea.com) has delivered two centrifuges for monoethylene glycol (MEG) purification at BP’s West Nile Delta offshore natural gas field in Egypt. The project represents an important new customer for GEA in its expanding MEG-treatment business.…

TechnipFMC wins a large contract for Vietnam’s largest olefins plant

TechnipFMC (Paris, France; www.technipfmc.com) has been awarded by Long Son Petrochemicals Co., Ltd. (LSP), a large contract for the licensing, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and start-up of Vietnam’s first olefins plant on Long Son Island, Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, Vietnam.…

Anglo American Platinum chooses WSA for cost-efficient environmental compliance

Anglo American Platinum has signed a contract for Haldor Topsoe A/S’s (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) Wet gas Sulfuric Acid (WSA) sulfur emissions control technology for its platinum smelter facility in Polokwane, South Africa. The WSA technology ensures compliance with environmental regulations…

Siemens and Bentley Systems strengthen their strategic alliance and joint investment initiatives

In the companies’ latest Alliance Board meeting, Bentley Systems, Inc. (Exton, Pa.; www.bentley.com) and Siemens AG (Munich, Germany; www.siemens.com) decided to further strengthen their strategic alliance. The two companies have decided to extend their existing agreement, to further develop their…

Enexio and Xinfa establish JV for packing material production in China

With the formal signing of a joint venture agreement in July 2018, the German specialist in water and exhaust air treatment, Enexio Water Technologies Herne, Germany; www.enexio.com) and China's largest aluminium processor, Xinfa (Shandong, China; www.xinfagroup.com.cn) laid the foundations for…

Evonik and Wynca agree to form JV to produce fumed silica in China

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) and the Chinese company Wynca have agreed to form a joint venture (JV). The new company, in which Evonik will hold 60%, will produce fumed silica marketed under the name Aerosil. The product is…

Metso is relocating its waste recycling business in Denmark

Metso Corp. (Helsinki, Finland; www.metso.com) has decided to relocate its' waste recycling business to new built factory and office facility in Denmark. Part of the relocating costs will be funded by selling the current property and estate in Horsens, Denmark.…

SunPine awards EPCM contract to Pöyry for biorefinery expansion in Sweden

SunPine AB (www.sunpine.se) has awarded Pöyry Sweden AB (www.poyry.com) with the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services assignment for SunPine biorefinery expansion project in Piteå, Sweden. The assignment includes all engineering disciplines, project management services, procurement and construction management…