Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) will expand its production capacities for silicone and polymer products in China and continue to reinforce its research and development capability in order to further strengthen its market position in the region. Specifically, the…
Endress+Hauser (Reinbach BL, Switzerland; www.endress.com) is further expanding its portfolio of products, solutions and services in the field of process analytical measurement. The Group has acquired Blue Ocean Nova AG (Aalen, Germany; www.blueoceannova.com), a manufacturer of innovative inline spectrometers for…
Maag Pump Systems AG (Oberglatt, Switzerland; www.maag.com) has opened two new facilities that will serve the Chinese market. The first is a new 4,000-m2 facility in the Jiading District of Shanghai. This larger, more spacious facility will help Maag better…
“We are very pleased about the expansion of our partnership with Siegfried AG,” says Tom Blades, CEO of Bilfinger SE (Mannheim, Germany; www.bilfinger.com). “Bilfinger has helped Siegfried AG (Zofingen, Switzerland; www.siegfried.ch) at its Swiss headquarters to improve plant availability while…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) says it has started up three new vacuum pressure swing adsorption (VPSA) plants at the Daesan petrochemical complex located on the west coast of the Korean peninsula. Praxair will start up a fourth VPSA plant…
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) today announced the approval by the Board of Directors to invest in a new full-scale commercial plant for the production of cellulosic ethanol from agricultural residues using its sunliquid technology. The new plant, with an annual…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) shapes its hydrogen peroxide business more customer-oriented and reacts to the increased need of active oxygens. This also includes a more efficient and faster supply to the customer. Because of its effective cleaning and…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) and BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) signed a long-term agreement for Praxair to design, build, own, and operate a new syngas-processing plant at BASF’s facility in Geismar, Louisiana. The new plant, which will start up…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Dallas, Tex.; www.jacobs.com) has been selected by Teck Resources Ltd. (Vancouver, Canada) and Aurubis AG (Hamburg, Germany) to perform the pre-feasibility study (PFS) for a proposed copper cathode production facility in Peru. Under the terms of…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has signed an agreement to acquire significant parts of Bayer AG’s (Leverkusen, Germany; www.bayer.com) seed and non- selective herbicide businesses. Bayer intends to divest these assets in the context of its planned acquisition of Monsanto.…