Wacker further expands its production and R&D capacities in China
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 acquires Blue Ocean Nova
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 introduces new facilities in Shanghai and Guangzhou
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…
Bilfinger expands partnership with Siegfried AG
“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 starts up VPSA plants in South Korean petrochemical complex
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 to build flagship sunliquid cellulosic ethanol plant in Romania
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 expands capacities for hydrogen peroxide in Europe
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 signs long-term contract with BASF in the U.S. Gulf Coast
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 selected for copper cathode production facility pre-feasibility study in Peru
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 signs agreement to acquire significant parts of Bayer’s seed and non-selective herbicide businesses
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.…