Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) has recently received multiple, long-term supply awards from semiconductor and flat panel display manufacturers in China as the country’s electronics manufacturing industry continues to boom. Industrial gases supply contracts awarded to Air Products over…
Metso Corp. (Helsinki, Finland; www.metso.com) has selected Rockwell Automation (Milwaukee, Wisc.; www.ra.rockwell.com) to deliver a global Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platform that connects, monitors, and performs analytics for Metso's equipment and services, resulting in improved efficiency and profitability for…
Oxea GmbH (Monheim am Rhein, Germany; www.oxea-chemicals.com) has successfully concluded a significant upgrade of its carboxylic acids production facility in Oberhausen, Germany. As a result, Oxea has enhanced the production output of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), such as propionic acid,…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) has commenced supply of its integrated oxy-fuel solution to Chengdu Jin Gu Pharmaceutical Packaging Co., Ltd. in Sichuan Province, western China, for the production of pharmaceutical glass containers. By working with another leading glass…
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) and Huntsman Corp. (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.huntsman.com) today announced that their Boards of Directors unanimously approved a definitive agreement to combine in a merger of equals through an all-stock transaction. The merged company will be named…
Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has announced the successful completion of a project which increases the capacity of its Emerald Innovation 3000 flame retardant production unit. The debottlenecking project increases the sustainable output from 10,000 to 14,000 metric tons per…
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) plans a multi-million Swiss-franc investment by its Additives business to ensure local manufacturing in China of customized, high-end solutions for the plastics, coatings and inks industries. "This investment is another proof point of our commitment to…
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) has been awarded a contract by PT Petrokimia Butadiene Indonesia (PBI), a Chandra Asri Petrochemical Group company, for the license and engineering design of three proprietary technologies in West Java, Indonesia. The scope of work…
Shortly after doubling its polycarbonate production capacity at its Shanghai site to 400,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr), Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.covestro.com) will again significantly expand its capacity to 600,000 m.t./yr. With this step, which is achieved through debottlenecking…
Total S.A. (Paris, France; www.total.com) has inaugurated its revamped Carling – Saint-Avold petrochemical complex in eastern France following three years of transformation works. In September 2013, Total announced that it would adapt the Carling site, investing close to €200 million…