Endress+Hauser AG (E+H; Reinach, Switzerland; www.endress.com) has acquired SensAction AG, a manufacturer of innovative systems for measuring the concentration of liquids. With this move, the E+H intends to strengthen its quality measurement portfolio. SensAction will remain headquartered in Coburg, Germany…
With a double-digit million dollar order volume, MAN Diesel & Turbo (Oberhausen, Germany; www.mandieselturbo.com) will deliver two compressor trains to Nigerian Dangote Oil Refining Co., to be employed in the company’s petroleum refinery in the capital of Lagos. Dangote Corp.…
As announced in November 2016, BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) is investing more than €200 million globally to increase its production network for plastic additives. An important step is an investment to build a new plastic-additives plant at its Caojing…
Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) is expanding the capacity of its silicon-metal site at Holla in Norway. The Munich-based chemical group is constructing an additional plant there, with world-scale annual capacity. Capital expenditures of around €85 million are budgeted…
Perstorp Holding AB (Malmö, Sweden; www.perstorp.com) today announces the sale of its additives activities primarily serving the paints and coatings industry produced at its facility at Gent Belgium, Perstorp Oxo Belgium AB to Synthomer plc. The total consideration for the…
Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) is expanding its silicone production at its Jandira site near São Paulo, Brazil. Wacker is currently building a multi-purpose facility to manufacture antifoam compounds and functional silicone fluids. The expansion is Wacker’s response to…
Toyo Engineering Korea Ltd., Korean subsidiary of Toyo Engineering group (Toyo; Chiba, www.toyo-eng.co.jp) has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for a new polyethylene project of PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk (CAP). This project is to construct a…
Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) is expanding its existing production plants for polymeric binders in Germany. The Munich-based chemical group is currently building another dispersion reactor with an annual capacity of 60,000 metric tons at its Burghausen site. Some…
Honeywell (www.honeywell.com) today announced that Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemical Company, Ltd. started its UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) Advanced Methanol-to-Olefins (MTO) unit during a 10-day test to confirm successful operation. When the full unit goes on line, it will have an…
The new CyPlus Idesa sodium cyanide production plant was officially opened with an inauguration ceremony in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico in the presence of Dr. Klaus Engel, chairman of the Executive Board of Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) and Patricio…