Johnson Matthey (London, U.K.; www.matthey.com) and Rennovia Inc. Santa Clara, Calif.; www.rennovia.com) have signed a license agreement with Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM; Chicago, Ill.; www.adm.com) to provide catalyst and process technology for catalytic production of bio-based glucaric acid. The…
The Landa Group (Rehovot, Israel; www.landanano.com) and Altana AG (Wesel, Germany; www.altana.com) today announced that Altana has acquired Landa's Metallography technology. First unveiled by Landa at the Drupa printing exhibition in June, 2016, this novel technology for producing metallized graphics…
Wison Engineering Service Co. Ltd. (Shanghai, China: www.wison.com), one of the leading chemical engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) service providers in China, announced that its non-wholly owned affiliated company, Wison Engineering Ltd., has signed a collaboration agreement on research…
euglena Co. (Tokyo; www.euglena.jp) and Chiyoda Corp. (Yokohama City; both Japan; www.chiyoda-corp.com) have signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for Japan's first pilot plant for production of renewable jet and diesel fuels in Yokohama. With this EPC contract…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has acquired the private company Rolic AG (Allschwil, Switzerland). Both companies have agreed not to disclose financial details of the transaction. The transaction includes Rolic’s affiliates in Allschwil, Eindhoven, the Netherlands and Shanghai, China. Regulatory…
Everest Sciences Corp. (Tulsa, Okla.; www.everestsciences.com) announced today it received an order for, and has shipped and achieved successful operations of the CleanChill cooling system at Cherokee Nitrogen of Cherokee, Alabama. This is the second order from LSB Industries Inc.’…
WorleyParsons Ltd. (North Sydney, Australia; www.worleyparsons.com) has been selected to provide engineering, procurement, construction management (EPCM) and fabrication services for Chevron’s Salt Lake Refinery Retrofit Project in Salt Lake City, Utah. The EPCM contract (valued at approximately $67 million) is…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is setting itself up for the digital future with its own new subsidiary, Evonik Digital GmbH, which includes a team of about 20 experts. Under the Evonik umbrella, the company is developing new digital…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) announced today that Guinea Alumina Corporation S.A. (GAC) has awarded Fluor an engineering and program management consultancy contract for a major bauxite mine in the Boké region of Guinea, Africa. Fluor booked the approximately $700-million…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy; www.mairetecnimont.it) reinforces its commitment to the revamping segment, as one of the drivers of its current business strategy. To this extent, it has formed and incorporated Vinxia Engineering a.s. in the Czech Republic. This Prague-based…