Today, Haldor Topsøe A/S (Topsoe; Lyngby, Demnark; www.topsoe.com) — a global technology, catalyst and services vendor to the petrochemical and petroleum-refining industry — officially opened its offices in Tehran, Iran at a ceremony. With the new office, Topsoe will reinforce…
Andritz Frautech S.r.l. (Schio, Italy), part of international technology Group Andritz (Graz, Austria; www.andritz.com), and Conqord Oil S.r.l. (Q8Oils; Castellar Guidobono, Italy; www.conqordoil.it), a global player in the production of lubricating oils and emulsions and active in the metalworking industry,…
On August 31, 2016, Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG (Blomberg, Germany; www.phoenixcontact.com) concluded a contract for the acquisition of the Canadian network specialist Perle Systems Ltd. (Toronto; www.perle.com). Thus, Perle Systems is another international subsidiary of the Phoenix Contact…
The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) has opened its new electronics R&D center in Taichung, Taiwan on September 1st. The company has invested approximately 5 million euros to establish the center, which will support local customers and development partners with…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has acquired the patent rights for Bayqik quasi-isothermal sulfuric acid converter technology and other related technology from Bayer AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.bayer.com). Under the terms of the agreement, the technology transfer includes all…
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) says that Placid Refining Company LLC has successfully started up a grassroots dividing wall column (DWC) reformate splitter at their Port Allen, Louisiana, refinery. KBR's Distill-Max DWC technology was selected for this application during Placid Refining…
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) says that HollyFrontier Corp. (HFC) has successfully started up two dividing-wall columns (DWC) at their El Dorado Refinery, Kansas. These grassroots and revamp column startups for HFC apply KBR's Distill-Max technology and add to KBR's portfolio…
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) has signed an exclusive cooperation agreement with BTG BioLiquids B.V. (BTL; Enschede, the Netherlands; www.btg-btl.com) to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for its modular pyrolysis plants. The plants will be based on BTL’s Fast…
SNC-Lavalin (Montreal, Canada; www.snclavalin.com) has been awarded a construction services contract for the Balama Graphite Project in Cabo Delgado, Northern Mozambique. The contract is valued at C$21.7 million and SNC-Lavalin’s Kentz Field Operations team will provide structural mechanical and piping…
Technip (Paris; www.technip.com) and METabolic EXplorer (Saint-Beauzire, both France; www.metabolic-explorer.com) have signed an agreement to assess the feasibility of offering a combined technology package consisting of the companies’ respective 1,3-propanediol (PDO) and polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT) technologies. The evaluation will include…