Oxea GmbH (Oberhausen, Germany; www.oxea-chemicals.com), one of the world's leading manufacturers of Oxo chemicals, announced today the appointment of Dr. Salim Al Huthaili as the new chief executive officer of the company. With the decision of the Board of Oxea…
The Industrial Solutions business area, the engineering and construction arm of the thyssenkrupp Group (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp.com), is being reorganized as part of the transformation program “planets”. The aim is to secure growth, enhance performance, focus more strongly on customers,…
Addressing a growing industry demand for transformational improvements in capital project execution, Emerson Process Management (www.emersonprocess.com) has launched Project Certainty, an innovative technology and engineering-based approach for improved capital efficiency and more reliable project schedules. Due to project excesses, billions…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) was awarded a contract to provide engineering services for the expansion of Mitsubishi’s polyester film plant in Greenville County, South Carolina. Mitsubishi Polyester Film is the American subsidiary of Japan-based Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc.…
Deutsche Nanoschicht GmbH (Rheinbach, Germany; http://d-nano.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of BASF New Business GmbH (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf-new-business.com), is opening its new pilot plant for the manufacture of high-temperature superconductors. The facility located in Rheinbach, Germany is based on an…
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) congratulates the Technical University of Munich (TUM; www.tum.de/en) on the inauguration of a new building for its Catalysis Research Center (CRC). The CRC is home to MuniCat, the Munich catalysis research alliance between TUM and the…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is acquiring the Specialty & Coating Additives business (Performance Materials Division) of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. for $3.8 billion, strengthening its leading position on the high-margin specialty & coating additives market. The transaction…
ABB (Baden, Switzerland; www.abb.com) won an order from Tenova TAKRAF Chile to automate one of the world’s most powerful conveyor belt systems to be built at Chuquicamata Mine in Chile. The belt system will deliver copper ore from the underground…
The first commercial installation Honeywell’s UOP MaxEne Process successfully entered production at Sinopec Yangzi Petrochemical Co.’s (YPC) integrated refinery and petrochemical facility in Nanjing, China. The new technology from Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) generates substantially higher yields of…
Following the enlargement and modernization of the production facility in Fiorenzuola d’Arda-Italy, FPS Food and Pharma Sysems Srl (Como, Italy; www.foodpharmasystems.com) has dedicated a specific area to its new R&D and Test Center. Three ISO8-grade test suites allow the execution…