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Fluor begins work for ExxonMobil’s FAST project in the U.K.

Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) announced that construction planning is now set to proceed for the Fawley Strategy (FAST) Project. ExxonMobil’s U.K. affiliate, Esso Petroleum Co. Ltd., has received planning permission from the New Forest District Council for the new…

Honeywell selected as main automation contractor for integrated petrochemicals complex in Kuwait

Honeywell (Charlotte, N.C.; www.honeywell.com) announced that Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC), a subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) set up by the State of Kuwait to manage refinery, petrochemicals and LNG import operations at the Al-Zour complex, has selected Honeywell…

Air Liquide joins Engie and DLVA to develop industrial-scale “green” hydrogen

Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com), the Durance, Luberon, Verdon urban area (DLVA) and ENGIE are signing a cooperation agreement to develop the “HyGreen Provence” project, which aims at producing, storing and distributing green hydrogen. Recently, the world's largest "green" hydrogen…

Siemens expands additive manufacturing portfolio through acquisition of Atlas 3D

Siemens Digital Industries Software (Plano, Tex.; www.sw.siemens.com) announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Atlas 3D, Inc., a Plymouth, Indiana-based developer of software that works with direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) printers to automatically provide design engineers with…

Chemetall completes expansion of its production site in Langelsheim, Germany

The Surface Treatment global business unit of the Coatings division of BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com), operating under the Chemetall brand (www.chemetall.com), has inaugurated a new laboratory and office building in Langelsheim, Germany. This completes the expansion of the production…

Teijin Aramid moves forward with capacity expansion

Teijin Aramid B.V. (Arnhem, the Netherlands; www.teijinaramid.com) announced a second round of activities to increase its production capacity. As announced at the end of 2017, targeting more than 25% capacity increase in five years, the company has been proceeding with the expansion project…

Lanxess to sell organotin product line to PMC Group

PMC Group N.A., Inc. (Mount Laurel, N.J.; www.pmc-group.com) and the Organometallics business of Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany; www.lanxess.com) announced that the parties have reached an agreement whereby PMC’s European subsidiary will acquire the organotin specialties product line (the Business) from…

World’s largest “green” hydrogen pilot facility commences operation

What is currently the world’s largest pilot plant for the CO2-neutral production of hydrogen has successfully commenced operation at the Linz site of voestalpine AG (Linz, Austria; www.voestalpine.com), simultaneously setting an international milestone in the advancement of new energy supply…

ABB to provide digitalization for Sabic’s new pilot plant

ABB (Zurich, Switzerland; www.abb.com) has won a project to install its extended automation system at a greenfield pilot plant for SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; www.sabic.com)  in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, supporting SABIC’s broader vision to digitalize its operations. Leveraging ABB Ability…

AGC expands biopharmaceutical production capabilities in Seattle and Copehagen

AGC Inc.(Tokyo; www.agc.com) has announced plans to expand facilities at the U.S. and European sites of its subsidiary AGC Biologics, headquartered in the United States and engaged in the biopharmaceutical CDMO (Contract Development & Manufacturing Organization) business. A 500-liter mammalian-cell…