Total Corbion PLA, a 50/50 joint venture between Total S.A. (Paris, France; www.total.com) and Corbion (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.corbion.com), announced the startup of its 75,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) PLA (Poly-Lactic Acid) bioplastics plant in Rayong, Thailand. The plant…
Hexcel Corp. (Stamford, Conn.; www.hexcel.com) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ARC Technologies, Inc., a leading supplier of custom RF / EMI and microwave-absorbing composite materials for military, aerospace and industrial applications. The acquisition strengthens Hexcel’s existing advanced…
Honeywell (www.honeywell.com) announced that it will relocate its global corporate headquarters to Charlotte, North Carolina, a city close to several of Honeywell's businesses in the Southeast United States. Honeywell also announced it will relocate the headquarters of its Safety and…
Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland; www.kemira.com) has formed a joint venture with a producer of alkyl ketene dimer (AKD) wax in China. With this agreement, Kemira forms a joint venture – Kemira TC Wanfeng Chemicals Yanzhou (NewCo) – with Shandong Tiancheng…
DuPont Water Solutions (www.dupont.com/water), a part of the DuPont Safety & Construction business, opened its new reverse osmosis (RO) production line in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Located in Jubail Industrial City II, the facility will manufacture membrane technology and…
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC; www.adnoc.ae) announced that it is moving ahead with plans to expand the capture, storage and utilization of carbon dioxide (CO2), produced from either the Habshan-Bab gas processing facilities or the Shah gas plant.…
AMETEK, Inc. (Berwyn, Pa.; www.ametek.com) announced that it has completed the acquisition of Spectro Scientific, a leading provider of machine condition monitoring solutions for critical assets in high-value industrial applications. Spectro provides both lab-based and onsite instrumentation, consumables and cloud-based…
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced that it has been awarded a contract to supply proprietary equipment to Southern Petrochemical Industries Corporation Ltd. India for its plant located in Thoothukudi in the State of Tamil Nadu. Under the contract, KBR will…
The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.the-linde-group.com) and PBF Energy have jointly announcd that the companies broke ground yesterday for a new hydrogen plant that is being built in Delaware City, Del., in partnership with PBF subsidiary Delaware City Refining Company…
AVEVA (Cambridge, U.K.; www.aveva.com) announced that KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) has signed a multi-phase agreement wherein AVEVA will contribute to KBR’s digital transformation, which will help to deliver significant cost savings and to provide service excellence to their clients. This agreement…