Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) plans to increase its capacity for sodium methylate at its Rosario/Santa Fe facility in Argentina from 60,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) up to 90,000 m.t./yr until 2021. The expansion is driven by growing…
Chemical compatibility charts are often used as a quick and concise way to match the proper fluid with a seal. However, there is much more to consider with the chemical compatibility of a seal in relation to the fluids in…
As part of PKN ORLEN’s project to expand its olefin production complex in Płock, Poland, Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) has been selected for technical consultancy and Project Management Contractor (PMC) services. Fluor’s services contract is expected to optimally prepare…
Umicore N.V. (Brussels, Belgium; www.umicore.com) has completed the acquisition of Freeport Cobalt’s cobalt refining and cathode precursor activities in Kokkola, Finland, for an amount of $203 million on a debt and cash free basis (including approximately $50 million of net…
Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has acquired Itibanyl Produtos Especiais Ltda. (IPEL). Headquartered in Jarinu, São Paulo, IPEL is one of Brazil’s leading biocide manufacturers and generated sales in the lower double-digit million euro range in 2018. Both companies signed an…
Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) and Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa; www.sasol.co.za) announced that they have entered into a collaboration agreement to jointly license their gas-to-liquids (GTL) technologies. For many years, the two companies have worked together on numerous…
Terra Drone Indonesia, a group company of Terra Drone Corp. (Tokyo; www.terra-drone.net), has conducted drone-based visual inspections of onshore flare stacks for energy major Chevron (PT Chevron Pacific Indonesia). The drone-based flare stack inspection was done in Duri field, one…
Valmet Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.valmet.com) will supply an energy management solution to optimize production and energy consumption at Kemira Chemicals’ (Helsinki, Finland; www.kemira.com) bleaching chemical plants in Äetsä and Joutseno in Finland. The order was included in Valmet’s orders received…
ExxonMobil Global Services Company has entered into an enabling agreement with Worley (North Sydney, Australia; www.worleyparsons.com) relating to ExxonMobil’s refining and chemicals operations sites in Texas and Louisiana. This will allow ExxonMobil companies to contract with Worley to continue to…
Imtex Membranes Corp. (Ontario, Canada; www.imtexmembranes.com) has received a strategic investment from SABIC Ventures. SABIC is a global leader in diversified chemicals with $40 billion in revenues and operations around the world. Imtex's Permylene membrane separation technology reduces wasteful gas…