AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) announced an investment in major site upgrades to strengthen position in US wood coatings. This milestone multi-million-dollar investment is set to transform AkzoNobel’s wood coatings facility in High Point, North Carolina. The transformation will involve…
Eastman Chemical Company (Kingsport, Tenn.; www.eastman.com) announced that is has acquired Sasol Ltd.’s (Johannesburg, South Africa; www.sasol.co.za) Marlotherm heat-transfer fluids manufacturing assets located in Germany and related formulations, intellectual property and customer contracts. This acquisition enables Eastman to expand its…
Exxon Mobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.exxonmobil.com) has made a final investment decision on a multi-billion dollar expansion of its integrated manufacturing complex in Singapore to convert fuel oil and other bottom-of-the-barrel crude products into higher-value lube base stocks and distillates.…
Sandvik Group (Stockholm, Sweden; www.home.sandvik.com) announced that IBM is collaborating with Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology to develop IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things), advanced analytics and artificial intelligence to realize safety, maintenance, productivity and operational efficiency in the mining industry.…
Irkutsk Polymer Plant, LLC has selected Univation Technologies’ (Houston; www.univation.com) UNIPOL PE Technology for a polyethylene (PE) plant to be located in Ust-Kut, Irkutsk region, in the Russian Federation. The new plant is slated to produce 650,000 metric tons per…
GE Healthcare (Chicago; www.gehealthcare.com) and Rockwell Automation (Milwaukee, Wis.; www.rockwellautomation.com) are combining their automation, IT and single-use solution expertise to create new digital bioprocessing operations capabilities. The two companies will help biopharmaceutical manufacturers create flexible and scalable facilities, focused on…
The VacTest line of vacuum measurement equipment comprises a comprehensive portfolio of active vacuum gages and controllers to allow a wide measurement range from 1600 to 5 × 10-10 millibars, covering all vacuum levels with accuracy. Both analog and digital…
Engineering materials manufacturer II-VI Inc. (Saxonburg, Pa.; www.ii-vi.com) has selected clean energy company Bloom Energy (San Jose, Calif.; www.bloomenergy.com) to build a 2.5-megawatt microgrid power system to support its manufacturing facility in Warren, N.J. The Bloom Energy Server site was…
Saudi Aramco (www.saudiaramco.com) announced the signing of a share purchase agreement to acquire a 70% majority stake in The Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC; Riyadh; www.sabic.com) from the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, in a private transaction for SAR…
United Chemical Company Shchekinoazot has selected Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) as licensor of ammonia technology for the construction of a new ammonia and urea plant. Located in the Tula region of Russia, the plant will have a capacity…