LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com) announced that it has completed the acquisition of A. Schulman, Inc., a leading global supplier of high-performance plastic compounds, composites and powders. "This acquisition builds upon our complementary strengths, creating a substantial value proposition for…
INVISTA Performance Technologies (IPT), the technology and licensing group of Invista (Wichita, Kan.; www.invista.com), and Fujian Billion Petrochemicals Co., Ltd. have reached agreement to license INVISTA’s latest purified terephthalic acid (PTA) process technology for a new PTA line. The PTA line will have…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) announced that it has been awarded a longterm onsite contract to supply syngas to Jiutai New Material Co. Ltd for their multi-billion-dollar mono-ethylene glycol (MEG) project in Hohhot, China. Air Products will build, own…
Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland; www.kemira.com) is expanding its longstanding cooperation with Bilfinger SE (Mannheim, Germany; www.bilfinger.com) to Sweden. Bilfinger, which has been providing Kemira with various services at the Austrian location in Krems since 2001, now also assumes exclusive responsibility…
Kabel Premium Pulp & Paper GmbH (KPPP) has awarded Pöyry Oyj (Vantaa, Finland; www.poyry.com) with the detailed engineering services assignment for a new ATMP (Advanced Thermo Mechanical Pulp) plant at Hagen, Germany. The assignment includes process engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical,…
WorleyParsons Ltd. (North Sydney, Australia; www.worleyparsons.com) has been awarded a project management consultancy (PMC) contract by PT Pertamina (Persero). Under the contract, WorleyParsons will provide PMC services to Pertamina for EPC Packages for the Refinery Development Master Plan (RDMP) Project…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Dallas, Tex.; www.jacobs.com) has received a two-year contract renewal from Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemical Co. (SATORP) for its subsidiary in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jacobs Zamel and Turbag Consulting Engineers (Jacobs ZATE), to…
Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) has acquired full ownership of Ferrostaal Topsoe Projects GmbH (FTP). The transaction adds strong project development competencies to Topsoe’s portfolio of high-performance catalyst and proprietary technologies for the chemical and refining industries. “By adding…
Emerson (St. Louis, Mo.; www.emerson.com) announced that Lal Karsanbhai will succeed Michael Train to become executive president of Emerson Automation Solutions, effective October 1. As previously announced, Train will take over as Emerson’s president and will also serve as chairman…
Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland; www.neste.com), U.K.-based chemical recycling company ReNew ELP and Australian technology developer Licella are joining forces in a development project to explore the potential of using mixed waste plastic as a raw material for fuels, chemicals and…