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…
Methanex Corp. (Vancouver, B.C., Canada; www.methanex.com) announced that it has signed agreements with Pan American Sur S.A., Compañia General de Combustibles S.A., Total Austral S.A. and Wintershall Energia S.A. for additional gas supply on an interruptible basis and subject to…
Ingevity Corp. (North Charleston, S.C.; www.ingevity.com) announced that it will increase extrusion capacity at its Covington, Virginia, facility in response to continued significant growth in global demand for its extruded activated carbon pellet products. These are used primarily in gasoline…
Petrofac Ltd. (Jersey, U.K.; www.petrofac.com) has been awarded a contract worth around $370 million by Basra Oil Company (BOC) for expansion of the Central Processing Facility (CPF), located in the Majnoon Field, Southern Iraq. Under the terms of the 34-month…
PTT Global Chemical PLC (PTTGC; Bangkok, Thailand; www.pttgcgroup.com) and TOC Glycol Co., Ltd. (TOCGC), a subsidiary of PTTGC, announced plans to sign joint venture (JV) agreements with Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (MCI; Tokyo, Japan; www.mitsuichem.com) to cooperate in managing Siam Mitsui…
Asahi Kasei Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; www.asahi-kasei.co.jp) and its subsidiary Asahi Kasei Engineering Corp. have received an order from Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corp. (www.toshiba-energy.com) for an alkaline-water-electrolysis system of the world-leading scale of 10 MW in a single unit…
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp) was awarded a lump-sum turnkey engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from Maruzen Petrochemical Co., Ltd. for the expansion of naphtha cracking furnaces to increase ethylene production at its Chiba Plant. Toyo has participated…
Americhem, Inc. (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio; www.americhem.com) is expanding operations at its Suzhou, China, plant with a new, state-of-the-art extrusion line for soft polymer compounding. This is the second expansion in three years for the facility located in Suzhou Industrial Park,…