Engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) provider Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy; www.saipem.com) announced the identification of a cyber-attack on its servers. That company says it is collecting all the elements useful for assessing the impact on its infrastructures and…
Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland; www.neste.com) has made the final investment decision on additional renewable products production capacity in Singapore. The decision is based on a growing global market demand for low-carbon solutions in transport and cities, aviation, polymers and chemicals.…
Intelligent Automation Week (Dec. 3–6; Austin, Tex.; https://intelligentautomationevent.iqpc.com/) brought together representatives from many varied industries to discuss practical applications for artificial intelligence (AI), robotic process automation (RPA), cognitive computing and more. Participating organizations included McDonald’s, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration…
PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk (CAP; Jakarta, Indonesia; www.chandra-asri.com) has awarded Lummus Technology with the detailed engineering design of a Lummus Short Residence Time (SRT) ethylene heater for CAP’s second cracker, owned by subsidiary Chandra Asri Perkasa (CAP2). CAP2, located…
Perstorp (Malmö, Sweden; www.perstorp.com) has agreed to sell Capa, its caprolactone business, including the production site in Warrington, U.K., to Ingevity Corp. (North Charleston, S.C.; www.ingevity.com) for approximately €590 million. The business has annual revenues of approximately €150 million. Under…
Borealis Group AG (Vienna, Austria; www.borealisgroup.com) is increasing its polypropylene (PP) capacity in Europe and strengthening its longterm commitment to meet the European customers’ needs for innovative polypropylene. Borealis had previously announced to study the feasibility of significantly increasing its…
Ingevity Corp. (North Charleston, S.C.; www.ingevity.com) has begun production at its newly constructed, state-of-the-art activated carbon extrusion plant in Changshu, China. The addition of this facility allows the company to better meet the significant growth in global demand for pelletized…
The Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC; Riyadh; www.sabic.com) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with U.K.-based Plastic Energy, Ltd., a pioneer in chemical plastics recycling, for the supply of feedstock to support SABIC’s petrochemical operations in Europe. SABIC and…
Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.; www.gevo.com) and Renmatix, Inc. (King of Prussia, Pa.; www.renmatix.com) announced a joint development agreement to evaluate the commercial feasibility of creating renewable jet fuel by integrating Renmatix’s Plantrose Process with Gevo’s GIFT technology and alcohol-to-jet process.…
Sulzer Ltd. (Winterhur, Switzerland; www.sulzer.com), TechnipFMC (Houston; www.technipfmc.com) and Futerro (www.futerro.com) have formed the PLAnet initiative in equal partnership to promote the production of sustainable plastics made of Poly-Lactic Acid (PLA). The strategic collaboration will support manufacturers interested in entering…