Vertellus LLC (Indianapolis, Ind.; www.vertellus.com) announced that John Van Hulle is assuming the role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) effective immediately. Mr. Van Hulle brings to Vertellus more than three decades of leadership experience in the specialty chemical and plastics…
Unilever (London; www.unilever.com) and Veolia (Paris; www.veolia.com) announced that they have signed a collaboration agreement to jointly work on emerging technologies that will help create a circular economy on plastics across various geographies, starting in India and Indonesia. According to…
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) announced that Air Liquide Advanced Materials Inc. (ALAM) was joined by local officials and members of the community to inaugurate a new specialty-chemical production facility in Upper Mount Bethel, Pennsylvania, on October 19, 2018. This…
Valmet Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.valmet.com) has agreed with Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) on the delivery of a BioTrac biomass pretreatment system for their sunliquid cellulosic ethanol plant in Romania. The order is included in Valmet's third quarter 2018 orders received.…
Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.; www.celanese.com) announced a capital-efficient debottlenecking project for its polyoxymethylene (POM) production unit at the Industriepark Höchst (IPH) facility in Frankfurt, Germany to support the continued growth of its global engineered materials business. “Celanese continues to exhibit…
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR; www.socar.az) , the largest direct foreign investor in Turkey, launched its $6.3-billion SOCAR Turkey Aegean Refinery (STAR Refinery), which will provide a large portion of oil products demand in the local market…
TechnipFMC (Houston; www.technipfmc.com) recently announced the completion of construction of a new ammonia production unit called “Ammonia 4”, executed for Duslo a.s, part of the Agrofert group. The plant successfully passed performance tests in July. This new unit operates in…
Samsung Engineering (Seoul; www.samsungengineering.com) signed an approximately $4-billion contract for the Thai Oil Public Company Limited’s (Thai Oil) Clean Fuel Project (CFP) in Thailand. The order was received with Petrofac Limited (Petrofac) as leader and Saipem S.p.A. (Saipem) as consortium…
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced that it has been awarded a contract by Linggu Chemical Co. Ltd (Linggu) for an ammonia plant in Yixing City, Jiangsu Province in China. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide the technology…
Toray Industries, Inc. (Toyko; www.toray.com) announced its decision to establish a joint venture company in the Republic of Korea together with MCM Co., Ltd., a group company of the Chung Ho Nais Group, which is engaged in the sales of…