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…
Wood plc (Aberdeen, Scotland; www.woodplc.com) has been awarded a prestigious multi-million-dollar contract by the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative Climate Investments (OGCI CI) to provide conceptual engineering for its gas power and industrial carbon capture conceptual design work. This project…
Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals; www.akzonobel.com) will double production capacity for solvent-based organic peroxides at its Los Reyes, Mexico site, enabling it to support the strong growth of the North American polyolefin and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) markets. The expansion is…
McDermott International, Inc. (Houston; www.mcdermott.com) announced a sizeable contract award from Unipetrol RPA for engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for its petroleum refinery in Litvinov, Czech Republic. The contract includes the full suite of EPCM services for the…