KROHNE, Inc. (Peabody, Mass.; www.us.krohne.com) announced that its new state of the art flow and level instrument manufacturing and calibration facility, located in Beverly, Mass., opened on April 23, 2018. The operations expansion in North America represents the company’s long…
The Chemours Company (Wilmington, Del.; www.chemours.com) announced plans to spend over $100 million at its Fayetteville Works plant site in Fayetteville, North Carolina to improve air and wastewater emission control. The commitment includes investing in an array of emission control technologies, including a thermal oxidizer and a thermolysis reactor, as well as…
JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.jgc.com) and S & B Engineers and Constructors, Ltd. have signed a framework agreement to form a strategic partnership to provide engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services for projects within the United States. Leveraging the experience…
INEOS (Rolle, Switzerland; www.ineos.com) announced that INEOS Phenol is taking the next step to build a world-scale cumene unit in Germany to be completed in 2020. The company has confirmed that it has started a Front End Engineering Design study…
Honeywell announced that Sonatrach, Algeria’s largest company, will use technologies from Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) to expand the Skikda Refinery on the eastern Mediterranean coast of Algeria. The new technologies will enable Sonatrach to meet growing domestic demand…
GTC Technology (Houston; www.gtctech.com) is licensing its GT-BTX process for a new aromatics recovery unit for PT Chandra Asri Perkasa (CAP2; Jakarta, Indonesia; www.chandra-asri.com), a fully owned subsidiary of PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk. The unit is part of Chandra…
nVent Electric plc (London, U.K.; www.nvent.com) announced the completion of its separation from Pentair plc and its launch as an independent, publicly traded company. nVent began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on May 1, 2018, under the symbol…
Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. (FCP; Livingston, N.J.; www.fcpusa.com) is announcing the process technologies being used for the polyethylene and polypropylene production expansions in Point Comfort, Texas. The new tubular low-density polyethylene (LDPE) plant’s technology has been licensed from ExxonMobil Catalysts…
Showa Denko (SDK; Tokyo; www.sdk.co.jp) has completed expansion of its capacity to produce n-propyl acetate (NPAC), which is used in solvents for ink for special gravure printing. NPAC is a solvent mainly used for ink for special gravure printing on…
Chiyoda Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.chiyodacorp.com) has concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Abu Dhabi Gas Liquefaction Company Ltd. (ADNOC LNG) to provide state-of-the-art digital technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI) and big data analytics, on ADNOC LNG’s facilities. The MOU…