Rockwell Automation Inc. (Milwaukee, Wisc.; www.rockwellautomation.com) has acquired Emulate3D, an engineering software developer whose products digitally simulate and emulate industrial automation systems located in Reading, U.K. By using accurate simulation models to improve systems planning and decision-making, followed by emulation…
Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.; www.celanese.com) announced that it will initiate the reconfiguration of its global acetic acid production network through multiple value-creation steps. Celanese recently announced the planned acquisition of the carbon monoxide production unit from Linde PLC, located at…
Entegris, Inc. (Billerica, Mass.; www.entegris.com) and Versum Materials, Inc. (Tempe, Ariz.; www.versummaterials.com) announced that they have agreed to combine in a merger of equals. The combined company will be a premier specialty materials company for the semiconductor and other high-tech…
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC; www.adnoc.ae) signed two new strategic equity partnerships with Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy; www.eni.com) and OMV (Vienna, Austria; www.omv.com) covering both ADNOC Refining and a new trading joint venture (JV), which will be jointly established…
Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals; www.nouryon.com) will license its continuous initiator dosing (CiD) technology to Karpatnaftochim, Ukraine’s largest polyvinyl chloride (PVC) producer. Nouryon’s patented CiD technology allows PVC producers to increase reactor output by up to 40%, improve product quality,…
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) has acquired an 18.6% stake in the capital of the Canadian company Hydrogenics Corp. (Mississauga, Ontario; www.hydrogenics.com), a leader in electrolysis hydrogen production equipment and fuel cells. This strategic transaction, which represents an investment of…
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) has entered into a contract with Wynnewood Refining Co., LLC (Wynnewood) for engineering and design services relating to KBR's Solid Acid Alkylation Technology (K-SAAT) for Wynnewood's refinery located in Wynnewood, Oklahoma. Under the terms of the…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) announced that the Methacrylates Business Line of Evonik Cyro LLC has commenced operation of an additional line for compounding its ACRYLITE polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) at its site in Osceola, Ark. The expansion nearly doubles the…
McDermott International, Inc. (Houston; www.mcdermott.com) announced that it has been awarded a sizeable technology contract by PT Chandra Asri Perkasa for the detailed engineering of 8 proprietary SRT (Short Residence Time) ethylene cracking heaters at the Chandra Asri Perkasa (CAP2) ethylene…
Inovyn (London, U.K.; www.inovyn.com) has started production at its new membrane chlorine cellroom at the Stenungsund Site in Sweden. The first production run took place last week following successful commissioning of the new plant. The Stenungsund cellroom adds to Inovyn’s…