Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has opened another membrane production facility at its Austrian plant in Schörfling. The new hollow-fiber spinning plant predominantly produces membrane modules for efficient nitrogen generation and for process gases. Nitrogen accounts for roughly 40%…
AkzoNobel’s (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) Specialty Chemicals business has completed a $10-million investment at its LeMoyne sulfur derivatives plant in the U.S., which supplies essential ingredients used in several major industries. Located in Alabama, the investment includes a 20,000 dry…
Chevron Lummus Global (CLG; www.chebronlummus.com), a joint venture between Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and CB&I, announced that it has been selected by Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) for the license, engineering design and catalyst supply for a residue upgrading unit in…
Emerson (St. Louis, Mo.; www.emerson.com) announced the retirement of Chief Operating Officer (COO) Ed Purvis after 34 years with the company. His retirement is effective December 31, 2017. Steve Pelch, currently executive vice president of organization planning and development, will…
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo; www.mitsuichem.com) announced that it plans to acquire Asahi Kasei Corp.’s business for Sunvieo thermoplastic styrene elastomer (TPS) on Dec. 1, 2017. Used primarily in the automotive industry, thermoplastic elastomers are being met with growing global demand…
CTI-Orelis (Salindres, France; www.orelis.com) has acquired the CeraMem ceramic membrane assets from Veolia Water Technologies (www.veoliawatertech.com). CTI-Orelis will immediately begin integrating the new business and developing synergies for advanced ceramic-membrane-based solutions for the oil-and-gas industry. “This is a major step…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) signed an agreement for a $3.5 billion coal-to-syngas production facility to be built in Yulin City, Shaanxi Province, China. The agreement was signed in the Great Hall of the People as part of the…
Braskem (São Paulo, Brazil; www.braskem.com.br) and Haldor Topsoe A/S’s (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) have signed a technological cooperation agreement to develop a pioneering route to produce monoethylene glycol (MEG) from sugar. The agreement calls for the construction of a demonstration plant…
Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan; www.toray.com) developed a new variety of regular-tow carbon and has decided to build a new carbonization facility for mass production at the company’s Mexico Plant in Jalisco, operated by its U.S. subsidiary Zoltek Companies, Inc.…
Indorama Ventures Public Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand; www.indorama.net) will acquire the assets of Artlant PTA, S.A. (Artlant), including all equipment, surface rights and employment contracts. Artlant operates a purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant in the Sines Industrial Complex in Portugal,…