Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) announced that its joint venture (JV) team was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for BHP’s Spence Growth Option project at the Spence open-cut copper mine in northern Chile. The 50/50 joint venture…
Pöyry Oyj (Vantaa, Finland; www.poyry.com) has been awarded an assignment from KaiCell Fibers Ltd for the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the company's biorefinery planned for Paltamo, Kainuu province in North East Finland. The scope of the assignment covers the…
Cargill, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.; www.cargill.com) has announced plans to build a state-of-the-art $90-million biodiesel plant in Wichita, Kansas. Set to open January 2019, it will produce 60 million gallons of biodiesel annually. “This new facility will enable Wichita to be…
ABB (Zurich, Switzerland; www.abb.com) announced the acquisition of GE Industrial Solutions, GE’s global electrification solutions business. GE Industrial Solutions has customers in more than 100 countries and an established installed base with strong roots in North America, ABB’s biggest market.…
Sumitomo Corp. (Tokyo; www.sumitomocorp.co.jp) has agreed on a land lease agreement with the Port of Stockton, California on the U..S. West Coast via Sulphuric Acid Trading Company, Inc. of Tampa, Florida, a U.S. business company of Sumitomo Corporation’s wholly-owned subsidiary…
The Endress+Hauser Group (Reinach, Switzerland; www.endress.com) is further enhancing its quality measurement portfolio through the acquisition of IMKO Micromodultechnik GmbH, a manufacturer of innovative moisture measurement systems. IMKO’s headquarters will remain in Ettlingen, Germany; all the company’s employees have been…
Calgon Carbon Corp. (Pittsburgh, Pa.; www.calgoncarbon.com) and Kuraray Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.kuraray.com) announced that their respective Boards of Directors have unanimously approved, and the parties have entered into, a definitive merger agreement under which Kuraray will acquire Calgon Carbon…
LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com) announced the successful startup of a new 20,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) polypropylene (PP) compounding plant in Dalian, China. This is the company's third facility in China, strategically located to serve the region's growing…
AkzoNobel’s (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) Specialty Chemicals business is studying plans to build a world-class plant for its Bermocoll business, which supplies essential ingredients for the paint and buildings and construction industries. The study – expected to be completed by the…
Invista (Wichita, Kan.; www.invista.com) and its partner have decided to deploy Invista’s most advanced adiponitrile (ADN) technology at the Butachimie joint venture in France. Owned by Invista and Solvay, Butachimie is the largest ADN facility in the world. Invista’s new…