Yokogawa Corporation of America (Sugar Land, Tex.; www.yokogawa.com/us) announced that Shuji Mori, a company veteran who has been with Yokogawa for nearly three decades, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Yokogawa Corporation of America. In the role of…
Ashland Inc. (Columbus, Ohio; www.ashland.com) has established the Ashland Corrosion Science Center (ACSC) as a new center of excellence to support corrosion applications based on fiber reinforced polymers (FRP). The ACSC is a forum where industry partners, end-users, design engineers…
The Lubrizol Corp. (Wickliffe, Ohio; www.lubrizol.com) announces its intention to increase its equity in Lubrizol India Private Limited (LIPL), currently a 50-50 joint venture between Lubrizol and Indian Oil Corporation Limited (Indian Oil). Indian Oil has received in-principle approval from…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) announced that Stork, Fluor’s maintenance, modification and asset integrity segment, was awarded a five-year contract by Huntsman Corp. (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.huntsman.com) for maintenance and sustaining small capital projects at four of its differentiated chemicals…
Abengoa (Seville, Spain; www.abengoa.com) and private equity firm Trilantic Europe have signed an agreement under which Trilantic will acquire Abengoa’s four bioethanol plants in Spain and France. The deal is valued at €140 million, including the debt assumed by the…
Johnson Controls (Milwaukee, Wis.; www.johnsoncontrols.com) announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Scott Safety business to 3M Co. (St. Paul, Minn.; www.3m.com) in a cash transaction valued at approximately $2.0 billion. Scott Safety is a leader…
Synthomer’s (London, U.K.; www.synthomer.com) German branch, Synthomer Deutschland GmbH, has awarded Pöyry PLC (Vantaa, Finland; www.poyry.com) with the detail engineering services assignment for the revamp of its dispersion plant in Worms, Germany. The assignment includes detail engineering services for all…
SOCAR GPC (www.socargpc.az), a gas-processing project of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR), has selected UNIPOL PE Technology licensed by Univation Technologies (Houston; www.univation.com) for use in its world-scale polyethylene (PE) plant to be built in Garadagh, Azerbaijan.…
Albemarle Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.; www.albemarle.com) announced that Talison, a joint venture (JV) between Albemarle and Tianqi Lithium Corp., has approved the expansion of lithium concentrate production at its Greenbushes, Australia spodumene mine. Greenbushes is the world's largest active lithium mine.…
Callery, LLC (Evans City, Pa.; www.callery.com) is the name of the new standalone entity born from BASF's divestment of its Inorganic Specialties business. The divestiture was facilitated by Edgewater Capital in combination with the Callery management team. Callery is a…