PPG Industries, Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pa.; www.ppg.com) announced that it has purchased the remaining 50% ownership interest in PPG Univer S.p.A from its joint-venture partner, Univer Italiana S.r.l. Financial terms were not disclosed. PPG Univer manufactures architectural and liquid industrial coatings…
Honeywell (Morris Plains, N.J.; www.honeywell.com) announced that a subsidiary of PetroVietnam will use its new IIoT-based (industrial internet of things) Connected Performance Services (CPS) offering to improve the performance of its manufacturing operations in Quang Ngai City, Vietnam. Binh Son…
The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) has awarded Veolia Water Technologies (Moon Township, Pa.; www.veoliawatertech.com) a contract for a total overhaul of the process-water treatment plant at Dow’sPittsburg Operations facility in California. The technologies chosen were Veolia’s proprietary Multiflofor…
HollyFrontier Corp. (Dallas, Tex.; www.hollyfrontier.com) announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Suncor Energy's Petro-Canada Lubricants business for CAD $1.125 billion (or approximately $845 million based on the exchange rate at time of signing), including working capital…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy; www.mairetecnimont.com) announced that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A., in joint venture with China HuanQiu Contracting & Engineering Corporation Ltd. (HQC) – 65% Tecnimont / 35% HQC – has been awarded by PRPC Polymers Sdn Bhd (PRPC…
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) has been awarded by the State Oil Co. of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR; www.socar.az) a contract for Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) services for the SOCAR Azerikimya plant, located in the city of Sumgait, Azerbaijan. The…
Yokogawa Electric Corp. (Tokyo; www.yokogawa.com) announces that it has completed the acquisition of Soteica Visual Mesa (SVM), a leading energy-management technology provider, further delivering on a number of key objectives of Yokogawa's Transformation 2017 mid-term business plan. This announcement marks…
Ineos Technologies (Rolle, Switzerland; www.ineos.com) announced that INEOS O&P USA has acquired 100% of the shares of WLP Holding Corp., one of the largest high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe manufacturers in North America. The business is headquartered in Fort Worth, Tex.…
Amec Foster Wheeler (London, U.K.; www.amecfw.com) announced the award of a contract by The National Company for Fertilizers & Chemicals (Agrochem) to supply material and detailed engineering for a steam reformer heater for its fertilizer facility in Alexandria, Egypt. The…
Solvay SA (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has launched the production of Highly Dispersible Silica (HDS) at its new state-of-the-art plant in Gunsan, South Korea, meeting strong and growing regional demand for energy saving tires. The plant has an annual capacity of…