Schneider Electric SE (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.schneider-electric.com) announced the acquisition of MWPowerlab s.r.l., a software company with industry-leading 3D realtime technology. This acquisition adds advanced Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) technology to Schneider Electric’s industrial software portfolio. Customers can…
Honeywell (Morris Plains, N.J.; www.honeywell.com) announced that PT Pertamina (Persero) will use Honeywell UOP technology to produce high-octane gasoline blending components and jet fuel at its Balikpapan refinery in Kalimantan Timur, Indonesia. The agreement includes licensing and engineering for a…
Solvay SA (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) announced the acquisition of Energain Li-Ion high voltage technology from DuPont. Energain technology and formulations enlarge Solvay Special Chem Global Business Unit's existing portfolio of high performance salts and additives for electrolytes and strengthen its…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) announced it has started up a hydrogen facility that will recover byproduct streams from The Dow Chemical Company’s (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) Freeport, Tex. operations. Under a longterm contract, Praxair is supplying high-purity hydrogen back to…
Celanese Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.celanese.com), and Nilit, a major independent producer of high-performance nylon polymers, fibers and compounds, announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for Celanese to acquire Nilit Plastics, the nylon compounding division of Nilit. Celanese will…
Honeywell (Morris Plains, N.J.; www.honeywell.com) announced that Borealis AG (Vienna, Austria; www.borealisgroup.com) selected Honeywell UOP’s process technology for a proposed plant in Kallo, Belgium, that converts propane into propylene (PP), a primary ingredient for making plastics. Borealis proposes to use…
PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk (CAP; Jakarta, Indonesia; www.chandra-asri.com), Indonesia’s largest petrochemical producer, has selected Univation Technologies’ Unipol PE Process for its new polyethylene plant that will be built in Cilegon, Indonesia, at CAP’s Naphtha Cracker Complex. The plant’s capacity…
Air Products (LeHigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) plans to install a new liquefier at its air separation plant located in Middletown, Ohio to increase liquid nitrogen (LIN) production to meet increasing customer product needs. The new liquefier is to be onstream…
As part of the company’s continued investment program, Sulzer Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland; www.sulzer.com) is building a new, state-of-the-art pump services facility in Pasadena, Tex. to expand its increasing network in North America. Adjacent to the existing service center for electromechanical services,…
H.B. Fuller Co. (St. Paul, Minn.; www.hbfuller.com) has purchased the industrial adhesives business of Wisdom Worldwide Adhesives, a provider of adhesives for the packaging, paper converting and assembly markets. “We are pleased to welcome the employees and customers of this…