Abengoa (Seville, Spain; www.abengoa.com) has signed contracts to develop a desalination and irrigation project in the Agadir region of Morocco. The project, valued €309 million, involves the construction of a desalination plant with a 275,000-m3 total production capacity of desalinated…
After a construction period of a year and a half, Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.covestro.com) is prepared to commence operations in a new production facility for high-quality, multilayered flat films at the Dormagen site. The total investment of around €20…
Following the acquisition of U.S. firm Chemtura in April 2017, specialty chemicals company Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has revised its organizational structure. The two business lines Rubber Additives Business (RAB) and Colorant Additives Business (CAB) now both belong to…
AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) has announced the acquisition of U.K.-based Flexcrete Technologies Ltd. and an agreement to acquire French manufacturer Disa Technology (Disatech). The deals will further strengthen AkzoNobel’s global leadership position in supplying innovative industrial coatings and aerospace…
Royal Dutch Shell (The Hague, the Netherlands; www.shell.com), through its subsidiary Shell International Exploration and Production B.V., and SBI BioEnergy Inc. (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; www.sbibioenergy.com) have reached an agreement granting Shell exclusive development and licensing rights for SBI’s biofuel technology.…
Ingevity Corp. (North Charleston, S.C.; www.ingevity.com) announced that it will build a new activated-carbon extrusion plant in Changshu, China, to meet growing global demand for pelletized carbon products primarily for use in gasoline vapor emission control systems in cars, trucks,…
Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland; www.kemira.com) has successfully started up production in its new strength resin plant located in Estella, Spain. The high-efficiency and premium-strength resins produced at the plant are used in tissue, laminate, specialty and packaging, as well as…
Indian refinery company HPCL-Mittal Energy Ltd (HMEL) has chosen Haldor Topsoe A/S’s (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) diesel hydrotreater unit and hydrogen generation facilities to meet their upgrading requirements. The revamped refinery in Bathinda, Punjab will meet the BS VI (equivalent to…
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan; www.shinetsu.co.jp) will double the production capacity of Shin-Etsu Magnetic Materials Vietnam Co. (SMMV), its Group company located in Vietnam’s Hai Phong Province that manufactures rare-earth magnets. At present, SMMV’s rare-earth magnet production capacity is 1,100…
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) announced it has been awarded a technology contract by Shurtan Gas Chemical Complex LLC (SGCC) for a grassroots ethylene complex to be built in southern Uzbekistan. The scope of work includes the license and basic…