KBR, Inc. (Houston, www.kbr.com) announced that it has been awarded Operator Training Simulator (OTS) and Reliability Based Maintenance (RBM) services contracts by JSC EuroChem Northwest for their ammonia plant under construction in Kingisepp, Russia. The OTS will provide a cost-effective…
LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com) has broken ground on the first commercial Hyperzone polyethylene (PE) plant at its La Porte, Texas, complex. The plant will be capable of producing 1.1 billion pounds (500,000 metric tons [m.t.]) of high-density polyethylene (HDPE)…
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Waltham, Mass.; www.thermofisher.com) and Patheon N.V., a leading global provider of high-quality drug development and delivery solutions to the pharmaceutical and biopharma sectors, announced that their boards of directors have approved Thermo Fisher’s acquisition of Patheon.…
MilliporeSigma (Billerica, Mass.; www.emdmillipore.com) announced the opening of a new joint Process Scale-Up Lab in Bengaluru, India to provide end-to-end solutions from process development to scale-up manufacturing for pre-clinical, clinical and commercial supply. “Both MilliporeSigma and Stelis bring technological expertise and…
The industrial gases specialist Messer (Bad Soden/Frankfurt, Germany; www.messergroup.com) signed an agreement with Changsha Hi Tech Zone in Southern China’s Hunan province to set up a new 520 metric-ton-per-day (m.t./d) liquid air-separation unit (ASU), just beside its existing filling station…
Inovyn (London, U.K.; www.inovyn.com) has entered into the final phases of its project to deliver a new large-scale potassium hydroxide (KOH) production facility at its Antwerp/Lillo Site (Belgium), which remains on track for Q3 2017 operation. Following successful completion…
ExxonMobil Chemical Co. (Houston; www.exxonmobilchemical.com) announced that its Singapore affiliate has reached an agreement with Jurong Aromatics Corp. to acquire its plant located on Jurong Island in Singapore. The plant, one of the largest in the world with a production…
The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) announced its next phase of comprehensive investments over the next five years to further enhance its competitive advantage and deliver earnings growth. These investments will stimulate economic activity, primarily in the United States,…
Tata Chemicals Ltd. (TCL; Mumbai, India; www.tatachemicals.com) has signed a Business Transfer Agreement with M/s.Unnati Inorganics Private Ltd. ('UIPL') to acquire their precipitated silica operations for a consideration of Rs. 34.20 crore (around $530,000). This includes an existing manufacturing site,…
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) announced the inauguration of its Novolen technology polypropylene pilot plant, a new section of its world class Research and Development (R&D) center in Pasadena, Texas. The pilot plant will play a key role in the…