Arkema (Colombes, France; www.arkema.com) is investing $90 million on its Clear Lake, Tex. site to replace existing acrylic acid production units with modern facilities using the latest available technologies. Thus Arkema will position the Clear Lake site among the most…
A new rule issued by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA; www.osha.gov) dramatically lowers workplace exposure to beryllium, a strategically important material that can cause devastating lung diseases. The new beryllium standards for general industry,…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) announced that it will increase nitrogen production to serve the growing demand of its existing customer in Pyeongtaek City, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It is Air Products’ second phase of capacity expansion to supply…
Ube Machinery Corp., a group company of Ube Industries, Ltd. (Ube; Tokyo, Japan; www.ube-ind.co.jp) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Plastic Technology Co., a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi-global.com), completed a transfer of shares relating to their…
Linde LLC (Bridgewater, N.J.; www.lindeus.com) announced that it will soon break ground for its new large-scale air separation unit (ASU) in Adel, Georgia. The plant, representing an investment of $40 million, will produce liquid atmospheric gas products essential to hospitals,…
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) announced that its subsidiary Seppic recently finalized the acquisition of the Serdex division of Bayer. This acquisition strengthens Seppic’s footprint in natural active ingredients for cosmetics. The global specialty active ingredients for cosmetics represent a market…
Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo; www.toray.com) will establish a joint venture (JV) company with Mitsui Sugar Co. for manufacturing cellulosic sugar, a raw material used for producing various biochemical products, from the surplus bagasse generated at sugar mills. The technological demonstration…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) announced that it was awarded a contract by Empresa Nacional del Petróleo (ENAP) for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a new process unit at its Biobío refinery in Chile. Fluor booked the undisclosed…
MilliporeSigma (Billerica, Mass.; www.emdgroup.com) announced it has acquired BioControl Systems Inc., a global leader in food safety testing. The acquisition opens growth opportunities for MilliporeSigma in the food and beverage space, particularly in the U.S. Confidentiality has been agreed on…
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) has been awarded by SOCAR GPC a service contract for the ethylene and cryomax technology licenses respectively for a petrochemical complex and for the NGL recovery section of a gas processing plant, which is part of…