DuPont (Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com) announced that it has named John L. Chrosniak, to the role of President, DuPont Sustainable Solutions effective Sept. 1, succeeding James R. (Jim) Weigand, who has been appointed chairman & CEO of the DuPont Teijin Films…
TerraVerdae BioWorks Inc. (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; www.terraverdae.com), an industrial biotechnology company developing advanced bioplastics and environmentally sustainable biomaterials, announced that it has successfully achieved key milestones for the economic, commercial production for its line of biomaterials based on polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA).…
NAES Corp. (Issaquah, Wash.; www.naes.com), a provider of maintenance and construction, engineering, and O&M services, has acquired Olsson Industrial Electric, a recognized electrical construction, engineering, and controls contractor that provides services to the power generation, renewable energy, mining, pharmaceuticals, and…
Aqua Metals, Inc. (Oakland, Calif.; www.aquametals.com), a developer of a electrochemical lead recycling technology, announced it has broken ground for construction on its new AquaRefinery commercial battery-recycling facility in McCarran, Nev. In June 2015, Aqua Metals purchased 11.7 acres at…
Ube Industries, Ltd. (Ube; Tokyo, Japan; www.ube-ind.co.jp) recently commemorated the launch of Lotte Ube Synthetic Rubber Sdn. Bhd., a joint venture (JV) for the manufacturing of butadiene rubber (BR) based in the Tanjung Langsat industrial park in Johor, Malaysia. The…
A.W. Chesterton Co. (Woburn, Mass.; www.chesterton.com) announced the acquisition of Ceramic Polymer GmbH (Roedinghausen, Germany). The company manufactures industrial coatings that are specialized in protecting metal and concrete materials in large industrial structures, such as storage tanks, offshore and onshore structures, pipelines, and…
The Lubrizol Corp. (Wickliffe, Ohio; www.lubrizol.com) and Daelim Industrial (Seoul, South Korea) have signed a technology license agreement granting Lubrizol the right to use Daelim technology for the manufacture of polyisobutylenes (PIBs). Daelim is a leading provider of high-quality petrochemical…
ABB (Zurich, Switzerland; www.abb.com) has acquired the remaining shares of CGM AB to become its sole shareholder. Sweden-based CGM provides modern control-room design and ergonomic solutions for maximum control-room operator effectiveness. The acquisition complements ABB’s portfolio with the latest technology…
Borouge, an Abu Dhabi-based provider of plastics solutions has selected Neste Jacobs Oy (Porvoo, Finland; www.nestejacobs.com) as a Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) service contractor for its polyethylene (PE) plant modification project, located in Ruwais industrial area, United Arab…
The preliminary value for the June 2015 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) continued the trend of small monthly declines since the beginning of the year. The June CEPCI is 3.1% lower than the corresponding value from…