CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) announced its intent to sell the company's Technology business. CB&I is targeting to close the transaction by the end of the 2017 calendar year. "Supported by more than 100 years of technology development, our Technology…
The specialty chemicals Group Altana AG (Wesel, Germany; www.altana.com) has acquired a technology portfolio and research and development platform from U.S.-based NuLabel Technologies, Inc. It comprises innovative technologies for additive manufacturing of sustainable decoration solutions as well as novel technology…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract by PETRONAS Refinery and Petrochemical Corporation Sdn. Bhd. for an isononanol plant located in Pengerang, Johor, Malaysia. Fluor will book the undisclosed contract value in the…
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; Tokyo, Japan; www.sdk.co.jp) has decided to acquire assets concerning the Sublimation-Recrystallization Method to manufacture silicon carbide (SiC) wafers from Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) and Nippon Steel & Sumikin Materials Co., Ltd. (NSMAT) by…
Amec Foster Wheeler (London, U.K.; www.amecfw.com) has been awarded a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract by Total Raffinage France, a subsidiary of Total, the French multinational integrated oil and gas company. Total has stated that the Donges refinery, located in…
As part of a project of Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Asahi Kasei Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; www.asahi-kasei.co.jp) verified a newly developed process for diphenyl carbonate (DPC), a monomer used to produce polycarbonate (PC), which is used…
Vestolit GmbH, a 100% subsidiary of Mexichem S.A.B. de C.V. (Tlalnepantla, Mexico; www.mexichem.com), has started up the specialty polyvinyl chloride (PVC) capacity expansion that was first announced in May 2015 at the Mexichem Marl plant in Germany. Initial product runs…
Tronox Ltd. (Stamford, Conn.; www.tronox.com) announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Alkali Chemicals business to Genesis Energy, L.P., a diversified midstream energy master limited partnership headquartered in Houston, Texas, for $1.325 billion in cash. The…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Dallas, Tex.; www.jacobs.com) and CH2M Hill Companies Ltd. announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Jacobs will acquire all of the outstanding shares of CH2M in a cash and stock transaction with…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) plans to establish a new Group company, BASF 3D Printing Solutions GmbH, as of September 1, 2017. This wholly owned subsidiary of BASF New Business GmbH will be headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany, at the site…