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Fluor awarded contract for megaproject in Azerbaijan

The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) has awarded Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) a contract to provide project-management contractor services for its new oil-and-gas processing and petrochemical complex (OGPC) in Azerbaijan. Fluor will book the contract for an…

First propane-dehydrogenation application for Clariant catalyst material goes online in China

Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) has announced that its Heat Generating Material (HGM) for the Catofin process technology for producing propylene from propane demonstrated excellent performance at the propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant of Ningbo Haiyue New Material Co. Limited in Ningbo…

BASF signs sublicense agreement with ExxonMobil for H2S-removal technology

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co. (EMRE) have concluded an agreement on EMRE’s Flexsorb technology. The agreement provides BASF with the right to sublicense the technology and supply the related solvent to third parties. The…

Lanxess names new CFO

The Supervisory Board of Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has resolved to appoint Michael Pontzen as a member of the board of management, effective April 1, 2015. He will assume the role of chief financial officer (CFO) at the specialty…

Synthomer expands styrene butadiene plant in Malaysia

Synthomer plc (Essex, U.K.; www.synthomer.com; ), a producer of carboxylated styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) for carpet, paper and speciality applications, has announced an expansion of its Kluang plant in Johor State, Malaysia to produce a range of specialty SBR to…

A. Schulman acquires Citadel Plastics

A. Schulman, Inc. (Akron, Ohio; www.aschulman.com) has executed a definitive agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of privately held Citadel Plastics Holdings, Inc., a portfolio company of private equity firms HGGC and Charlesbank Capital Partners,…

Solvay to acquire alkoxylation plant in the Netherlands

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has agreed with Emery Oleochemicals and ERCA Group to buy their jointly-owned new alkoxylation facility, ERCA Emery Surfactant B.V., in the Moerdijk integrated industrial park in the Netherlands. As an on-pipe facility, commissioned in 2014,…

Evonik to acquire Monarch Catalysts

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has signed an agreement with Monarch Catalyst Pvt. Ltd., Dombivli (India) to acquire 100% of the company’s shares. The transaction is expected to close during the first half year of 2015 after the required…

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Alcoa expands titanium, specialty metal offerings with RTI acquisition

Alcoa Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pa.; www.alcoa.com) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire RTI International Metals, Inc., a global supplier of titanium and specialty metal products and services for the commercial aerospace, defense, energy and medical device markets. Alcoa will purchase…