Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) received a three-year contract from Saudi International Petrochemical Company (Sipchem) to provide general engineering services at Sipchem’s Jubail Industrial City facilities in Saudi Arabia. Under the terms of the contract, Jacobs is expected…
Johnson Matthey (London; www.matthey.com) has announced that Anna Manz will join the company's board on 17th October 2016, succeeding Den Jones as Group Finance Director. This follows the announcement on 2nd March that Den Jones will step down as Group…
PPG Industries, Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pa.; www.ppg.com) announced that Jeff Oravitz, previously chief executive officer of MetoKote, is appointed vice president of PPG coatings services and president of PPG-MetoKote, reporting directly to Viktor Sekmakas, PPG executive vice president. PPG announced July…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has been awarded a contract by Bakyrchik Mining, a subsidiary of Polymetal International Plc, for the delivery of process equipment to the gold project Kyzyl in north-eastern Kazakhstan. The parties have agreed not to disclose…
Ineos (Rolle, Switzerland; www.ineos.com) has completed its acquisition of the full shareholding in Inovyn, which brings to an end Solvay’s part interest in the company. Ineos and Solvay formed Inovyn as a 50/50 joint venture in July 2015, with Solvay's…
Arkema's (Colombes, France; www.arkema.com) specialty adhesives business line, Bostik, has developed its cementitious product manufacturing capacities, based on its Polymer Modified Binder (PMB) technology, with the opening of a new plant in Helsingborg, Sweden. As a global adhesive specialist for…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Xinjiang Markor Chemical Industry Co. inaugurated a new PolyTHF (polytetrahydrofuran) plant in Korla, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in northwest China. Commercial products are now available for delivery to local customers in China. The plant,…
INEOS (Rolle, Switzerland; www.ineos.com) announced that INEOS Oxide is embarking on a multi-million pound expansion of its Hull manufacturing facility to increase production of ethyl acetate (EtAc) by 100,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr). It is expected that the additional…
Solvay SA (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) and its affiliate Peroxidos do Brasil have agreed with Suzano Papel e Celulose to build a small dedicated hydrogen peroxide production unit using Solvay’s myH2O2 technology, at Suzano’s pulp mill site in Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil. This…
The Lubrizol Corp. (Wickliffe, Ohio; www.lubrizol.com) announced that it has acquired Diamond Dispersions Ltd., a company exclusively focused on the production of water-based dye and pigment dispersions for inks used in digital printing. Headquartered in Sheffield, U.K., Diamond Dispersions is…