Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has received a two-year contract from Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemical Company (SATORP) to provide general engineering services (GES) at SATORP’s Jubail Industrial City II facilities in Saudi Arabia. Under the terms…
The Chemours Co. (Wilmington, Del.; www.chemours.com) has begun the commercial startup of its new titanium dioxide (TiO2) line at its Altamira plant in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. Chemours reached mechanical completion of the line in December 2015. The company…
Ineos (Rolle, Switzerland; www.ineos.com) has announced that Ineos Oligomers made a Final Investment Decision (FID) to build a new world-scale linear alpha-olefin (LAO) unit at the Ineos site at Chocolate Bayou, Tex. The LAO unit capacity will be 420,000 metric…
The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) and Dow Corning Corp. announced that Robert D. (Bob) Hansen, chairman, chief executive officer and president, has announced his intention to retire from Dow Corning Corp. upon the completion of Dow’s ownership restructure transaction with…
Total S.A. (Paris; www.total.com) and Saft, a designer and manufacturer of advanced industrial batteries, announced that, following the signature of an agreement between the companies, Total filed a friendly tender offer on all of the issued and outstanding shares in…
Air-pollution-control company Anguil Environmental Systems, (Milwaukee, Wis.; www.anguil.com) is announcing the creation of a new water-treatment division named Anguil Aqua Systems. The new initiative will leverage Anguil’s extensive engineering experience and process knowledge. Anguil has spent the past three years…
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (AGC; Tokyo; www.agc.com) has decided to further increase the production capacity of vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) at P.T. Asahimas Chemical (ASC), one of its consolidated subsidiaries in Indonesia. ASC has recently completed a facility enhancement, which…
Honeywell (Morristown, N.J.; www.honeywell.com) announced its intention to spin off its Resins and Chemicals business into a standalone, publicly traded company named AdvanSix Inc. Honeywell will file a Form 10 relating to the transaction with the Securities and Exchange Commission…
GreenMantra Technologies (Brantford, Ontario, Canada; www.greenmantra.ca), a rapidly growing producer of high-value waxes and specialty chemicals from recycled plastic feedstocks, announced that it has completed construction of a new manufacturing plant, significantly expanding its capacity and the availability of its…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has signed a definitive agreement with Brazilian chemical group Unipar Carbocloro to sell its 70.59% stake in Solvay Indupa. “Solvay’s divestment of Indupa follows our announced early exit of our European PVC joint venture as…