AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) has announced plans to invest more than €20 million in its organic peroxide production facilities in Mons, Belgium, and Houston (Pasadena), Tex., in the U.S. In Mons, the company is introducing new technologies to increase…
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (AGC; Tokyo; www.agc.com) announced plans to increase the production capacity of the polyvinyl chloride (PVC) facility at Phu My Plastics & Chemicals Co. (PMPC), AGC’s subsidiary business in Vietnam. PMPC’s PVC production capacity will be increased…
Statoil (Trondheim, Norway; www.statoil.com) has appointed Anders Opedal as as chief operating officer (COO) in the corporate executive committee (CEC), effective 1 April. Opedal will be responsible the corporate improvement programs and for driving operational efficiency across Statoils business areas.…
LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, The Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com) announced plans to expand tri-ethylene glycol (TEG) production capacity at the company's existing ethylene oxide and ethylene glycol plant in Pasadena, Tex. The additional capacity of 50 million pounds per year would more than double…
Amec Foster Wheeler (London, U.K.; www.amecfw.com) has announced the award of a technical-services agreement contract by Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company SAOC (Orpic) for the Mina Al Fahal Refinery and Sohar Refinery, Aromatics and Polypropylene plants in Oman.…
3M (St. Paul, Minn.; www.3m.com) has set its sights on expanding in the West Region of China. Inge Thulin, 3M’s chairman, president and chief executive officer, debuted plans last week for the new West Region Technical Center in Chengdu, one…
Indorama Ventures Public Co. Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand; www.indorama.net) has signed an agreement to acquire 100% shareholding of the Montreal-based purified terephthalic acid (PTA) business of Cepsa Química SA, Cepsa Chimie Montréal s.e.c. Cepsa's plant is the only PTA facility…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has announced plans to invest in the gradual increase in global production volume of specialty silicones. In Essen, the company is currently putting the expansion of a plant for the production of these special…
Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions, the Engineering and Construction activity of Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) has announced that it has been selected by BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) to supply their gas-to-propylene (GTP) project with Air Liquide’s MegaMethanol and…
Intergraph Corp. (Huntsville, Ala.; www.intergraph.com) Process, Power & Marine has acquired OhmTech A/S (Stavanger, Norway), a provider of pressure-vessel design software for more than 30 years. OhmTech’s technical and development staff in Norway have joined Intergraph as part of the…