The Endress+Hauser Group’s (Reinach, Switzerland; www.endress.com) Flowtec, a manufacturer of flowmeter technology, has expanded its Cernay plant in Alsace, France to take advantage of this growth. “By adding 10,000 square meters of production space, we are strengthening the Cernay location…
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan; www.shinetsu.co.jp) announced plans to expand its silicones business, one of its main businesses, by implementing facility investments in Japan totaling ¥20 billion. The objective of the new facility investments in Shin-Etsu's silicones business is to…
The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) has announced a two-phase restructuring plan with the objective of optimizing its participation in various Kuwaiti joint ventures. Under the first phase, EQUATE would acquire MEGlobal, a joint venture between Dow and Petrochemical…
Pump and valve manufacturer KSB Group (Frankenthal, Germany; www.ksb.com) is investing about $75 million in its U.S. site in Grovetown, Ga., of which $40 million are going to the new foundry. Investments in the KSB subsidiary GIW Industries are to…
DRT (Dax, France; www.drt.fr) a specialist in processing rosin and turpentine oil distilled from pine resin, has purchased land in Georgia, which marks the first step of its move across the Atlantic. To meet growing demand from international markets, and…
Emerson (St. Louis, Mo.; www.emerson.com) has acquired IntelliSAW Inc., a leading provider of systems that protect electric-power transmission and distribution equipment by measuring and monitoring temperature, humidity and partial discharge using advanced sensor and analytic technologies. The IntelliSAW suite of…
Honeywell (Morristown, N.J.; www.honeywell.com) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Seelze, Germany-based laboratory research chemicals business from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, Mo.; www.sigma-aldrich.com) for approximately €105 million. The acquired Sigma-Aldrich business develops and manufactures high-purity research chemicals and other materials…
Total S.A. (Paris; www.total.com) has selected Axens’ (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) process technology, Vegan, for its first biorefinery, to be located at La Mède (France). The plant will produce 500,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) of high-quality paraffinic biodiesel, treating primarily…
Compass Minerals (Overland Park, Kan.; www.compassminerals.com) has selected Veolia Water Technologies (Moon Township, Pa.; www.veoliawaterstna.com) to provide the HPD Crystallization equipment necessary to expand production of its potassium sulfate product at its facility near Ogden, Utah, in the U.S. The…
Air Liquide’s (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) has signed a new contract with ITER-India for the design and manufacturing of 19 cryogenic lines for the ITER project. This latest contract comes after two earlier ones, signed in 2012 and in 2013, bringing the…