Enel Energia (Rome, Italy; www.enel.com) has begun construction of an innovative CCHP (combined cooling, heat and power) mini-biomass plant at the historic Luxottica factory in Agordo, in the Veneto region’s Belluno province. The plant, with a capacity of 199 kWe,…
ExxonMobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.exxonmobil.com) will add flexibility to process light crudes at its Beaumont refinery, increasing production capacity by approximately 20,000 barrels per day (bbl/d). This expansion will further strengthen ExxonMobil’s integrated downstream portfolio in Southeast Texas. “This project…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has entered into a definitive merger agreement with U.S.-based Cytec to acquire 100% of its share capital for $75.25 per share in cash. The total cash consideration will amount to $5.5 billion, corresponding to an…
Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway; www.yara.com) is investing $263 million in Sluiskil, the Netherlands to increase granulation capacity, enabling increased production of granular urea with sulfur, and nitrates. In 2011, Yara completed the construction of a new world-scale urea solution…
H.B. Fuller Co. (St. Paul, Minn.; www.hbfuller.com) broke ground on its future manufacturing facility in Surabaya, Indonesia. This future facility will strengthen H.B. Fuller’s network in the Asia Pacific region and will complement the products and technical service offered by…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has begun production at its new fluoroelastomers (FKM) plant in Changshu, China, as part of its ongoing strategic site expansion, to meet booming demand for its specialty polymers from Asia’s fast-growing automotive industry and multiple other…
Honeywell (Morristown, N.J.; www.honeywell.com) announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Elster Division of Melrose Industries plc, a leading provider of thermal gas solutions for commercial, industrial, and residential heating systems and gas, water, and electricity…
Genomatica (San Diego, Calif.; www.genomatica.com) and Cargill (Minneapolis, Minn.; www.cargill.com) have entered into a collaboration agreement to accelerate the production of renewable chemicals for industrial applications. The collaboration will give chemical producers, distributors and users access to a reliable, cost-effective…
Victrex plc (Thornton Cleveleys, U.K.; www.victrex.com) has announced the acquisition of U.S.-based polymer-gears specialist Kleiss Gears Inc. (www.kleissgears.com). Kleiss Gears has a proven track record stretching over 20 years of replacing and complementing metal gear systems with high-performance engineering polymer…
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, announced that China’s Ningxia Baota Chemical Fiber Co. will use Honeywell UOP’s latest-generation technologies and equipment to build an energy-efficient petrochemical complex. The Yinchuan City, Ningxia, China, complex will produce valuable…