Borouge, an Abu Dhabi-based provider of plastics solutions has selected Neste Jacobs Oy (Porvoo, Finland; www.nestejacobs.com) as a Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) service contractor for its polyethylene (PE) plant modification project, located in Ruwais industrial area, United Arab…
The preliminary value for the June 2015 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) continued the trend of small monthly declines since the beginning of the year. The June CEPCI is 3.1% lower than the corresponding value from…
Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.; www.bv.com), a global engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company providing energy, water, and telecommunications solutions, announced the creation of its new local entity, Black & Veatch South Africa. Headquartered in Johannesburg, the new local…
Directors and staff from BOC and Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.; www.eastman.com) joined key contractors at a ceremony at Eastman’s site at Newport in South Wales to mark the official opening of a hydrogen plant. BOC, a member of The…
LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com) announced that YPF S.A. and Grupo Inversor Petroquimica S.L. have accepted an offer to purchase LyondellBasell's Argentina-based, wholly-owned subsidiary Petroken Petroquimica Ensenada S.A. (Petroken). The sale is expected to close in late 2015 following Brazilian…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with Yara Suomi Oy on the design and delivery of a paste plant for tailings treatment. The contract, valued at over €40 million, has been booked in Outotec's third-quarter order intake. Outotec's EPC…
Meredian Holdings Group Inc. (MHG; Bainbridge, Ga.; www.MHGBio.com) announced that the company has become the world’s largest producer of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) with the startup of their first commercial-scale fermenter in Bainbridge, Ga. MHG has been working over the last couple…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) announced that it has been selected by Techpack Solutions in Korea to supply its integrated oxy-fuel solutions. It is Air Products’ second project to support this leading Korean container-glass maker that aims to reduce…
The Mann+Hummel Group (Ludwigsburg, Germany; www.mann-hummel.com) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement under which Mann+Hummel will acquire the global filtration operations (excluding its Affinia South America (“ASA”) operations) of Affinia Group, the manufacturer of the Wix and…
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, announced that Shandong Chambroad Holding Co. has become the first company in China to commission a combined propylene and isobutylene (C3/C4) dehydrogenation unit to meet growing demand in Asia for plastics,…