A. Schulman, Inc. (Akron, Ohio; www.aschulman.com) has announced that it has acquired Compco Pty. Ltd., located near Melbourne, Australia, for $6.7 million in cash. Compco is a manufacturer of a variety of plastic compounds and products, including masterbatches and custom performance colors.…
Methes Energies International Ltd. (Las Vegas, Nev.; www.methes.com), a renewable energy company that offers an array of products and services to biodiesel fuel producers, has announced the introduction of the Methes PP-MEC catalyst. Dorf Ketal Speciality Catalysts LLC (Houston; www.dorfketal.com)…
KBR Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a reimbursable contract by Koch Nitrogen Company, LLC to provide engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services for a new grassroots urea plant, part of a $1.3-billion expansion project by Koch Nitrogen at its…
Bioenergy Research: Advances and Applications. By Vijai K. Gupta, Maria G. Tuohy, Christian Kubicek, Jack Saddler and Feng Xu. Elsevier Inc., 225 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA 02451. Web: elsevier.com. 2014. 500 pages. $149.95. Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics: Transport and Rate Processes in…
Plant Watch Jacobs awarded contract for ExxonMobil projects in Baytown and Mont Belvieu August 12, 2014 — Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) was awarded a contract from ExxonMobil Chemical Co. to provide engineering, procurement and construction services as…
Clay Naef Barbieri Ferris Kieny Specialty chemicals producer Lanxess (Cologne, Germany) names Matthias Zachert chairman of the board, and promotes Jorge Nogueira to head of the Performance Butadiene Rubbers business unit. The Sensors Div. of Honeywell Life Safety (Morris…
The preliminary value for the June CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) rose 0.3% from the final May value, after gains the previous two months. Subcategories of the equipment index generally saw small increases, or were relatively…
Albemarle Corp. (Baton Rouge, La.; www.albemarle.com) and ICL (Tel Aviv; www.icl-group.com) have announced that the two companies have entered into an agreement to establish a manufacturing joint venture (JV) for the production of ICL's FR-122P polymeric flame retardant and Albemarle's…
Specialty chemical market volumes rose 1.0% in July, following a 0.8% rise in June, according to the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). Of the 28 specialty chemical markets monitored…
Ultraviolet (UV) treatment specialist Hanovia (Slough, U.K.; www.hanovia.com) and the industrial division of its U.S. sister company Aquionics (Erlanger, Ky.; www.aquionics.com) have launched a new UV Application Center in Shanghai, China. Aquionics provides industrial UV technology to the Americas region,…