KBR, Inc., (Houston; www.kbr.com), a global engineering, construction and services company, announced that it has been awarded a contract by Fertial SpA to conduct a study that will improve safety, reliability and energy efficiency of two Algerian ammonia plants. The…
Global specialty chemicals company Chemtura Corp. (Philadelphia, Pa.; www.chemtura.com) has opened its new multipurpose manufacturing facility in the Nantong Economic and Technological Development Area in Nantong, China. The state-of-the-art facility, located in Jiangsu Province 80 miles northwest of Shanghai, will…
Flotek Industries, Inc. (Houston, www.flotekind.com) and Tasneea Oil and Gas Technologies, LLC (www.tasneea-int.com), of Oman, have announced the execution of an agreement to establish an oilfield chemistry manufacturing company and a chemical research company in Oman to serve markets in…
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Admin. (OSHA; www.osha.gov) has issued a proposed rule to improve workplace safety and health through improved tracking of workplace injuries and illnesses. The announcement follows the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ release of its annual…
TPC Group (Houston; www.tpcgrp.com), a provider of C4-based products and services, announced the progress of its comprehensive expansion program to increase polyisobutylene capacity. In early 2013 TPC embarked on an expansion effort to both debottleneck existing capacity and build additional…
Ashai Glass Co., Ltd. (AGC; Tokyo, www.agc.com) has reached an agreement with Petronas Chemicals Group Berhad (Kuala Lumpur; www.petronaschemicals.com) under which AGC will acquire a 78% equity stake in Vietnamese polyvinyl chloride (PVC) company, Phu My Plastics & Chemicals Co.,…
ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Hamburgh, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp.com) has reached an agreement with De Nora (Milan, Italy) to establish a joint venture (JV). The companies intend to combine their engineering, procurement and construction activities for electrolysis plants under the name ThyssenKrupp…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) says it will build and operate a large-scale alkoxylation unit in Pasadena, Texas, at an integrated industrial facility of LyondellBasell's Equistar Chemicals affiliate, in order to serve a growing North American market. Equistar will supply…
Sibur Holding’s (Moscow, www.sibur.com) subsidiary Biaxplen has launched a new production facility of biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) films in Tomsk. The opening ceremony was attended by Sergey Zhvachkin, Governor of the Tomsk region, Leonid Mikhelson, Chairman of SIBUR Holding’s Board…
AEA Investors LP (www.aeainvestors.com) has signed an agreement to acquire the municipal, industrial and services water- and wastewater-treatment operations and assets of Siemens Water Technologies (Alpharetta, Ga.; www.water.siemens.com), a part of Siemens Industry Sector, for EUR 640 million. The transaction is…