Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) says that its ICA Fluor industrial engineering-construction joint venture (JV) with Empresas ICA, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: ICA) signed a contract with Petroquimica Mexicana de Vinilo (PMV), a JV between Mexichem, the leading Mexican petrochemical…
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded a contract by Sasol to supply its proprietary ethylene technology and front-end engineering design (FEED) for a world-class grassroots ethane cracker. This cracker, to be located at Sasol's Lake Charles site in Louisiana, will…
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) has signed an agreement to divest its Detergents & Intermediates business to International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG; Luxembourg; www.ic-investors.com). The total consideration of the sale amounts to CHF 58 million, out of which 20 million will…
Wison Engineering Services Co. Ltd. (Shanghai, China; www.wison.com), the largest private sector chemical engineering, procurement and construction management (EPC) service provider in China announced today that Wison Engineering Ltd., an indirectly non wholly-owned subsidiary of the company was awarded a…
Cooper Valves (Stafford, Tex.; www.coopervalves.com) says it has acquired Accuseal (Houston), the leading manufacturer of severe service metal-seated ball valves. The acquisition will strengthen Cooper Valves’ position within the severe-service valve market. Accuseal will conduct future business as a brand of…
Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) and E.ON, one of the world’s largest power and gas companies, have entered an agreement, where E.ON will utilize excess heat generated at Haldor Topsøe’s production site in Frederikssund, Denmark, to provide district heating…
Belarus-based Grodno Azot has placed an order with plant engineering specialists ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Hamburg, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-uhde.com) for the planning and delivery of a nitric acid plant and a plant for the production of the liquid fertilizer urea ammonium…
Technology, engineering and project-management company Neste Jacobs Oy (Porvoo, Finland; www.nestejacobs.com) and dairy company Valio Oy (www.valio.fi) have signed a long-term agreement for Neste Jacobs to deliver the production optimization of Valio whey-powder factory with its APC (advanced process control)…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has been awarded minerals-processing-technology orders by Grupo Peñoles for four greenfield concentrators and one expansion in Mexico. The orders, worth over €47 million, have been booked in Outotec's third quarter order intake. Outotec's deliveries include…
W. R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, Md.; www.grace.com) announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of the Unipol Polypropylene Licensing and Catalysts business of The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) for a cash purchase…