Nexeo Solutions (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.nexeosolutions.com), a chemical distributor, announced that they have entered into an agreement to acquire Chemical Specialists and Development, Inc. (CSD), also known as Startex Chemical. Through this acquisition, Nexeo Solutions expands its capabilities in formula…
Emerson Electric Co. (St. Louis, Mo.; www.emerson.com) announced that it has acquired Enardo LLC, a leader in safety and environmental control equipment for the oil and gas, petrochemical, wastewater, refining and other industries. Enardo, with approximately $65 million in sales…
The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W; Charlotte, N.C.; www.babcock.com) announced today that its subsidiary, Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG), has signed an agreement with the FutureGen Industrial Alliance to perform full front-end engineering and design (FEED)…
The JPMorgan Global Manufacturing Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI)rose 0.2 points to 51.8, signaling that global manufacturing saw a modest pace of expansion in September, according to the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC;…
Primus Green Energy (Hillsborough, N.J.; www.primusge.com) held an event yesterday to mark the official commissioning of its demonstration-scale plant for making drop-in gasoline from synthesis gas. The company’s STG-plus process generates high-octane gasoline from syngas, without the need…
JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.jgc.co.jp) announced today that a contract has been signed between Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP (Chevron Phillips Chemical) and JGC and Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) to provide engineering, procurement, and construction services for the company's…
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) and Zachry Industrial (San Antonio, Tex.; www.zhi.com), in a partnership called Gulf Coast Partners, have been awarded a substantial contract to design and build two polyethylene (PE) plants for Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP (Chevron Phillips…
AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) has finalized the €260-million divestment of its Building Adhesives business to Sika AG. Under the terms of the deal, all of Building Adhesives' approximately 550 employees have transferred to the new owners, along with the…
Kehl Diaz-Stringel Morgan Imbrogno Morgan Thomas Kehl becomes president and chairman of the executive board of Coperian GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany), which specializes in compounding and bulk-materials-handling systems. Univar, Inc. (Redmond, Wash.), a global chemicals distributor, names Sam Sutherland vice…
Plant Watch Sibur and BASF sign longterm agreement for polymer additives September 12, 2013 — Sibur (Moscow, www.sibur.com) and BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) have signed a longterm cooperation memorandum to supply additives to be used for polymer production and…