Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has received orders from ETI Alüminyum A.S. a division of Turkish CENGIZ Holding, to deliver green anode plant and rodding shop technology worth approximately €15 million. The order has been booked in Outotec's third quarter…
Stamicarbon B.V. (Sittard, The Netherlands; www.stamicarbon.com), the Licensing and IP Center of Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy; www.mairetecnimont.it) has signed a contract with Chemoprojekt, Czech Republic, covering the license and process design package (PDP) for a revamp of the existing…
Evonik Industries AG’s (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) joint venture with Ampaglas Plastics Group, Evonik Acrylics Africa (EAA), has begun production at a new extrusion plant in South Africa. Located in Johannesburg, the plant will produce extruded Plexiglas sheets. With an initial…
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) today announced that its Business Unit Catalysts has signed long-term cooperation agreements with CB&I’s Lummus Novolen Technology GmbH business unit. The two companies will combine and ramp up R&D efforts to develop improved polypropylene catalyst and…
The technology company —The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) has been awarded a contract to build the world’s largest carbon dioxide purification and liquefaction plant for Jubail United Petrochemical Co. (UNITED), a manufacturing affiliate of SABIC (Saudi Basic Industries Corp.).…
JGC Indonesia, a wholly-owned subsidiary of JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.jgc.co.jp), has received a contract from the Indonesian subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell for construction of a lubricating-oil blending facility, also located in Indonesia. The lump-sum turnkey contract calls for…
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) and Sasol (Johannesburg, South Africa; www.sasol.com) announce that they have established an alliance for front-end engineering services for future Sasol gas-to-liquids (GTL) projects. Furthermore, it also allows for Technip’s participation during the execution stage of future…
Toray Plastics (America), Inc. (North Kingstown, R.I.; www.torayfilms.com), a United States manufacturer of precision-performance polyester, polypropylene, metallized, and bio-based films, will begin construction on a second cogeneration system at its 70-acre North Kingstown, R.I. campus. Toray already operates a cogeneration…
The Lubrizol Corporation (Wickliffe, Ohio; www.lubrizol.com) has announced the opening of a world-class additives manufacturing facility in Zhuhai, Guangdong, China. The plant is the latest addition to Lubrizol's long-term investment and growing presence in China. It is also the cornerstone…
Siemens Energy Sector (Erlangen, Germany; www.siemens.com/energy) has been awarded a major order from Portland General Electric Company, a fully integrated public utility in Oregon, for 116 units of its SWT-2.3-108 wind turbines. Each turbine has a capacity of 2.3 megawatts…