Albemarle Corporation (Baton Rouge, La.; www.albemarle.com) successfully started up a new catalyst manufacturing plant at its facility in Yeosu, South Korea. The plant will produce commercial quantities of single site metallocene catalysts, including grades enhanced by Albemarle's proprietary ActivCat activation…
Endress+Hauser (Reinach BL, Switzerland; www.endress.com) is manufacturing more and more flowmeters in Suzhou, China, with the principal growth drivers being water and wastewater industry. Endress+Hauser Flowtec, global leader in flow measurement technology, has reacted by enlarging its plant in the…
Nanostart AG’s ItN Nanovation AG (Saarbrücken, Germany; www.itn-nanovation.de) has bindingly received via its local agent Juffali Chemical Products Co. two big orders for ItN flat membrane filters (CFM Systems) for a total of more than €4,5 million. The orders, which…
The specialty chemicals group Altana (Wesel, Germany; www.altana.com) has acquired the specialty coatings business of Henkel. The products are sold under the brand names MiraFoil and Miracure and are mainly supplied to the packaging industry in North America. The business…
The Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) will be utilizing ammonia technology from ThyssenKrupp Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-uhde.de) in its new ammonia plant Ma’aden II, being built near the port of Ras al Khair in the Arabian Gulf. As a…
Praj Industries (Pune, India; www.praj.net), a process solutions company for bioethanol, alcohol and brewery, water and wastewater and critical process equipment has broken ground on an integrated second-generation (2G) cellulosic ethanol plant, the first of its kind in South Asia.…
Showa Shell Sekiyu (Tokyo; www.showa-shell.co.jp) has announced that it will build a thermal power plant fueled by woody biomass and palm kernel shells on the site of its former Ohgimachi plant at the Keihin refinery complex in Kawasaki City, Japan.…
SNC-Lavalin Inc. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada; www.snclavalin.com) has been awarded a contract by MEG Energy to complete the detailed engineering and provide procurement services for Phase 3A of the Christina Lake Regional Project steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) central processing facility in…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has received a three-year contract from Nexen Energy ULC for engineering and procurement services for the Long Lake oil-sands facility. Long Lake is an integrated steam-assisted, gravity-drainage (SAGD) and upgrading operation that uses…
Parchem Fine & Specialty Chemicals (New Rochelle, N.Y.; www.parchem.com) has announced a newly formed strategic alliance with Nexira (Rouen Cedex, France; www.nexira.com). Nexira is a supplier of innovative natural ingredients for the food, nutrition and health industries. The synergy of…