Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is now significantly expanding precipitated silica capacity at its Maptaphut site in Thailand. Funded by an investment in the lower double-digit million euro range, the expansion is to be completed in the first quarter…
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland, www.fwc.com) announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction (E&C) Group has signed an equity purchase agreement with CEFOC (The Fourth Construction Company Ltd. of China Electronics System Engineering) to purchase a…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) today announced the startup of its state-of-the-art, 135 million standard cubic feet per day (scfd) hydrogen plant serving the Valero petroleum refinery in Port Arthur, Texas and other customers. The new plant houses the largest…
Styron Europe GmbH (Horgen, Switzerland; www.styron.com) and Ravago S.A. announced jointly today that they have signed a definitive agreement under which Styron’s Expandable Polystyrene (EPS) business will be sold to RP Compounds, a subsidiary of Ravago S.A., for an undisclosed…
The U.S. Chemical Production Regional Index (U.S. CPRI) was flat in June, following a 0.1% gain the previous month, according to the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). During June, chemical production rose in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and West…
Siemens Industry Inc., USA (www.siemens.com/metals), and consortium partner Midrex Technologies, Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.; www.midrex.com) received an order from the Austrian voestalpine group (www.voestalpine.com) to build a direct reduction plant in the U.S. The Midrex plant will be constructed near the…
NordsonCorp. (Westlake, Ohio; www.nordson.com) announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Münster, Germany based Kreyenborg Group’s Kreyenborg GmbH and BKG Bruckmann & Kreyenborg Granuliertechnik GmbH companies. Material terms of the transaction are being provided in required regulatory…
Ineos Technologies (Rolle, Switzerland; www.ineos.com) announced that it has been chosen to provide the Innovene PP process to Oriental Energy Company Limited based in Nanjing for its subsidiary, Ningbo Fuji Petrochemical Company Limited. The unit, to be built in Ningbo,…
Clariant International Ltd. (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com), announced that it has signed a long-term supply contract with OMV. From 2015, the Austrian oil and gas company will supply Clariant's site in Gendorf (Germany) with ethylene. This agreement will enable Clariant to…
Sapphire Energy, Inc. (San Diego, Calif.; http://www.sapphireenergy.com/), a producer of algae-based crude oil, and the technology company The Linde Group AG (Munich, Germany; www.the-linde-group.com) announced they will expand their partnership to commercialize a new industrial-scale conversion technology needed to upgrade…