ABB (Zurich, Switzerland; www.abb.com) has won a contract worth over $ 100 million to build a new gas condensate processing plant for Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) in the Sultanate of Oman. The order was booked in the second quarter. The…
Praxair Canada Inc., a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com), has signed a new contract with Vale, a leading international mining company, to supply oxygen to a new nickel processing facility being built in Long Harbor, Newfoundland. Praxair will…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) has formed a new joint venture (JV) with CFPS Engenharia e Projetos, S.A. (Construcap; Sao Paulo, Brazil; www.construcap.com.br), to pursue engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) projects in Brazil. Construcap has been active in the…
Toyo Engineering India Ltd. (Toyo-India), an Indian subsidiary of Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp), has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to build a new multi-business chemical production site for BASF India Ltd. part of…
In the products triallyl cyanurate (TAC) and triallyl isocyanurate (Taicros), Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) offers two high-quality crosslinking boosters. Given the planned expansion of production capacities in Wesseling at the end of 2013, it will be possible to…
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded by the petrochemical company Al-Jubail Petrochemical Co. (KEMYA) — a joint venture between SABIC and Exxon Chemical Arabia, an affiliate of ExxonMobil Chemical Co. — a contract for the engineering, procurement and construction of…
The U.S. Chemical Production Regional Index (U.S. CPRI) slipped by 0.1% in June, following a downwardly revised 0.5% decline in May, according to the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). “Chemical production fell in the Gulf Coast, Midwest, Southeast…
Specialty chemicals maker Clariant International ltd. (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) today inaugurated Germany's biggest pilot plant for the production of climate-friendly cellulosic ethanol from agricultural waste. Located in Straubing, Bavaria and supported by the Bavarian government and the Federal Ministry for…
Styrolution Group GmbH (Frankfurt am Main, Germany; www.styrolution.com), the global leader in styrenics, today announced the inauguration of its Luran S plant located in Ulsan, South Korea. Luran S is the brand name for Styrolution’s styrene acrylonitrile copolymers that have…
Novasep Pompey, France; www.novasep.com), a leading supplier of manufacturing solutions to the life sciences industries, today announces a €3-million investment to expand its highly potent, active-pharmaceutical ingredients (HPAPI) manufacturing capabilities at its facility in Le Mans, France. The expansion has…