Ineos Technologies (Lyndhurst, U.K.; www.ineos.com) has licensed its Innovene G and Innovene S processes for the manufacture of linear low density and high density polyethylene (PE) products to the ZapSibNeftekhim production complex of Sibur in Tobolsk, Russia. The two 400,000…
DeZurik, Inc. (Sartell, Minn.; www.dezurik.com), a global leader in municipal and industrial valves, has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Hilton Valve, Inc., a producer of fabricated large-diameter and custom knife-gate valves, effective July 9, 2012. The combining of Hilton…
Wison Engineering Ltd. (Shanghai, China; www.wison.com ), China’s largest private sector chemical engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) service provider, has been officially awarded an EPC contract by PDVSA Petroleo, S.A. (PDVSA), Venezuela’s state-run oil company, at the Puerto la Cruz…
Kobe Steel, Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.kobelco.com) says it will establish two 100% owned companies in July, one in Europe and the other in the Middle East, to expand the global marketing and servicing of its compressors. Kobelco Machinery Europe GmbH…
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded by ZapSibNeftekhim LLC (an affiliate of JSC Sibur Holding) two front-end engineering and design contracts for plants located in Tobolsk, in the Tyumen Region of Russia. The first contract concerns a linear low/high density…
The American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) today released the first monthly report of its Chemical Activity Barometer (CAB), a new leading macroeconomic indicator. The data suggest that the broader U.S. economic recovery is slowing. The June CAB indicates…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA; Washington, D.C.; www.epa.gov) is extending the Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) submission deadline for 2012 reports from June 30, 2012, to August 13, 2012. The CDR requires manufacturers (including importers) of certain chemical substances…
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is seeking public input regarding a list of ten substances it is planning to recommend for inclusion on the European Commission’s Authorization List. The chemicals include: Formaldehyde, oligomeric reaction products with aniline (technical MDA)…
The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) has received an engineering contract for the licensing and front end engineering design (FEED) of one of the world’s largest ethylene plants in Tobolsk, Western Siberia. The contract was awarded by Russia’s largest petrochemical…
Under a recently signed €20 million contract, Siebtechnik GmbH (Muelheim, Germany; www.siebtechnik.de) has begun delivery of a set of 40 large-capacity centrifuges to Chinese potash producer Qinhai Salt Lake Industry Co. (Qinghai Potash Production; QPP; Golmud, China). On Wednesday evening…