Citing data from the Institute for Supply Management, the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) said that the purchasing managers index (PMI) increased by a greater-than-expected 1.4 points to 54.8 in April. In this type of index, values above…
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) was awarded a general works contract for the construction of a 200-million standard cubic feet per day, sweet natural-gas processing plant near Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada. KBR’s Canadian subsidiary, KBR Wabi, will execute all mechanical,…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) was awarded a contract from Teck (Vancouver, Canada; www.teck.com) to provide engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for the Highland Valley Copper Mill Optimization project in British Columbia, Canada. Fluor booked $397 million…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed to acquire all shares in Demil Manutenção Industrial Ltda. (Guarapari, Espírito Santo, Brazil) from Marcos Del Pupo and his children. Demil provides industrial maintenance services for iron-ore pelletizing plants and is located in.…
Solazyme, Inc. (South San Francisco, Calif.; www.solazyme.com) and The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) have entered into a contingent offtake agreement in which Dow has agreed to purchase from Solazyme all of its requirements of non-vegetable microbe-based oils for…
The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W; Charlotte, N.C.; www.babcock.com) says that its subsidiary Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG) has received full notice to proceed (FNTP) for the engineering, design, procurement and construction of a waste-to-energy power…
At the Frankfurt-Höchst, (Germany) industrial estate, AkzoNobel is converting an amalgam electrolysis plant to the modern membrane process and has commissioned ThyssenKrupp Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany; www.uhde.eu) to design and supply the energy-saving Uhde membrane cells. This extensive conversion project…
Quadrum rigid outer containers are designed to offer a square alternative to industry standard cylindrical drums in the pharmaceutical and biomanufacturing sectors. The unique footprint of the Quadrum container maximizes floorspace utilization, and the company says the container’s square base…
Presentation abstract submission for the 3rd Annual ChemInnovations 2012 Conference & Exhibition, presented by Chemical Engineering, is now open. The advisory committee is looking for solutions-based presentations that bridge the knowledge gap through training and technologies. Programming will be separated…
Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cpchem.com) announced yesterday that the two polyethylene facilities planned as part of the company’s U.S. Gulf Coast (USGC) Petrochemicals Project, would be located on a site nearby the Chevron Phillips Chemical Sweeny…