Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has been awarded a contract from Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) for a major, specialty-polymers production plant to be built at Solvay's industrial site in Changshu, which is located in the province of…
Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc. (Woodridge, Ill.; www.elevance.com) and Arkema (Colombes, France; www.arkema.com) have formed a global partnership for the development and production of renewable specialty polymers. Elevance is providing novel, differentiated, functionalized renewable starting materials including the company’s 9-decenoic methyl…
Albemarle Corp. (Baton Rouge, La.; www.albemarle.com) has announced that John Steitz has been elected president and CEO of the company, effective March 1, 2012. In this role, Steitz will oversee all aspects of the company's operations, including global responsibility for…
The Global Chemical Production Regional Index (Global CPRI) rose 0.3% in January, according to the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). In the latest ACC Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report, ACC points out that chemical production gains in…
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) is investing €40 million to build a CO2 concentration unit at its South African site in Newcastle. At this site, the group operates a highly modern plant, that mainly produces sodium dichromate, which is further processed…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Rome, Italy; www.mairetecnimont.it) says that its subsidiaries, Tecnimont S.p.A. and Tecnimont do Brasil Ltda, have been awarded two contracts in Saudi Arabia and Brazil, respectively, for an overall value of $145 million. In the Kingdom of Saudi…
AltairStrickland (Houston, Tex.; www.altairstrickland.com and three other companies are finalists out of 138 contractors nominated for the Houston Business Roundtable (HBR) Safety Excellence Award in the “General Contractor, Medium” category. AltairStrickland was nominated by BP Texas City. The Total Incident…
CertifiedSafety (Deer Park, Tx.; www.certifiedsafety.net) has opened a new regional office in Whiting, Indiana this month. The company provides third-party safety services to major refineries, chemical, gas and power plants nationwide. The new Whiting office is their third regional facility…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) will acquire the electrolytes business for high-performance batteries from German Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany; www.merckgroup.com). The companies have agreed not to disclose financial details of the transaction. The acquisition comprises the…
Molycorp Inc. (Greenwood Village, Colo.; www.molycorp.com) today announced that the sequential start-up of the new Project Phoenix rare earth manufacturing facility at its flagship Mountain Pass, California operation will begin this week and includes the following operations and plants: …