Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) announced today its Chemetics unit in Pickering, Ontario, Canada has been awarded a design and fabrication contract by El Dorado Chemical Company for three proprietary designed sulfuric acid coolers to be installed in…
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, says it will expand its portfolio of natural gas treatment technologies through an exclusive marketing alliance with Twister B.V. (Rijswijk, the Netherlands; http://twisterbv.com). UOP will now offer the Twister supersonic gas-separation…
Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) has signed an agreement with the Brazilian oil company Petrobras for the supply of critical equipment and materials for two SNOX plants. The plants will be installed at the new RNEST grass root petroleum…
As part of its drive to expand its market presence in the field of coke plant technologies, ThyssenKrupp Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany; www.uhde.eu), has acquired the Tokyo-based company Otto Corp. This acquisition is the result of very close business relations…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) announced today it is acquiring Société Générale's equity interest in Orbeo, the 50-50 joint venture (JV) between the two groups that is dedicated to the carbon markets. Once this transaction has been completed, Orbeo will…
The Chemical Business Association (CBA; Crewe, U.K.; www.chemical.org.uk) has issued new guidelines to help ensure the safe transport of packaged chemicals. The guidelines aim to complement the U.K. Dept. for Transport’s Code of Practice, which sets basic standards for load…
With the acquisition of the Neo Group (Surat, India), Bilfinger Berger Industrial Services Group (BIS Group; Munich, Germany; http://www.bis.bilfinger.com) is continuing its internationalization strategy and entering a new and attractive growth market. The Neo Group has around 1,600 employees and…
WorleyParsons Ltd. (North Sydney, Australia; www.worleyparsons.com) has been awarded a contract for the project management consultancy of the Refinería del Pacífico refining and petrochemical complex, a project with an approximate total installed cost of $12 billion. The complex is located…
In recognition of the significant growth opportunity associated with the global battery marketplace, BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) is creating a new global business unit that will bring together its current and future battery-related electromobility activities. As part of this…
Rhodia Aroma Performance, part of Rhodia’s (France ; www.rhodia.com) consumer chemicals cluster and a leader in the production of catechol, and Endura Fine Chemicals (Bologna, Italy; www.endura.it), the Iargest producer of piperonyl butoxide (PBO) worlwide, have signed a supply agreement that…