As we round the corner from 2011 to 2012, economists are painting dimming pictures for global economic recovery. For instance, a report from IHS (Lexington, Mass.; www.ihs.com) chief economist Nariman Behravesh says, “World growth will slow in 2012 — the…
With the largest of its chemical investments to date, Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) plans to strengthen its core business with essential amino acids for animal nutrition. The Group will invest roughly one-half billion Euros in Singapore for the…
Citing U.S. Federal Reserve data, the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) said U.S. industrial production slipped by 0.2% in November following a 0.7% gain in October. “The largest declines were in motor vehicles and parts, wood products,…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) has signed a long-term contract with Shaanxi Future Energy Chemical Co., and will build, own and operate the largest onsite air separation unit (ASU) order ever awarded to an industrial gas company. The facility,…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) says it has brought a large-scale, onsite ammonia plant onstream in China’s Anhui Province to supply ultra-high-purity NH3 to Anhui Sanan OptoElectronics Co., a subsidiary of Sanan OptoElectronics (Sanan). The plant, located at Sanan’s…
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded by Uzbekistan GTL LLC an extension of the existing reimbursable services contract, for the front-end engineering design of a gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant, located 40 km south of Qarshi in Uzbekistan. This plant will be…
Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) has won the contract for a diesel hydrotreating unit for the Russian Syzran Refinery owned by Rosneft, the largest Russian oil company. The Rosneft Syzran Refinery is one of Rosneft’s seven refineries. The new…
Koch Membrane Systems, Inc. (KMS; Wilmington, Mass.; www.kochmembrane.com) has been selected to supply membranes for a large-scale wastewater recycling system for Yingkou Medium Plate Co., in Yingkou City, Liaoning Province, China. The project will recycle the plant’s wastewater to meet…
Air Liquide Industrial U.S. LP (Houston, Tex.; www.us.airliquide.com) has announced that it will build a new air separation unit (ASU) to supply nitrogen to industrial users, particularly those in the oil and gas sector, in northwest North Dakota. The new…
Chemistry output globally will increase 3.5% in 2011, as measured by volume, according to the Year-end 2011 Situation and Outlook report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). Released today, the report summarizes the economic trends experienced in…