Envergent Technologies LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.envergenttech.com), a Honeywell company, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Finland’s Green Fuel Nordic Oy under which the two companies would collaborate on projects to convert biomass to renewable fuel for use in…
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) is strengthening its global asset base and product portfolio for premium, environmentally-friendly phthalate-free plasticizers. The specialty chemicals company has agreed to acquire Unitex Chemical Corp. (Greensboro, N.C.). Financial details were not disclosed. The transaction also…
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded a contract by ExxonMobil Chemical for a grassroots lubricant-base-stock facility to be built at ExxonMobil’s integrated refinery and chemical plant complex in Baytown, Texas. The project will provide a new synthetic-lubricant base-stock plant, consisting…
Bulgaria’s economy has registered steady growth in recent years that relies mostly on industry. Non-ferrous metallurgy is one of the fast growing industrial sectors in Bulgaria, making a strong contribution to the development of the country’s economy. The sector is…
The first production facilities in the $1.4-billion expansion of BASF-YPC Co(Nanjing, China; www.basf-ypc.com.cn) have now begun operations. Along with the successful completion of the steam cracker expansion, the newly constructed butadiene extraction plant and the non-ionic surfactants plant are now…
Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) has begun producing hyperpure polycrystalline silicon at its Nünchritz site, the Munich-based Group announced today. First deposition reactors at the new production complex have already ramped up production of high-quality polysilicon for sale. The…
ThyssenKrupp Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany; www.uhde.eu) and SGC Energia (SGCE) have entered into a master license and supply agreement for the application of ThyssenKrupp Uhde’s proprietary Prenflo PDQ coal-gasification technology. Under this agreement, SGCE will license ThyssenKrupp Uhde’s Prenflo PDQ…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) was awarded a contract by North West Redwater Partnership to provide front-end engineering and design (FEED) services for a new bitumen-refinery project in Alberta, Canada. Fluor booked the undisclosed contract value in the third quarter…
The chemical industry in the U.S. was one of the manufacturing sectors reporting expansion in September, according to data from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) that was discussed in the American Chemistry Council’s (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemisry.com) most recent…
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi.co.jp), jointly with APEX Energy Sdn. Bhd. of Malaysia, and PT Rekayasa Industri (Rekind) in Indonesia, has received an order from Petronas Chemical Fertilizer Sabah Sdn. Bhd. (PCFSSB) for a project to construct…