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Derbyshire becomes president of KBR Technology….

Derbyshire Thibodeaux Wakeham Bucklew Bloemhard John Derbyshire becomes president of KBR Technology (Houston). Doug Keith is promoted to president of the drive technologies division of Siemens Industry (Atlanta, Ga.). Travis Thibodeaux becomes director of operations support for Multi-Chem (Houston), a…

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BASF to build world’s largest single-train TDI plant in Europe, and more business news

Put content here.   Plant Watch BASF to build world’s largest single-train TDI plant in Europe May 26, 2011 — BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) will build the world’s largest single-train toluene diisocyanate (TDI) plant in Europe. The plant will…

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Eaton to acquire E. Begerow  

Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation (Cleveland, Ohio; www.eaton.com) today announced it has agreed to acquire E. Begerow GmbH & Co. KG (Langenlonsheim, Germany; www.begerow.com), a leading system provider for advanced liquid-filtration solutions. E. Begerow develops and produces technologically innovative filter…

Global chemical industry output expected to grow, ACC mid-year report says

Total output for the global chemical industry is expected to grow by 4.8% in 2011, 5.3% in 2012, and 4.7% in 2013, according to forecasts in the mid-year economic report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). In…

Outotec to deliver the world’s largest iron-ore pelletizing plant in Brazil  

Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with Samarco Mineração S.A. on a turnkey delivery of the world's largest iron-ore pelletizing plant in Brazil. The contract value is approximately €200 million, which will be booked in Outotec's second quarter order…

Topsøe to supply WSA sulphuric-acid-production plant in Peru  

Procesadora Industrial Río Seco S.A., Cia. De Minas Buenaventura, wholly owned chemical subsidiary, and Haldor Topsøe (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) have signed a contract for supply of a Wet gas Sulphuric Acid (WSA) plant for production of sulphuric acid at a…

Thomas Wessel to succeed Ralf Blauth on Evonik’s executive board

Thomas Wessel  has been appointed to the executive board of Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) as chief human resources officer effective September 1, 2011.  Wessel is currently a member of the board of management and chief human resources officer…

Samsung Engineering inks HDPE petrochemical contract from OPaL    

Samsung Engineering (Seoul, Korea; www.samsungengineering.co.kr) has signed a high-density polyethylene plant (HDPE) order contract for $229 million  from OPaL (ONGC Petro Additions Ltd. ), a subsidiary of India s national oil company ONGC (Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.). The…

Toyo awarded contract to provide urea production technology in India  

Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp) has concluded a contract covering licensing and development of basic design for a urea production plant in the fertilizer complex to be constructed at Kanpur in the State of Uttar Pradesh by Jaiprakash…

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AMEC appointed project management contractor for chemical complex in China  

AMEC Plc. (London, U.K.; www.amec.com) has been appointed by BASF Polyurethane (Chongqing) Co. and Chongqing Chemical and Pharmaceutical (Group) Holding Co. (CCPHC) as the project management contractor for the development of a new 400,000-metric-ton-per-year MDI (diphenylmethane diisocyanate) facility at Changshou,…