The bulk of the week’s economic data from around the world confirm a slowdown in industrial activity that has been a trend for the past several months, the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) states in its latest Weekly…
As part of the Obama Administration's efforts to cut foreign oil imports, U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today announced up to $36 million to fund six small-scale projects in California, Michigan, North Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin, that will advance…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has concluded an agreement with the Chinese soda ash producer Tianjin Soda Ash Plant under which Solvay will invest €16 million in two steps to acquire a 30% participation in the soda ash plant built…
Elevance Renewable Sciences Inc. (Bolingbrook, Ill.; www.elevance.com) has acquired the Delta BioFuels facility in Adams County, Mississippi. The company intends to convert the facility to a biorefinery and derivatives operation in a multi-phase project that will involve an investment of…
Lonza (Basel, Switzerland; www.lonza.com) is investing CHF10 million to expand its biopharmaceutical development services platform in Singapore. Lonza’s Development Services business, the front-end of the biological mammalian custom manufacturing process, offers customized and innovative services used in the development of…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has received a contract from DuPont Titanium Technologies (DuPont) to provide full engineering procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for the company's Mexico titanium-dioxide capacity expansion project. Officials did not disclose the contract…
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp) has been awarded a contract for a 100,000-ton/yr butadiene production plant for PT Petrokimia Butadiene Indonesia. the plant, located at Cilegon, West Java, is slated to startup in 2013. The approximately $110-million lump-sum…
SKC Co. (Seoul, Korea) and Uhde Inventa-Fischer GmbH (Berlin, Germany; www.uhde-inventa-fischer.com) have signed a contract for the supply of a plant for the production of high-quality PET (polyethylene terephthalate) for the manufacture of films in Jincheon, Republic of Korea. The…
Westec Environmental Solutions, LLC (WES; Chicago, Ill.; www.wes-worldwide.com) announced today that Spanish utility company Iberdrola, through Perseo, has chosen to invest in WES for its carbon capture technology. Iberdrola, a one-hundred-year-old company with operations in Europe, Latin America and the…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) is expanding its hydrogen capacity in Texas and Louisiana and extending its Mississippi River corridor H2 pipeline system under long-term supply agreements for 270-million standard cubic feet per day (scfd) with Valero Energy Corp. In…