Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany: www.lanxess.com) is strengthening its Krefeld-Uerdingen, Germany, site by investing about EUR 40 million in two major projects for the Basic Chemicals (BAC) business unit. It is building a production plant for the formalin needed to make…
White Martins, the Brazil-based subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com), has signed an agreement with ArcelorMittal to supply oxygen to ArcelorMittal’s steel production facility located in João Monlevade, in southeast Brazil. White Martins will build a new air separation…
SNC-Lavalin, Inc. (Montreal, Canada; www.snclavalin.com) has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Rudarsko - Topionicarski Basen Bor Grupa (RTB-Bor) for the modernization of its existing copper smelting complex in Eastern Serbia. SNC-Lavalin’s portion of the contract…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Santos Ltd. (STO AU) for its Gladstone Liquefied Natural Gas (GLNG) project in Queensland, Australia. Fluor's EPC contract includes upstream facilities associated with the 7.8-million…
On 22 December, 2010, Evonik Industries AG (Essen; www.evonik.com) and Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG (Ingelheim, both Germany; www.boehringer-ingelheim.com signed an agreement on the sale of the Resomer business to Evonik. The completion of the transaction is subject…
Citing late-2010 data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD; Paris; www.oecd.org), the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) says in its latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Trends report that composite leading indicators (CLIs) for several of…
Pöyry Plc's(Helsinki, Finland; www.poyry.com) Industry Business Group has been awarded a basic and detailed engineering contract by Eldorado Celulose e Papel Ltda for the Balance of Plant(BOP) of the 1.5 million ton/yr bleached eucalyptus market pulp mill to be built…
Linde Gas North America (Murray Hill, N.J.; www.lindeus.com) and Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) have formed Hydrochlor, a 50-50 joint venture (JV) to supply high-purity anhydrous hydrochloric acid to the electronics and other industries. As part of the agreement,…
The Bühler Technology Group (Uzwil, Switzerland; www.buhlergroup.com) has acquired Draiswerke, Inc. (Mahwah, N. J.) and is thus strengthening its position in the North American market. Draiswerke, Inc., which generated sales of about $5 million in 2010, will be integrated in…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) and the Indian chemical company Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited (GACL) are driving forward plans for a new multi-million-euro project. At its heart is the construction of a new hydrogen peroxide production plant by…