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Fluor: EPC contract for LNG project in Australia

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…

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Hyperion: OTS for India’s largest ethylene plant

Hyperion Systems Engineering Ltd. (Hyperion; Nicosia, Cyprus; www.hyperionsystems.net) will supply the Operator Training Simulator (OTS) for an ethylene cracker and associated units, which form part of a polymer complex to be built in Dahej, India, that will manufacture 1.1-million ton/yr…

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Boehringer to sell Resomer business to Evonik

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…

CLIs point to accelerating economies in several countries, ACC says

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…

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Pöyry: Engineering contract for pulp mill in Brazil

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…

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Linde & Air Products form HCl JV

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,…

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Lanxess: First acquisition in Argentina

Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) is expanding its activities in Latin America. The specialty chemicals company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Rhein Chemie (Mannheim, Germany) has acquired Argentina-based Darmex S.A. (Buenos Aires) — a leading manufacturer of release agents and curing bladders for…

Bühler acquires Draiswerke, Inc.

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…

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Evonik and GACL: MoU on HPPO project in India

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…

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SNC-Lavalin acquires engineering firm in Columbia

SNC-Lavalin Inc. (Montreal; Canada; www.snclavalin.com) has acquired Itansuca Proyectos de Ingenieria S.A., an engineering firm of 1,000 professionals and administrative staff in the energy sector based in Bogota, Colombia. Since 1989, Itansuca has been offering energy consulting, project management, electromechanical…