Datacor, Inc. (Florham Park, NJ) announced the acquisition of GoldSim Technology Group, a developer of dynamic simulation software used to model and analyze complex systems under uncertainty. The acquisition deepens Datacor's engineering simulation portfolio, which includes CHEMCAD chemical process simulation…
Huntsman Corp. (The Woodlands, Tex.) announced the grand opening of its expanded Performance Products manufacturing facility in Petfurdo, Hungary, where operations were initiated at the beginning of this year. The successful completion of this investment increases Huntsman's global capacity providing…
ICL Ltd. (Tel Aviv, Israel) announced the opening of a new specialty fertilizer production facility in Maharashtra, India. The launch comes at a critical time for India, which relies heavily on fertilizer imports and is now facing supply disruptions due…
Ecolab Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CoolIT Systems, a high-growth, high-margin leader in liquid cooling technology for next-gen AI data centers. CoolIT is expected to generate approximately $550 million in…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) started up the world’s first production plant for catalysts based on X3D® technology at its Ludwigshafen site. With the commissioning of this facility, BASF is scaling the additive manufacturing of catalysts to an industrial level and…
Bp plc (London) reached an agreement to sell its Gelsenkirchen refinery and related businesses to Klesch Group, an independent European refiner. The transaction represents another significant milestone in bp’s acceleration of its strategy, including simplifying the portfolio, strengthening the balance…
KBR (Houston, Tex.; www.kbr.com) announced today it has been awarded a contract by Zallaf Exploration, Production and Refining of Oil and Gas Company to provide project management and technical services for the South Refinery Project in Ubari, Southwest Libya. Under…
Fluorinated organic chemicals have become a flashpoint in environmental health. Treatment methods exist to remove them from water supplies, but there remain a host of technical, scaling and regulatory questions associated with them. This article offers practical insight on technology…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a landmark seven-year General Maintenance Services (GMS) contract, with an optional three-year extension, from Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemical Company (SATORP) for its strategic petrochemical expansion complex in Jubail, Kingdom…
Bilfinger SE (Mannheim, Germany) has received a five-year extension to its framework agreement with Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany). The collaboration, which began in 2014, includes both routine maintenance work and turnarounds of electrical equipment and systems at several Covestro sites…