North American Helium Inc. (NAH; Calgary, Canada) announced it has successfully brought its third helium purification facility on production in May with zero operational issues. This facility is located near the Village of Mankota in southwest Saskatchewan. Commenting on this…
Valmet Oyj (Espoo, Finland) is further developing its press felt production facilities in Tampere, Finland by investing in new press felt machinery and equipment. The investment includes a new pre-needling line and a new needling line. The amount of the…
With demand for protein from the world’s rapidly growing population expected to rise, commissioning is now underway at the world’s first industrial-scale FeedKind facility in Chongqing, China. FeedKind is an alternative feed ingredient for the aquaculture and animal feed industry…
The Chemours Co. (Wilmington, Del.) announced it has begun commissioning its newest mineral sand mine, Trail Ridge South in Clay County, Florida. The new mining operation represents a $93 million investment that will create approximately 50 new jobs in the…
Koch Fertilizer (Wichita, Kan.) is planning a $30 million optimization project at its Dodge City, Kansas nitrogen plant to increase Urea Ammonium Nitrate (UAN) production by 35,000 tons per year. “We are dedicated to being our customer’s long-term supplier of…
Wood plc (Aberdeen, Scotland) has secured two new contracts from Enter Engineering with a combined value of over $200 million, to deliver major capital investment projects in Uzbekistan. The first will see Wood’s Projects business deliver the full engineering scope,…
Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany) announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire the chemical business of Mecaro Co. Ltd. (Mecaro), a Korea-based and publicly listed manufacturer of heater blocks and chemical precursors for semiconductors. The acquisition is part of…
Baker Hughes Co. (Houston) has announced an agreement to acquire Quest Integrity, a subsidiary of Team, Inc and a global leader in the development and delivery of technology-enabled asset inspection and reliability management solutions across the pipeline, refining, petrochemical and power…
The Coating Additives business line of Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is expanding the production capacity of its ACEMATT precipitated matting agents at its manufacturing facility in Taiwan. The significant capacity increase will help to meet the rising demand…
Baker Hughes (Houston; www.bakerhughes.com) has opened a new oilfield services chemicals manufacturing facility in Singapore, enabling manufacturing optimization and faster delivery of fit-for-purpose chemical solutions. The facility, which spans approximately 40,000 square meters, will manufacture, store and distribute chemical solutions…