thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers GmbH's (Dortmund, Germany) Green Hydrogen product division has been awarded an engineering contract in order to install an 88 MW water electrolysis plant for Canadian energy company Hydro-Québec after successfully completing a feasibility study. Hydro-Québec, a…
Chilean oil refiner ENAP Refinerías S.A. has selected BELCO scrubbing technology, licensed by DuPont Clean Technologies (DuPont; Wilmington, Del.), to improve emissions control from its 31,449 BPSD fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit at the Aconcagua refinery. This new BELCO wet scrubber will…
Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany) is expanding its capabilities as a manufacturer of biocides and antimicrobials by acquiring French company INTACE SAS. The Paris-based biocide company is a manufacturer of specialty fungicides for the packaging industry. This follows Lanxess' acquisition of…
Avient Corp. (Cleveland, Ohio; formerly PolyOne) will complete an expansion of existing production capabilities for color concentrates at its Binh Duong site in Vietnam by next month. The move will improve speed-to-market and service level for local customers seeking unique…
Asahi Kasei (Tokyo, Japan; www.asahi-kasei.co.jp) announced that its Specialty Solutions business unit will build a second plant for microcrystalline cellulose (trade name Ceolus) at its Mizushima Works site in Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan. Asahi Kasei currently manufactures Ceolus, a microcrystalline cellulose…
Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) and Proton Ventures B.V. have announced a successful startup of the first TertiNOx catalyst reference at Kavala Fertilizers, one of the largest nitric acid producers in Greece. Topsoe has supplied both catalyst and basic engineering…
Honeywell announced that Hengli Petrochemical Co. Ltd. successfully used Callidus burner technology from Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.) to minimize nitrogen oxide (NOx) and carbon monoxide (CO) emissions in China, and reduce the impact of these emissions while ensuring safe…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.) announced an updated organizational and reporting structure that better aligns its business with identified growth markets and company strategy. Beginning in the first quarter of 2021, Fluor will conduct its operations in three business segments: Energy…
Sulzer AG (Winterthur, Switzerland; www.sulzer.com) has signed a binding agreement to acquire Nordic Water for a purchase price of SEK 1.2 billion (around $144 million). Nordic Water is a leading provider of screening, sedimentation and filtration solutions for municipal and…
PPG (Pittsburgh, Pa.) announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Wörwag, a global manufacturer of coatings for industrial and automotive applications. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2021, subject to customary closing…