BASF-YPC Co., Ltd. (BYC), a 50-50 joint venture between BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and Sinopec, has expanded the production capacity of neopentylglycol (NPG) at the state-of-the-art Verbund site in Nanjing, China. The plant was established in 2015 with an annual…
As part of its continued focus on strategic core markets – the food, beverages and pharmaceutical industries – GEA Group AG (Düsseldorf, Germany) is selling the compressor manufacturer Bock, which is in GEA’s Refrigeration Technologies division, to NORD Holding. The…
SNC-Lavalin (Montreal, Canada) has been awarded a global framework contract to provide engineering consultancy services to bp’s Productions and Operations (P&O) business group to assist the Integrated Energy Company in delivering maximum value from its assets. SNC-Lavalin will draw on…
SKF USA Inc. (Lansdale, Pa.) is investing approximately $50 million in strengthening its manufacturing footprint and competitiveness in North America. Approximately $28 million is being invested in expanding and automating manufacturing processes at the Group’s factory in Sumter, South Carolina.…
Messer Group GmbH (Bad Soden, Germany) announced the construction of a new production plant for gases at its Spanish location in Vila-seca. It will be located in the south of the Tarragona Chemical Complex and will have a capacity of…
Total Lubrifiants, the world’s fourth-largest international lubricants company, announces the acquisition of Lubrilog SAS. Lubrilog SAS is a French company, based in Romans sur Isère, specialized in the formulation and production of very high-performance synthetic lubricants. The high-quality products of…
Lummus Technology, LLC (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a contract for technology licensing, process design package, training and advisory services, and proprietary catalyst and equipment supply by Duqm Refinery and Petrochemical Industries Company LLC (DRPIC), a joint venture…
BASF’s (Ludwishafen, Germany) Global Business Services unit is being further developed. The division was established as of January 1, 2020, as part of the implementation of BASF’s corporate strategy. As of that date, around 8,400 employees worldwide transferred to Global…
Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.) announced today that Hengli Petrochemical Co. Ltd. successfully started up seven UOP Polybed pressure swing adsorption (PSA) units supplying high-purity hydrogen at its complex in Dalian, Liaoning, China. As a fully integrated site, the complex…
Thermo Fisher Scientific (Waltham, Mass.) announced it is investing more than $140 million to further expand its laboratory plastics consumables production to support significant global demand for COVID-19 testing, as well as development and manufacturing of therapies and vaccines. "Early…