Harper International (Buffalo, N.Y.; www.harperintl.com) has finalized a contract with the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) for a full pilot scale carbon fiber process line valued at greater than $12 million. The line is a…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is planning to build a new facility to produce catalysts for the manufacture of biodiesel in Argentina. Basic engineering for this plant, which will have capacity of over 60,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr),…
The Dow Chemical Co. (Midlands, Mich.; www.dow.com) and Befar Group Co. (Binhua), today announced a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a new 50–50 joint venture (JV) to produce perchloroethylene (PCE), a key building block material for non-ozone depleting refrigerants used…
Egypt Japan Petrochemical Corp. S.A.E. (EJPC) and Davy Process Technology Ltd. (DPT; London; www.davyprotech.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of Johnson Matthey Plc (JM), are pleased to announce the signature of a Methanol Operating License Agreement. EJPC is developing a world-scale,…
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by JSC Novo-Ufimsky Refinery, a subsidiary of Russian oil company Bashneft, for the engineering and material supply…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf) has received approval for a 400,000 metric tons per year MDI (diphenylmethane diisocyanate) project in Chongqing, China. The investment will total RMB 8 billion (approximately €860 million). The facility, which will produce a core component…
KSB AG (Frankenthal, Germany; www.ksb.com) has bought the South Korean valve specialist Seres Co. Ltd. The company was founded in 1982 and has a total workforce of over 130 employed at its Seoul headquarters and its production site in Busan,…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has signed a contract with Sandfire Resources to deliver key process technologies and services for the DeGrussa copper/gold concentrator in Western Australia. The contract value exceeds €15 million. Outotec's scope of delivery comprises SAG and…
AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) is to invest more than €60 million in boosting production capacity for its Bermocoll cellulose derivatives (paint and building material thickeners), providing additional momentum for the company's accelerated growth strategy which includes doubling revenue in…
Metso Corp. (Helsinki, Finland; www.metso.com) will supply SIA Graanul Invest with a biomass power plant for combined heat and power production (CHP) in the municipality of Launkalne in Latvia. The power plant will be delivered by the Metso-Wärtsilä joint venture…