Caloric Anlagenbau GmbH (Gräfelfing, Germany; www.caloric.com) has won a contract for the second hydrogen-generation plant in for a client from the chemical industry in France. After successful operation of the first plant delivered by Caloric and started up in 2009…
GEA PHE Systems (Sarstedt, Germany; www.gea-phe.com), part of the GEA Heat Exchangers Segment, received an order for a South American grassroots petroleum refinery project. The multimillion-euro order covers design and manufacturing of GEABloc welded plate heat exchangers. The new refinery…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen,Germany; www.evonik.com) and Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc., Bolingbrook, Ill.; www.elevance.com) have entered into a license agreement regarding Evonik’s U.S. Patents Nos. 7,738,528 and 7,652,145, directed to metathesis technology excluding Evonik’s catMETium RF product portfolio. The companies also…
Borouge (Abu Dhabi, UAE; wwwborouge.com), a joint-venture (JV) between the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. and Borealis (Vienna, Austria; www borealisgroup.com), formally signed three major engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts valued at approximately $2.6 billion for its Borouge 3…
CleanTech Biofuels, Inc. (St. Louis, Mo.; www.cleantechbiofuels.net), an early stage provider of cellulosic biomass feedstock derived from municipal solid waste (MSW) for energy and bio-based chemical production, announced an agreement with Fiberight LLC. (Catonsville, Md.; www. fiberight.com), to install its…
Specialty chemicals group Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) is expanding the capacity for its premium products in the Mesamoll range, amid growing demand for these phthalate-free plasticizers. A mid-single-digit amount in million euros is being invested in expanding production facilities…
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) and SK Energy Co. (Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea; www.skenergy.com) have formed a new joint venture (JV), SK-KBR Technologies Pte. Ltd. Under the shareholders’ agreement, SK-KBR is granted exclusive world-wide rights to market and license SK Energy's petrochemical…
Fluor Corporation (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) was awarded a contract by Minera Lumina Copper Chile S.A. (Santiago) deliver engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for the company's new Caserones copper mine project in central Chile. Minera Lumina Copper Chile is…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) today (July 1, 2010) announced the merger of its Swiss group companies BASF Orgamol Pharma Solutions SA, Evionnaz, and BASF Fine Chemicals Switzerland SA, Evionnaz, to a single organization. The company arising from the merger…
Following the successful completion and commissioning of a coke oven plant (phase 1) for Dragon Steel Corp. of Taiwan, a member of China Steel Corp. (CSC), Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany; www.uhde.eu) has again been awarded a plant contract to build…