ABB (Houston; www.abb.com) has agreed to acquire company K-TEK Corp. (Prairieville, La.; www.ktekcorp.com), which will join the Measurement Products business unit within ABB’s Process Automation division. The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals. Terms were not disclosed. ABB expects the…
Alstom Power Inc. (www.power.alstom.com) acquired the business and facilities of Amstar Surface Technology Ltd. and Amstar International Ltd. (Houston, www.amstar-usa.com). Amstar specializes in thermal spray coatings that protect surfaces against corrosion, erosion and wear. The company had sales of approximately $11…
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) announced today that its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a feasibility study and front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by the Iraqi Ministry of Oil for a new grassroots refinery at Nassiriya…
GEA Group AG (Bochum, Germany; www.geagroup.com) recently received a €14-million order for insulin processing equipment from Gulf Pharmaceutical Industries Julphar (United Arab Emirates). Julphar’s new plant will make the life-saving drug more widely available to patients in the United Arab Emirates…
KBR Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a contract by FPR Inc. (Houston) to provide Design and Early Engineering Services for the development of the Araromi Refinery Project in the OK Free Trade Zone (OKFTZ) in Nigeria. KBR will execute…
PEMEX Refinación (Mexico; www.ref.pemex.com) has selected Axens Prime-D technology for the production of ultralow sulfur diesel (ULSD) at its Salina Cruz, Minatitlan and Madero refineries. The scope of work will include license, pilot studies, optimization studies, basic and extended basic…
Solvay Solexix (Solvay; Bollate, Italy; www.solvaysolexis.com) will begin to market its newly-developed Solvene polymer for applications in printed electronics with its partner Thin Film Electronics ASA (Thinfilm; Oslo, Norway; www.thinfilm.se) Solvay and Thinfilm started a collaboration, in 2007, in the…
Aker Solutions (www.akersolutions.com) has signed a contract with Ilim Group to supply an integrated chlorine dioxide plant for Ilim's pulp mill project in Bratsk, Russia. The contract value to Aker Solutions is approximately $18 million. Aker Solutions will supply technology, engineering,…
Evonik plans to shut down polyethylene waxes production May 21, 2010 — Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) intends to shut down its production of polyethylene waxes in Heme, Germany at the end of December, 2010. This step was taken as…
Given the recent focus on cost control, it’s likely that chemical processors will suffer sticker shock when they learn that industry spends $276 billion annually on corrosion prevention, monitoring and repair. Even more abrasive is the fact that this figure…