Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) is building a new chemical plant at its site in Bitterfeld, Germany. This marks the specialty chemicals group’s move into a new segment of the water treatment business. The company is investing a total of…
Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) and Headwaters Inc. (South Jordan, Utah; www.headwaters.com) have signed an agreement to form a strategic alliance to provide a single-source solution for producing ultra-clean fuels by direct coal liquefaction (DCL) alone or in combination with refinery residues…
Total S.A. (Paris, France; www.total.com ) and ConocoPhillips (Houston; www.conocophillips.com) announce the sanction of the Surmont Phase 2 SAGD (Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage) development in Canada. The project, slated to begin initial construction in 2010, will increase Surmont’s production capacity from…
ABB (Wickliffe, Ohio; www.abb.com) says its Safety Execution Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina has been certified by TÜV as having in place and applying a Functional Safety Management System (FSMS) for delivery and implementation of safety system projects in accordance to…
Emerson Process Management (Baar, Switzerland; www.emersonprocess.eu) and Meridium Inc. (Roanoke, Virginia; www.meridium.com) announce a partnership to deliver enhanced asset management capabilities to their customers in the process industries. By combining the power of Emerson’s PlantWeb predictive intelligence with Meridium’s advanced analytics…
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has brought forward its plans to build a new butyl rubber facility in Singapore. The company will hold a groundbreaking ceremony in May, 2010, and production is expected to start in the first quarter of…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Linde-KCA-Dresden GmbH (LKCA; Dresden, Germany), a Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) subsidiary, will jointly market licenses and plants for the capture of carbon dioxide from fluegases in the future. The companies today signed the…
After 18 months of construction, the new plant expansion for BASF’s (www.basf.com) chelating agent Trilon M has now been brought on stream at the BASF site in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The move strengthens the company’s position as one of the world's…
Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany; www.uhde.eu) has been awarded an engineering and procurement contract for the construction of a hydrochloric acid electrolysis plant by Yantai Juli Isocyanate Co. Ltd., a Chinese manufacturer of polyurethane. The plant, with a production capacity of…
Solvay SA (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) says it has recently closed the sale to its Thai affiliate Vinythai of all shares in Solvay Biochemical Thailand for a total value of €7 million. This subsidiary of Solvay is now continuing the development…