Bayer MaterialScience (BMS; Leverkusen, Germany; www.bayermaterialscience.com) has received regulatory approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA; Washington, D.C.) for Baytubes, BMS’ multi-wall carbon nanotubes (CE, December 2005, p. 16). This enables the company to sell Baytubes on the American…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) is increasing its production of low molecular weight, highly reactive polyisobutene (HR PIB). Between now and 2010 the company will increase its annual capacity by 25,000 metric tons (m.t.). The polymer, marketed worldwide under the…
Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany; www.uhde.biz) has been awarded a contract by Risun Chemical Co. of China to build an aromatics plant at Tangshan (Hebei Province), some 150 km east of Beijing. The new plant will produce top-quality benzene, toluene and…
Foster Wheeler Ltd. (Hamilton, Bermuda; www.fwc.com) announced today that its subsidiary Foster Wheeler International Corp. (Thailand branch), part of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, has been awarded contracts by MTP HPPO Manufacturing Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Siam Styrene…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com), has started building a catalyst manufacturing plant, for producing precious-metal powder catalysts, in Shanghai, China. The plant will start operation in the fourth quarter of 2009. Precious-metal powder catalysts are used in the synthesis…
Lurgi GmbH (Frankfurt, Germany; www.lurgi.com) a company of Air Liquide S.A. (Paris, France), today announced that, in November, it received a contract from CNOOC Energy Technology & Services Ltd., a subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Co., to build a…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen; www.evonik.com) and Daimler AG (Stuttgart, both Germany; www.daimler.com) are developing the energy storage of the future. Based on lithium-ion technology from Evonik and with Daimler expertise, both groups will drive forward the research, development and production…
The expansion of worldwide production capacity for thermoplastic methacrylic resins at Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is proceeding according to schedule. At Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in China, the company is currently completing the technical equipment that will be…
Ineos Technologies Ltd. (Jersey, U.K.; www.ineostechnologies.com) has signed two Ineos polyethylene (PE) technology licenses with newly formed Polimérica S.A., a joint venture between Pequiven and Braskem. These plants will form part of Polimérica’s cracker and derivatives complex in José, Venezuela. …
KBR (Houston, Tex.; www.kbr.com) has been awarded two contracts by Sasol Technology (Pty) Ltd., to provide, respectively, engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCm) services, and basic engineering services for two of its petrochemical projects in Sasolburg, South Africa. The contracts…