Toyo Engineering India Ltd. (Toyo-India), an Indian subsidiary of Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp), has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to build a new multi-business chemical production site for BASF India Ltd. part of…
Novasep Pompey, France; www.novasep.com), a leading supplier of manufacturing solutions to the life sciences industries, today announces a €3-million investment to expand its highly potent, active-pharmaceutical ingredients (HPAPI) manufacturing capabilities at its facility in Le Mans, France. The expansion has…
Styrolution Group GmbH (Frankfurt am Main, Germany; www.styrolution.com), the global leader in styrenics, today announced the inauguration of its Luran S plant located in Ulsan, South Korea. Luran S is the brand name for Styrolution’s styrene acrylonitrile copolymers that have…
Uhde Inventa-Fischer (Berlin, Germany and Domat/Ems, Switzerland; www.uhde-inventa-fischer.com) and Changle Highsun Synthetic Fiber Technology Co. have signed a contract for the supply of a polymerization plant to produce high-performance polyamide 6 for textile applications. The multi-line plant will have an…
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp), being a leader of a consortium with Foster Wheeler AG (FW), and the Venezuelan engineering company Y&V Ingeniería y Construcción, C.A. (Y&V), has been awarded a contract for detailed engineering, procurement services and…
Teijin Ltd. (Tokyo; www.teijin.co.jp)says it will expand its supply capability for dimethyl terephthalate (DMT), a petrochemical used as a raw material in producing polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and for other specialty chemical applications. The company’s existing DMT production facility at the…
The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) will be constructing two major air separation units (ASUs) at the Kalinganagar industrial complex in Odisha, India, for one of the world's largest steel manufacturers, Tata Steel Ltd. Linde will be investing €80 million…
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 EPAX Pharma UK Ltd., the U.K. subsidiary of Trygg Pharma AS, based in Norway, for the…
Praxair China (Shanghai; www.praxair.cn) has started up a new air separation plant in Nanjing, Jiangsu province for Meishan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Baosteel Group, one of the world’s top steel makers. This new air separation plant…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) has begun work on a new project for Sasol Technology Pty. Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa) for its Tar Separator Project. The new contract is for engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for the replacement…