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Praxair expands German capacity
Praxair, Inc.’s (Danbury, Conn. www.praxair.com) German subsidiary has started up a new air separation unit at its complex in Hurth, Germany. With a capacity of 1,800 tons per day, the new facility more than doubles Praxair Deutschland’s total capacity at…
Lanxess to double its menthol-production capacity in Krefeld
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has commenced work on expanding its menthol facility. The capacity of the plant at the Krefeld-Uerdingen, Germany site is to be doubled to meet the increasing demand on the world markets. Completion of the project…
BASF to build antioxidant-blends plant in Bahrain
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) will significantly expand its presence in the Middle East region by building a state-of-the-art plant for customer specific antioxidant blends (CSB) in Bahrain. CSBs are key additives for the production of polymers for the plastics…
Air Products to expand nitrogen capacity in Korea
Air Products (Allentown, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) says it will increase production of gaseous nitrogen and expand its nitrogen pipeline in the Gumi National Industrial Complex, North Gyeongsang Province, Korea to serve the increasing demand of its electronics customers in the country’s…
Praxair China supplies combustion technology to Shandong Steel Mill
Praxair (China) Investment Co. (Shanghai; www.praxair.cn) has signed a combustion equipment contract with Shandong Guangfu Group Co. to implement the Praxair proprietary oxy-fuel technology for this new customer, one of the leading steel and iron enterprises in Shandong province, North…
SGL Group breaks ground for a new graphite-production center in Bonn
SGL Group – The Carbon Company (Wiesbaden, Germany; www.sglgroup.com) today celebrated the construction of a new production center for the manufacture of isostatic graphite. Construction is scheduled to start in September while work on the production facility will be completed…
Outotec to deliver gas cleaning and sulfuric acid plant technology to Uzbekistan
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has signed a contract with OJSC Almalyk Mining & Metallurgical Co. (AMMC) for the design and delivery of a gas cleaning and sulfuric acid plant to AMMC's existing copper production facilities, located near Almalyk, Uzbekistan.…
Parsons: Lead D-B contractor for depleted Uranium deconversion facility
Parsons (Pasadena, Calif.; www.parsons.com) has been selected by International Isotopes Inc., a leading manufacturer of nuclear medicine products, as the prime contractor for the design-build (D-B) of the planned depleted uranium deconversion facility in Lea County, New Mexico This contract…
Pall announces expansion plans in Brazil
Pall Corp. (Port Washington, N.Y.; www.pall.com), a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire its long-time Brazilian distribution partner, Engefiltro (Sao Paulo; www.engefiltro.com.br) . The acquisition will strengthen Pall’s…
Foster Wheeler and Socar to form a new JV company in Azerbaijan
A subsidiary of Foster Wheeler AG’s (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) Global Engineering and Construction Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate to form a jointly-owned company with The State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan Republic (Socar) in the Republic…