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Air Liquide: Major investment in Santiago region
The Chilean economy is one of the most dynamic in Latin America. The country has enjoyed steady growth over the last 10 years. The Global Competitiveness Report for 2009–2010, a yearly report published by the World Economic Forum, ranks Chile…
Edwards Vacuum factory opens in Korea
Edwards (Crawley, U.K.; www.edwardsvacuum.com) has opened its new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Cheonan, Korea to serve its Korean and other global customers. The U.K. Business Secretary, Vince Cable and Edwards CEO, Matthew Taylor, officially opened the site in the presence…
BASF and Ineos sign JV contract for Styrolution
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Ineos Industries Holdings Ltd. (Lyndhurst, U.K.; www.ineos.com) have made an important step towards the stablishment of the joint venture (JV) company Styrolution. On May 27, 2011 the companies signed a JV contract, which regulates…
BASF to build world’s largest single-train TDI plant in Europe
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) will build the world’s largest single-train toluene diisocyanate (TDI) plant in Europe. The plant will have a capacity of 300,000 metric tons (m.t.) per year and will be fully integrated with precursor production. The TDI…
Toyo to build India’s first large-scale SBR plant
Toyo Engineering India Limited (Toyo-India), an Indian subsidiary of Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp), has been awarded a contract to build a Styrene-Butadiene Rubber (SBR) plant with a capability of 120,000 ton/yr . The $200-million (estimated) plant will…
Davy and JM Catalysts selected for new SNG plant in China
Davy Process Technology (Davy; London; www.davyprotech.com) and Johnson Matthey Catalysts (JM Catalysts; Royston, U.K.; www.jmcatalysts.com) both part of Johnson Matthey Plc (www.matthey.com) have entered into contracts with Liaoning Datang International Fuxin Coal to Gas Co. for a plant to produce…
UOP technology selected to expand Iraqi fuels production
UOP LLC (Dews Plaines, Ill; www.uop.com), a Honeywell Company (www.honeywell.com), announced today that its technology has been selected for a new transportation fuel refinery to be built in Iraq. The State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP), under the Ministry of…
Torresol Energy commissions Gemasolar power plant in Spain
Torresol Energy S.A. (Madrid, Spain; www.torresolenergy.com), a joint venture (JV) between Sener Ingeniería y Sistemas (Madrid, Spain; www.sener.es) and Masdar (Abu Dhabi; www.masdaruae.com), announced today the commissioning of its flagship 19.9-MW Gemasolar concentrated solar power (CSP) plant in Seville, Spain.…
Jacobs: Biomass gasification and methanation plant in Sweden
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has received a contract from Goteborg Energi AB for the GoBiGas-project, a 20-MW biomass gasification and methanation project in Goteborg, Sweden. Officials estimate the contract value at $19 million (€13.7 million). Jacobs is…
Air Liquide to build two ASUs in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; www.saudiaramco.com) and Air Liquide Arabia (www.airliquide.com) have signed a new long-term nitrogen supply agreement for Saudi Aramco’s operations in Qurayyah, in the Eastern Province. This nitrogen will be used by Saudi Aramco in the processing…