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Yule Catto to purchase PolymerLatex
Yule Catto & Co. plc (Harlow, U.K.; www.yulecatto.com) has agreed to acquire PolymerLatex GmbH (Marl, Germany; www.polymer-latex.de) from TowerBrook Capital Partners. The transaction, which is subject to the necessary regulatory and shareholder approvals, is expected to be completed during Q2,…
FWC: Contract for two grassroots refineries in Brazil
Foster Wheeler AG (FWC; Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) announced today that its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a basic engineering design and front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for two grassroots petroleum refineries in Brazil for Petróleo Brasileiro S.A., (Petrobras).…
Shaw: Contract for new ethylene plant in India
The Shaw Group Inc. (Baton Rouge, La.; www.shawgrp.com) it has been selected by GAIL (India) Ltd (GAIL) to provide its proprietary technology and basic engineering for a new 450,000-ton/yr ethylene plant. Shaw also will provide support during detailed engineering, procurement…
Wacker: New polysilicon-production facility in Tenn.
Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) will build a new and fully integrated polysilicon production site near the city of Cleveland, Tenn. The chemical company announced the decision today. With an annual capacity of 15,000 metric tons (m.t.), the production…
Jacobs: New sulfur recovery unit for Taiwan
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has received a contract from CPC Corp. (CPC; Taiwan) to design and license Jacobs' proprietary EuroClaus technology for a desulfurization unit as part of the Ta-Lin refinery expansion project in Kaoshiung, Taiwan. Officials…
Heinkel acquires Comber
ComberS.r.l., (Colzate, Bergamo, Italy; www.comber.it) the Italian manufacturer of NutscheFilter - Dryers, vertical Pan and horizontal Paddle drying systems, will be part of the Heinkel Group (Besigheim, Germany; www.heinkel.de) effective December 2010 and operating under the name of Comber Process Technology S.r.l. Commercial operations have been…
B&WCS to operate DUF6-conversion facilities
The U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE; Washington, D.C.; www.energy.gov) announced today that a $428-million, five-year contract has been awarded to the Babcock & Wilcox Conversion Services, LLC (B&WCS; Lynchburg, Va.; www.babcock.com), for operation of the depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) facilities…
Aveva launches IntelliLaser at SPAR Europe 2010
Aveva Solutions Ltd. (Cambridge, U.K.; www.aveva.com) launched its new AVEVA IntelliLaser technology at SPAR Europe 2010 (Amsterdam; December 7–8). As an extension to the AVEVA NET information management solution, the new IntelliLaser product enables owner operators of industrial process plants…
Online: A new version of the OECD eChemPortal
A new version of the eChemPortal has been launched yesterday by OECD. It provides free public access to information on more than 600,000 records on chemical substances. By launching the new eChemPortal, the OECD (Paris; www.oecd.org) has reached a new…
Petronas and BASF to explore new joint investment
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Petronas (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; www.petronas.com) today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to undertake a joint feasibility study to produce specialty chemicals in Malaysia, a move that would extend the two parties’ existing business…