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Game Changer Award winners for 2020
Each year, the Connected Plant Conference, presented by Chemical Engineering and POWER, recognizes people who are in the front line of implementing digital technologies in the chemical process and power industries. This year, we congratulate the following winners of…
DuPont announces immediate change of CEO
DuPont (www.dupont.com) announced that its Board of Directors has appointed current executive chairman Edward D. Breen to the additional role of chief executive officer (CEO). Lori D. Koch, vice president of Investor Relations and Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis, is…
Rockwell to acquire Italian automation company ASEM
Rockwell Automation, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wis.; www.rockwellautomation.com) announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Italy-based ASEM, S.p.A., a leading provider of digital automation technologies. ASEM provides a complete range of Industrial PCs (IPCs), Human-Machine Interface (HMI) hardware and software, remote…
2019 CEPCI Updates: December (prelim.) and November (final)
The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for December 2019 (the most recent available) decreased from the previous month’s value, the ninth decline in the last eleven months. Of the four major subindices comprising the overall CEPCI,…
IPCO acquires Ingeniera de Procesos
IPCO Germany GmbH (Fellbach, Germany; www.ipco.com) has acquired the Spanish company Ingeniera de Procesos S.A. (IdP), a supplier of processing equipment and spare parts, primarily to the chemical and sulfur segments, in Spain. IdP has for over 30 years had…
U.S. chemical production edges higher to start the year, ACC says
According to the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com), the U.S. Chemical Production Regional Index (U.S. CPRI) edged higher by 0.1 percent in January, following a 0.1 percent decline in December and a 0.2 percent decline in November. During…
Fluor awarded EPC contract for Invista’s new ADN plant in Shanghai
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) was recently awarded a contract to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) for a new adiponitrile (ADN) plant in Shanghai, China which will have a production capacity of 400,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr). The…
Ube Industries and Mitsubishi Materials sign letter of intent for integration of cement businesses
Ube Industries, Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.ube-ind.co.jp) and Mitsubishi Materials Corp., Ltd. (www.mmc.co.jp) announced that, based on a resolution of the companies’ respective Board of Directors meetings, they have signed aletter of intent to start specific discussions and study on the…
Veolia to supply chloride-removal system for pulp plant in Brazil
Veolia Water Technologies (www.veoliawatertechnologies.com) will support a major expansion of a mill in Brazil by providing a turnkey chloride removal system designed to optimize the processing of wood-derived pulp used in the making of cellulose fibers. The pulping production uses…
Versalis launches chemical recycling project in Italy
Versalis (San Donato Milanese, Italy; www.versalis.eni.com) has launched a new project focused on the development of a new technology to chemically recycle plastic waste. Versalis signed a joint development agreement with Italian engineering company, Servizi di Ricerche e Sviluppo (S.R.S.),…