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Lummus’ Catofin technology selected for Ineos’ planned PDH unit

INEOS (London; www.ineos.com) has selected McDermott’s Lummus CATOFIN Technology as the operating technology for its planned world-scale Propane Dehydrogenation (PDH) unit. A License Agreement has now been signed. In parallel, an agreement has been signed with Clariant for the long-term…

DSM launches operations at new polyester plant in Germany

Royal DSM (Heerlen, the Netherlands; www.dsm.com) announced the successful expansion of its production capacity of its sustainable liquid polyester technology and other specialty resins, through the operational launch of a new state-of-the-art polyester production facility in Meppen, Germany. DSM’s new…

SNC-Lavalin wins project management contract for new petrochemicals complex in Vietnam

SNC-Lavalin (Montreal, Quebec, Canada; www.snclavalin.com) it has signed a project management contract (PMC) with Long Son Petrochemicals Company Limited (LSP), a subsidiary of the Siam Cement Public Company Limited (SCG) of Thailand. Under the agreement, SNC-Lavalin and LSP will form…

GEA completes sale of separator production facility in France

GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft (Düsseldorf, Germany; www.gea.com) successfully concluded the sale of its GEA Westfalia Separator Production France SAS entity — its French standard separators production facility and the respective real estate in Château-Thierry (Hauts-de-France region) to the French industrial group…

Ineos to acquire the chemicals intermediates business of Flint Hill Resources

INEOS Enterprises (London; www.ineos.com) has confirmed that it has entered into a binding agreement to acquire the chemical intermediates business of Flint Hills Resources. The deal is expected to complete before the end of 2018, subject to regulatory approval. The…

Siemens and Southern Idaho Solid Waste commission landfill gas-to-energy project

Siemens AG (Munich, Germany: www.siemens.com) and Southern Idaho Solid Waste (SISW) recently announced the successful commissioning of two SGE-56HM gas engines that are providing environmentally friendly electrical power for a landfill gas-to-energy project at the Milner Butte Landfill in Burley,…

EDL signs contract for dewaxing/deoiling unit with Sepahan Oil

In mid-August 2018, Sepahan Oil Co. (SOC; Tehran, Iran) and EDL Anlagenbau Gesellschaft mbH (EDL; Leipzig, Germany; www.edl.poerner.de) signed a contract for the modernization of the lube oil and wax production. SOC and EDL signed the contract for granting a…

Emerson to acquire GE’s Intelligent Platforms business

Emerson (St. Louis, Mo.; www.emerson.com) announced it has agreed to acquire Intelligent Platforms, a division of General Electric. Intelligent Platforms’ programmable logic controller (PLC) technologies will enable Emerson, a leader in automation for process and industrial applications, to provide its…

These dryers feature a versatile base to accommodate auxiliaries

This company’s rugged fluid-bed dryers feature unitary steel bases as standard, which allow cover-lift hoists, process-air ductwork, control panels, monitoring instrumentation and other auxiliary equipment to be attached to the system as a single unit. Providing a dedicated, non-moving foundation,…

Cybersecurity: Building Resilience from the Inside Out

Cybersecurity is no longer a far-fetched concept relegated to science fiction or conspiracy theories. It is a major and growing global risk across all industry sectors Given the increasingly central role of digital technologies, data and connectivity, cybersecurity is widely…