Ineos Styrolution Group GmbH (Frankfurt am Main, Germany; www.ineos-styrolution.com), ReVital Polymers Inc. (Sarnia, Ont., Canada; www.revitalpolymers.com) and Pyrowave (Oakville, Ont., Canada; www.pyrowave.com) announced a strategic partnership to recycle polystyrene packaging collected in consumer curbside and depot recycling systems as well…
DowDuPont (www.dow-dupont.com) announced the senior leaders of the independent companies that will be created following the separation of its Agriculture (Corteva Agriscience) and Specialty Products (DuPont) Divisions, which is expected to occur by June 1, 2019. In addition, the company…
Wison Engineering Services Co. Ltd. (Shanghai, China; www.wison.com) recently announced that its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary Wison Engineering Ltd. entered into a memorandum with Gazprom neftekhim Salavat for cooperation on a natural gas-to-polyolefin (ethylene and propene) project at an oil-and-gas base…
As chemical plants look for ways of maintaining operational excellence and productivity at a reduced cost, naturally they will look at new instrumentation technologies that will give them a leading edge over competitors. When it comes to gas measurement, the…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is investing a double-digit million euro amount in the construction of a new multi-purpose facility at its Geesthacht location in Northern Germany, 30 km outside the city of Hamburg. The additional capacities created will…
Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany; www.lanxess.com) is continuing to invest in its global production network for high-performance plastics and is building another compounding facility at its Krefeld-Uerdingen site, Germany, for a mid double-digit million euro amount. Starting in the second half…
PSRE Co. (Piping System Research & Engineering Co.; Moscow, Russia; www.truboprovod.ru), a leading developer of smart simulation and sizing tools for every piping and equipment engineer/designer, is pleased to announce the new version 4.1 of PASS/HYDROSYSTEM scheduled for release beginning…
The preliminary value for the July 2018 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) increased slightly compared to the previous month’s value, although, due to revisions in the values, the final June value was adjusted downward by a…
Evonik Industries (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is expanding its capacities for refinement fumed silica in Rheinfelden, Germany. The group will invest an amount in the low double-digit million euro range to expand its Rheinfelden facility, which further processes hydrophilic silica to…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) and IBM (Armonk, N.Y.; www.ibm.com) announced today the use of artificial intelligence-based systems to predict, monitor and measure the status of engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction (EPC) megaprojects from inception to completion. Fluor’s extensive engineering,…