Ube Industries, Ltd. (Ube; Tokyo, Japan; www.ube-ind.co.jp) recently commemorated the launch of Lotte Ube Synthetic Rubber Sdn. Bhd., a joint venture (JV) for the manufacturing of butadiene rubber (BR) based in the Tanjung Langsat industrial park in Johor, Malaysia. The…
A.W. Chesterton Co. (Woburn, Mass.; www.chesterton.com) announced the acquisition of Ceramic Polymer GmbH (Roedinghausen, Germany). The company manufactures industrial coatings that are specialized in protecting metal and concrete materials in large industrial structures, such as storage tanks, offshore and onshore structures, pipelines, and…
The Lubrizol Corp. (Wickliffe, Ohio; www.lubrizol.com) and Daelim Industrial (Seoul, South Korea) have signed a technology license agreement granting Lubrizol the right to use Daelim technology for the manufacture of polyisobutylenes (PIBs). Daelim is a leading provider of high-quality petrochemical…
ABB (Zurich, Switzerland; www.abb.com) has acquired the remaining shares of CGM AB to become its sole shareholder. Sweden-based CGM provides modern control-room design and ergonomic solutions for maximum control-room operator effectiveness. The acquisition complements ABB’s portfolio with the latest technology…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) has agreed with Offshore Oil Engineering Co., Ltd. (COOEC), a subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Corp., to form a new joint venture (JV), COOEC Fluor Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (CFHI), through which the…
Borouge, an Abu Dhabi-based provider of plastics solutions has selected Neste Jacobs Oy (Porvoo, Finland; www.nestejacobs.com) as a Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) service contractor for its polyethylene (PE) plant modification project, located in Ruwais industrial area, United Arab…
Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc. (TEPCO), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Mitsubishi Corp., Mitsubishi Electric Corp., Joban Joint Power Co., today concluded a letter of intent to promote the development of the world's most advanced coal-fired thermal power plants in…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) opened its new Doe Canyon helium production facility in Colorado. The Doe Canyon helium plant is the only one in the world extracting helium from a gas stream composed primarily of carbon dioxide.…
Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.; www.bv.com), a global engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company providing energy, water, and telecommunications solutions, announced the creation of its new local entity, Black & Veatch South Africa. Headquartered in Johannesburg, the new local…
Directors and staff from BOC and Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.; www.eastman.com) joined key contractors at a ceremony at Eastman’s site at Newport in South Wales to mark the official opening of a hydrogen plant. BOC, a member of The…