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Evonik and Wynca celebrate groundbreaking of new fumed-silica plant in China
The joint venture between Evonik Industrial AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) and the Chinese company Wynca — Evonik Wynca (Zhenjiang) Silicon Material Co., Ltd. — has officially started the construction on a new fumed silica plant in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, China.…
Messer to build onsite gas facility for MOL polyols plant in Hungary
Over the past three years, Messer Group GmbH (Bad Soden, Germany; www.messergroup.com) has invested 37.4 million euros in the expansion of its Hungarian operations. The company recently signed a contract for the construction of a new onsite gas facility with…
McDermott awarded technology contract for Next Wave alkylate production facility in Texas
McDermott International, Inc. (Houston; www.mcdermott.com) announced that it has been awarded a sizeable technology contract for Next Wave Energy Partners, LP's grassroots alkylate production facility, known as Project Traveler, in Pasadena, Texas. McDermott's Lummus Technology is providing the PDP and…
thyssenkrupp gains second order for modular chlorine plant from Serba Dinamik
Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com) has secured a contract with Serba Dinamik International for the engineering and procurement of a new modular chlor-alkali plant. The greenfield plant with a capacity of 90 tons of chlorine per day will…
Toray to supply RO and UF membranes to Brazil’s largest SWRO plant
Toray Industries Inc.’s (Tokyo, Japan; www.toray.com) Romembra reverse osmosis (RO) and Torayfil ultrafiltration (UF) membrane technologies (www.toraywater.com) have been selected for a new seawater desalination facility in Brazil, which is set to become the largest in the country. ArcelorMittal (www.arcelormitall.com),…
DuPont to acquire RO specialist Desalitech
DuPont (Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com) announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Desalitech Ltd. (Boston, Mass.; www.desalitech.com), a closed-circuit reverse osmosis (CCRO) company. The transaction is expected to close in January 2020, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.…
BP and Arzeda enter second phase of renewable chemicals collaboration
BP plc (London; www.bp.com) and Arzeda (Seattle, Wash.; www.azeda.com) are pleased to announce they have entered a second extended collaboration agreement for developing a bio-process for production of a renewable chemical of high strategic and industrial interest to BP.After successful…
Baltic Chemical selects Univation technology for multi-plant polyethylene project
Baltic Chemical Plant LLC (BCP), a wholly owned subsidiary of RusGasDobycha, has selected Univation Technologies’ (Houston; www.univation.com) UNIPOL PE Process for six reactor lines to be located at the Ust-Luga marine port located in Leningradsky Region, Russia. Each UNIPOL PE…
ADNOC and Reliance sign framework agreement for potential ethylene dichloride plant
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC; www.adnoc.ae) signed a Framework Agreement with Reliance Industries Ltd.(RIL; Mumbai, India; www.ril.com) to explore development of an Ethylene Dichloride (EDC) facility in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi.Under the terms of the agreement, ADNOC and RIL…
Stora Enso pilots sludge-to-biofuels process at Heinola mill
Sludge is a byproduct of processes carried out in industry and agriculture. It is very wet, so disposing of it is difficult. A pilot project at Stora Enso Oyj’s (Helsinki, Finland; www.storaenso.com) Heinola Mill in Finland addresses this challenge using…