Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) says that PTT Global Chemical Public Co. (PTTGC) has selected a Fluor-led team to perform front-end engineering and design work for its proposed petrochemical complex in Belmont County, Ohio. The team includes Fluor, Technip…
Tosoh Corp. (Tokyo; www.tosoh.com) is increasing its zirconia powder production capacity at its Nanyo and Yokkaichi Complexes by approximately 30% in response to growing global demand, particularly for dental and decorative applications. The investment for this expansion is estimated to…
Perstorp Holding AB (Malmö, Sweden; www.perstorp.com) has announced intent to acquire an existing biodiesel plant in Fredrikstad, Norway. "We have ambitious growth plans for biofuels, now and in the future, and we see how the demand will increase to meet…
BP plc (London; www.bp.com) and Oman International Petrichemical Industries Co. (OMPET), a joint venture between Oman Oil Company, LG International Corp and Takamul Investment Co., have entered into a licensing agreement for BP’s latest-generation purified terephthalic acid (PTA) technology. OMPET…
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) has been awarded an early works contract by LACC, LLC, a joint venture between Axiall Corp. and Lotte Chemical Corp., to provide additional detailed engineering and early procurement services associated with the proposed LACC…
EuroChem (Moscow, Russia; www.eurochem.ru) announced that its subsidiary Phosphorit has commenced the construction of a new high-tech ammonia plant in Kingisepp, Russia. The Kingisepp ammonia plant will have a design capacity of 1 million metric tons per year (m.t./yr). In…
Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland; www.kemira.com) has acquired certain assets of Soto Industries, LLC, a privately owned company, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. Soto specializes in the application of scale control products, defoamers, and settling agents for the pulp and paper…
ABB (Zurich, Switzerland; www.abb.com) has appointed Bazmi Husain as chief technology officer (CTO), effective January 1, 2016. Husain, an expert in power and automation who has been with ABB for more than 30 years, will report to CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer.…
Effective September 1, 2015, Hoerbiger Group (Zug, Switzerland; www.hoerbiger.com) will acquire internationally renowned explosion protection specialist IEP Technologies, LLC (Marlborough, Mass. ; www.ieptechnologies.com) from Sentinel Capital Partners (New York, N.Y.; www.sentinelpartners.com). This acquisition will make Hoerbiger one of the…
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, announced that Egypt’s Alexandria National Refining & Petrochemicals Company (ANRPC) will use UOP technology and equipment as part of a $300-million, multi-year project to expand an existing, state-of-the-art gasoline production facility…