Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is taking the next step in systematically focusing on specialty chemicals with the divestment of its U.S.-based Jayhawk site in Galena, Kansas. The site produces precursors for agrochemicals. “We want to continue growing profitably…
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo; www.mitsuichem.com) has expanded production facilities to manufacture ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (marketed under the brand HI-ZEX MILLION) in response to growing demand for automotive and industrial batteries. The additional facilities came online on August 7 and…
Total S.A. (Paris, France; www.total.com) has accepted an offer from Ineos Styrolution Group GmbH (Frankfurt am Main, Germany; www.ineos-styrolution.com), the leading global styrenics supplier, to acquire its polystyrene business in China. The transaction includes in particular two facilities with a…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy; www.mairetecnimont.com) announced that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A., in consortium with its Indian affiliate Tecnimont Private Ltd., has been awarded two EPCC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning) lump-sum contracts by HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited (HMEL), for the…
GEA Group AG (Düsseldorf, Germany; www.gea.com) has delivered two centrifuges for monoethylene glycol (MEG) purification at BP’s West Nile Delta offshore natural gas field in Egypt. The project represents an important new customer for GEA in its expanding MEG-treatment business.…
TechnipFMC (Paris, France; www.technipfmc.com) has been awarded by Long Son Petrochemicals Co., Ltd. (LSP), a large contract for the licensing, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and start-up of Vietnam’s first olefins plant on Long Son Island, Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, Vietnam.…
Atlas Copco AB (Stockholm, Sweden; www.atlascopcogroup.com) has agreed to acquire the cryogenics business of Brooks Automation, Inc. (www.brooks.com), for a total value of $675 million (SEK 6,239 million). The acquisition includes cryo pump operations located in Chelmsford, Mass. (U.S.) and…
Anglo American Platinum has signed a contract for Haldor Topsoe A/S’s (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) Wet gas Sulfuric Acid (WSA) sulfur emissions control technology for its platinum smelter facility in Polokwane, South Africa. The WSA technology ensures compliance with environmental regulations…
In the companies’ latest Alliance Board meeting, Bentley Systems, Inc. (Exton, Pa.; www.bentley.com) and Siemens AG (Munich, Germany; www.siemens.com) decided to further strengthen their strategic alliance. The two companies have decided to extend their existing agreement, to further develop their…
With the formal signing of a joint venture agreement in July 2018, the German specialist in water and exhaust air treatment, Enexio Water Technologies Herne, Germany; www.enexio.com) and China's largest aluminium processor, Xinfa (Shandong, China; www.xinfagroup.com.cn) laid the foundations for…