KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced that it has been awarded a contract by Linggu Chemical Co. Ltd (Linggu) for an ammonia plant in Yixing City, Jiangsu Province in China. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide the technology…
Toray Industries, Inc. (Toyko; www.toray.com) announced its decision to establish a joint venture company in the Republic of Korea together with MCM Co., Ltd., a group company of the Chung Ho Nais Group, which is engaged in the sales of…
thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com) announced that the world’s first commercial plant based on the company’s patented manufacturing process for the bioplastic polylactide (PLA) — the PLAneo technology — recently started production in Changchun, China. It is operated by…
Sustainable technology company Anellotech Inc. (Pearl River, N.Y.; www.anellotech.com) confirms significant progress in its Bio-TCat technology development program and has begun planning for scale-up design and engineering of a commercial plant with its process development and design partner IFPEN and…
McDermott International, Inc. (Houston; www.mcdermott.com) announced it has been awarded a significant contract by LUKOIL NizhegorodNefteorgSyntez, a subsidiary of JSC LUKOIL, for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the Delayed Coker Unit for the Deep Conversion Complex planned to…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has started up a precipitated silica plant for the tire industry in South Carolina. Evonik has invested about $120 million in this world-scale production plant, in response to the high demand from the tire…
The preliminary value for the August 2018 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; top; most recent available) increased compared to the previous month’s value, continuing an upward trend that has been in place throughout 2018. The increase, however was driven by…
ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing LLC (www.exxonmobilchemical.com) and BASF Corporation (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) are conducting a full- scale commercial demonstration of a new gas-treating solvent at Imperial Oil’s Sarnia Refinery (photo). The companies jointly developed the new amine-based solvent aimed at…
Bond-Laminates GmbH, , a wholly owned subsidiary of LANXESS (Cologne, Germany; www.lanxess.com) is increasing its production capacity for continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites of the brand Tepex. The company is currently building a new, fourth production unit of around 1,500 m2…
Siemens AG (Munich, Germany: www.siemens.com) and Bentley Systems (Exton, Pa.: www.bentley.com) announced today the introduction of PlantSight, resulting from development together based on their highly complementary software portfolios. PlantSight is a digital solution to benefit users through more efficient plant…