BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) opened a new production plant for concrete admixtures in Kazan, Russia. Together with the facility inaugurated in Podolsk near Moscow in 2012, BASF now supplies the Russian construction sector with a broad range of concrete…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) was awarded an engineering and design services contract by South Louisiana Methanol L.P. for a potential 5,000 metric tons-per-day methanol project in St. James Parish, Louisiana. Fluor will book the undisclosed contract value in the…
After seven years of research, BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) unveiled its new high- performance insulating material at its Lemförde location to selected guests from the media and trade press. The product premiere of Slentite also coincided with the ground-breaking…
Yokogawa Electric Corporation (Tokyo, Japan; www.yokogawa.com) announced that Yokogawa Solution Service Corporation, a subsidiary that oversees Yokogawa’s IA and control business in Japan, has received an order from JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (JXE) to execute the front end…
Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany; www.lanxess.com) is expanding its portfolio of phosphorus-based chemicals by taking over the business operations belonging to the French subsidiary of the insolvent Dutch company thermPhos International B.V. The transaction closes with immediate effect. Lanxess is acquiring…
Invista (Wichita, Kan.; www.invista.com) announced that it is considering a new, combined hydrogen and anhydrous ammonia manufacturing unit—valued at more than $500 million—within the existing footprint of the company’s nylon intermediates production facility in Victoria, Texas. If approved, the unit would…
Sibur (Moscow, www.sibur.com) and German chemicals giant BASF have signed a Long-Term Cooperation Memorandum to supply additives used for polymer production and processing at Sibur’s production facilities. The deal provides for supplies of additives used to produce polypropylene, polyethylene, synthetic…
Endress+Hauser (Switzerland; www.endress.com) is set to serve its customers in North and South Americawith more US-made products. The Swiss specialist for measurement engineering and process automation has invested over $40 million in expanding its plants for flow, level and pressure…
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) has selected Black & Veatch (B&V; Overland Park, Kan.; www.bv.com) and Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies Inc. (Ostara; Vancouver, B.C., Canada; www.ostara.com) to design and build a new nutrient recovery system at its…
Green Biologics, Inc. (Gahanna, Ohio; www.greenbiologics.com), a technology developer and emerging bio-based chemicals, and Central MN Ethanol Co-op (CMEC; www.centralmnethanol.com), an ethanol producer in Little Falls, Minn., have announced that Green Biologics, Inc. has entered into an exclusive letter of…