Wood Group Mustang (Houston; www.mustangeng.com) has been awarded a contract by The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) to provide services for construction of approximately 140 miles of ethane, ethylene, propane and propylene pipelines, associated interconnections and station modifications between…
LIST AG (Arisdorf, Switzerland; www.list.ch) announces completion of its global Demonstration Center in Arisdorf, Switzerland. Located adjacent to the company’s World Headquarters, the fully automated LIST Demonstration Center (LDC) is specifically designed for the development and testing of processing solutions…
Recently, Fujian Jinfeng Technology Co. and Fujian Zhongjin New Material Co. both located in Fujian province, P.R. of China, signed contracts for polyamide 6 (PA6) PA6 plants with Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions (Paris, France; www.engineering-solutions.airliquide.com). The contracts include the…
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded by Oil Projects Co. — SCOP; a company of Iraq’s Ministry of Oil — a significant contract for project management consultancy (PMC) services for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) phase of the Karbala…
Building on his strong focus on energy efficiency in his first few days in office, U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz announced today five manufacturing research and development projects to support energy efficient lighting products. The projects will focus on reducing…
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) has acquired NorthAm Engineering S.A. DE CV (NorthAm; Monterrey, Mexico), a privately held engineering company. NorthAm is one of the largest Mexican engineering and project management companies, with a track record in upstream, offshore…
Expanding its portfolio of industrial gases offerings in North America, Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) has has acquired EPCO Carbon Dioxide Products, Inc. (EPCO; Monroe, La.), a privately-held producer and marketer of liquid carbon dioxide. The acquisition also includes…
Today, Borealis AG (Vienna, Austria; www.borealisgroup.com) has inaugurated a new catalyst plant at its Linz location. The company has invested €100 million in the construction of this facility, which will produce catalysts utilizing the proprietary Borealis Sirius catalyst technology. Catalysts…
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) is demonstrating the international potential of its process for manufacturing sustainable biofuel through the expansion of Sunliquid technology to further agricultural residues. Following the opening of Germany’s largest demonstration plant for manufacturing ethanol from agricultural residues…
Myriant Corp.(Quincy, Mass.; www.myriant.com) announced the successful scaling and commercial production of bio-succinic acid at ThyssenKrupp Uhde's (Dortmund, Germany; www.uhde.eu) biotech commercial validation facility in Leuna, Germany. The production process meets targets for commercial yield and product quality. Myriant and…