KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced that it has been awarded a contract from Indorama Eleme Fertilizer & Chemicals Limited (Indorama) and Toyo Engineering Corporation (Toyo) for the Train 2 ammonia plant at Indorama's Port Harcourt site in Nigeria. Under the…
Mexichem S.A.B. de C.V. (Tlalnepantla, Mexico; www.mexichem.com) announced that it has acquired Sylvin Technologies Inc., a niche polyvinyl chloride (PVC) compounds manufacturer based in Denver, Pennsylvania for an enterprise value of $39 million based on a debt free cash free…
Kaneka Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; www.kaneka.co.jp) has announced plans to increase its production capacities of polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) expanded particle foams (product names: Eperan and Eperan-PP) in Europe at its Kaneka Belgium plant, located in Westerlo. The production expansion…
W. R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, Md.; www.grace.com) has contracted to license its UNIPOL PP (polypropylene) Process Technology to PDH Polska S. A. for a new facility in Police, Poland. With a capacity of 400,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr),…
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo; www.m-chemical.co.jp) started production of styrenic thermoplastic elastomer (TPS) at Mitsubishi Chemical Performance Polymers (Thailand) Co., Ltd., its subsidiary in Thailand in January 2018. “TEFABLOC” is a core brand of MCC’s thermoplastic elastomers. TPS is used…
Wison Engineering Services Co. (Shanghai; www.wison-engineering.com) announced delivery of the first batch of 28 modules (52 in total) as scheduled for the CPM02 Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE) Pipe Rack Modularization and Erection Project of Formosa Plastics Corp., U.S.A. (FPC) on January…
Emerson (St. Louis, Mo.; www.emerson.com) announced it has acquired ProSys Inc., a global supplier of software and services that increase production and safety for the chemical, oil and gas, pulp and paper, and refining industries. By building intuitive processes for…
BASF PETRONAS Chemicals (www.basf-petronas.com.my) has successfully concluded the startup of a new plant for the production of highly reactive polyisobutene (HR-PIB) with a total capacity of 50,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr), at its integrated site in Gebeng, Kuantan, Malaysia.…
On 1 February, Amy Hebert will join Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) as Deputy CEO and Executive Vice President (EVP), Chemicals. Ms. Hebert comes with broad experience having had top positions at global industry players such as Albemarle Corp,…
SunPower Corp. (www.sunpower.com), a majority-owned subsidiary of Total S.A. (Paris, France; www.total.com) announced that an 8-megawatt SunPower Oasis Power Plant was recently completed and is now operating at Total's La Mède petroleum refinery in Châteauneuf-les-Martigues, France. "Total Solar is proud…