Andy Tuthill has been promoted to President of Tuthill Vacuum & Blower Systems (Burr Ridge, Ill.; www.tuthill.com) effective January 29, 2018. Andy relocated to Springfield in 2015 as Director of Manufacturing and was promoted to the position of Vice President…
Modern materials of construction can greatly improve the performance of heat-recovery steam generators, making it well worthwhile to consider retrofits North American petroleum refiners are investing billions these days on modernization projects — typically, the upgrade of old crude-oil-processing…
Aquafil S.p.A. (Arco, Italy; www.aquafil.com) has signed an agreement with Invista (Wichita, Kan.; www.invista.com) to acquire certain tangible and intangible assets related to Invista’s nylon 6 business activity in Asia Pacific. The assets to be acquired concern Invita’s business of…
The American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington D.C.; www.americanchemicstry.com) announced that Bob V. Patel, Chief Executive Officer of LyondellBasell Industries became the Council’s Chairman of the Board effective January 1, 2018. LyondellBasell is one of the largest plastics, chemicals, and refining…
Sandvik AB (Stockholm, Sweden; www.sandvik.com) will invest about 200 million SEK in a new plant for manufacturing of titanium and nickel fine metal powders within the business area Sandvik Materials Technology. The investment will complement the existing powder offering and…
Arkema (Colombes, France; www.arkema.com) announced an investment plan to increase its production capacity of polyamide 12 polymers, commercialized under the trademark Rilsamid, by 25%. This new capacity will be added at Arkema’s Changshu platform in China and is expected to…
Aspen Technology, Inc. (Bedford, Mass.; www.aspentech.com) has acquired Apex Optimisation, a European company specializing in Dynamic Optimization and Advanced Process Control. Apex’s GDOT software aligns Advanced Process Control (APC) with Planning & Scheduling, enabling unified production optimization for refineries and…
PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk (CAP; Jakarta, Indonesia; www.chandra-asri.com) commenced the groundbreaking for a new polyethylene (PE) plant, which is planned to have capacity to produce 400,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr). The groundbreaking ceremony took place at CAP’s integrated…
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) announced it has been awarded a contract by IGP Methanol LLC. The scope of work includes front-end engineering design (FEED) services to produce a binding lump-sum price for the Gulf Coast Methanol complex to be…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) will grow its global Alkyl Polyglucosides (APG) production capacity with two production expansion projects at sites in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Jinshan, China. With Cincinnati coming online in 2018 and Jinshan in 2019, BASF aims to…