IGP Methanol LLC (Houston; www.ipgmethanol.com) has awarded Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) a contract for engineering of a methanol plant that will produce 1.8 million ton/yr, which is part of a planned complex with a total production capacity of…
UkrGasVydobuvannya (UGV) has begun using Honeywell UOP’s (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) HYT-4118 Unity hydrotreating catalyst to produce ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel at the Shebelinsky refinery in Andreyevka, Kharkov Region, in eastern Ukraine. The HYT-4118 catalyst removes sulfur from petroleum feeds…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has been awarded a contract by Shalina Resources Limited for the delivery of advanced sulfuric acid plant technology to the Mutoshi project near Kolwezi in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The order value, approximately €33…
DSM (Heerlen, the Netherlands; www.dsm.com) and Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) have established a new company, Veramaris V.O.F. (www.veramaris.com), for the production of omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA from natural marine algae for animal nutrition. The 50:50 joint…
Ingevity Corp. (North Charleston, S.C.; www.ingevity.com) announced that it will install a photovoltaic solar panel system at its pine chemicals plant in North Charleston, South Carolina. Once the installation is complete, the company will be participating in South Carolina Electric…
Endress+Hauser (Reinach, Switzerland; www.endress.com) has increased production capacity with a third plant in Suzhou, 100 kilometers west of Shanghai. The 16,500-square-meter facility will help the group meet disproportionately high growth in the Far East. The opening of the new building,…
Nippon Shokubai Co. (Osaka, Japan; www.shokubai.co.jp) has expanded its production capacity for the functional monomer 2-(2-Vinyloxy Ethoxy) Ethyl Acrylate (VEEA), a low-viscosity, high-performance UV-curable acrylic monomer. The demand for VEEA is increasing in Europe and the U.S. as reactive diluent…
Digital adoption is increasing in chemical companies’ plants as more firms recognize the technologies’ financial and operational value, according to Accenture’s (Chicago; www.accenture.com) new “Digital Technology in Chemical Plant Operations” survey. Yet, digital technologies are still in the early stages…
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) recently signed a new long-term contract with Kumho Mitsui Chemical Inc (KMCI), a major chemical group in South Korea, according to which Air Liquide will increase its supply to this customer of both hydrogen and…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Dallas, Tex.; www.jacobs.com) has been selected by Anglo American to provide engineering services to the company’s Los Bronces copper mine, located approximately 40 miles northeast of Santiago, Chile, in the Metropolitan Region. Situated at an altitude…