Linde North America Inc. (Bridgewater, N.J.; www.lindeus.com) has successfully commenced supplying ultra-high purity hydrogen and steam to Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) for its polysilicon plant located in Charleston, Tennessee. Wacker’s state-of-the-art multi-product facility, which recently began operating in…
The preliminary value for the June CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; most recent available) dipped slightly compared to the previous month’s value, and although the decrease was small, it ends a string of eight straight months of increasing values. All…
Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy; www.saipem.com) has been awarded a new contract in the onshore E&C sector worth approximately $850 million. Activities involve engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning for the Feed Pipelines for New Refinery Project (NRP) in relation…
The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.the-linde-group.com) has been awarded with the engineering and supply of a modular hydrogen manufacturing unit for St1 Refinery in Gothenburg, Sweden. Linde’s Engineering Division will start the engineering and construction of the unit immediately, with…
Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) is strengthening its presence in Middle East and Africa (MEA) by expanding the service portfolio of its technical center in Dubai. The center of excellence located at the “Dubai Silicon Oasis” (DSO) technology park…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Dallas, Tex.; www.jacobs.com) has been awarded a contract from Pemex Fertilizantes to deliver project management contract (PMC) services for the Ammonia IV Rehabilitation Project in the Cosoleacaque Petrochemical Complex in Veracruz, Mexico. Pemex Fertilizantes is rehabilitating…
Kaneka Corp. (Osaka, Japan; www.kaneka.co.jp) has decided to establish a new plant to produce expanded polyolefin foam (under the product names EPERAN and EPERAN-PP) in Hemaraj Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate, Rayong, Thailand, aiming at a further business expansion as well…
Axalta Coating Systems (Philadelphia, Pa.; www.axaltacs.com) has acquired U.K.-based Plascoat Systems Limited (www.plascoat.com), a leading supplier of thermoplastic powder coatings, from its parent company, International Process Technologies (IPT) Ltd. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1952,…
Sadara Chemical Co. (Jubail, Saudi Arabia; www.sadara.com), a joint venture developed by Dow and Saudi Aramco, announced the commissioning of the last of its 26 plants — an isocyanates section currently producing crude quantities of toluene diisocyanate (TDI) and other…
Royal DSM (Heerlen, the Netherlands; www.dsm.com) has concluded the acquisition of the outstanding 49% of shares in its DSM-AGI joint venture (JV), thereby gaining sole ownership of the Taiwan-based supplier of innovative, high-quality and environmentally friendly UV-curable resins and other…