Pall Corp. (Port Washington, N.Y.; www.pall.com), a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire its long-time Brazilian distribution partner, Engefiltro (Sao Paulo; www.engefiltro.com.br) . The acquisition will strengthen Pall’s…
A subsidiary of Foster Wheeler AG’s (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) Global Engineering and Construction Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate to form a jointly-owned company with The State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan Republic (Socar) in the Republic…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland: www.outotec.com) has signed a contract with ZAO Miheevsky GOK, a subsidiary of Russian Copper Co., for the design and delivery of a new copper concentrator for the Miheevsky porphyry-copper project located in Chelyabinsk, Russia. The contract…
In June, China’s industrial output accelerated to 15.1% over a year ago at this time, up from 13.3% year-to-year (Y/Y) in May, according to data compiled in the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Trends report from the American Chemistry Council…
White Martins, the Brazil-based subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com), has signed a 15-year agreement to supply nitrogen and oxygen to Braskem (São Paulo, Brazil), the largest petrochemical company in the Americas by capacity and the world’s largest producer…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) has won a contract from Minera Quadra Chile Limitada (Santiago), a subsidiary of Quadra FNX Mining Ltd. (Vancouver, B.C., Canada), to perform work at the company's Sierra Gorda project in Chile. Fluor booked approximately $1…
Bechtel Corp. (San Francisco, Calif.; www.bechtel.com) has purchased ConocoPhillips’ (Houston, Tex.; www.conocophillips.com) leading delayed coking technology, a move that uniquely positions Bechtel for growth in the refining industry. ThruPlus Delayed Coking Technology is a proprietary process for upgrading heavy oil…
Topsoe Fuel Cell (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) is expanding its stack production facilities with kick-off in July 2011. The need for extra production capacity arises as Topsoe Fuel Cell expects demand to exceed currentcapacity already in 2013. The facility will be…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with Ma'aden Bauxite Alumina Co., a joint venture (JV) between Saudi Arabian Mining Co. (Ma'aden) and Alcoa in Saudi Arabia, on the delivery of two calciners to the JV’s integrated aluminum complex at…
GE Energy (Atlanta, Ga.; www.ge-energy.com) has announced that Dan Heintzelman, currently CEO of GE Energy Services, has been named CEO of GE Oil & Gas. Heintzelman succeeds Claudi Santiago, who has served as CEO of GE Oil & Gas for…