Victrex plc (Thornton Cleveleys, U.K.; www.victrex.com) announced that Jakob Sigurdsson joined the company on 4 September 2017 as CEO-designate. He will become CEO on 1 October 2017, succeeding Dave Hummel, who retires after 24 successful years as CEO. Larry Pentz,…
H.B. Fuller Co. (St. Paul, Minn.; www.hbfuller.com) announced that it has signed an agreement to purchase Royal Adhesives & Sealants, a leading manufacturer of high-value specialty adhesives and sealants. This business consistently delivers industry-leading growth rates, EBITDA margins, and free…
Badger Licensing LLC (Boston, Mass.; www.badgerlicensing.com) announced that Zhejiang Petroleum & Chemical Co. (ZPC) has selected Badger’s proprietary technology for a grassroots ethylbenzene/styrene monomer (EB/SM) plant being built in Daxiaoyushan Island, Daishan District, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of…
IHS Markit (Houston, www.ihs.com), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, is releasing periodic updates on the impact of Tropical Storm Harvey on the crude oil, refining and chemical sectors. A summary of the latest update follows below…
Amec Foster Wheeler (London, U.K.; amecfw.com) has been awarded a $604-million engineering, procurement and construction (EPC), fixed-price contract for part of a $1.85-billion methanol plant being developed by Yuhuang Chemical Inc (YCI), a U.S.-based subsidiary of China’s Shandong Yuhuang Chemical…
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) recently signed a new long term agreement with Pemex Transformación Industrial, a subsidiary of Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), the state-owned oil-and-gas company, to supply hydrogen to Pemex’s refinery located at Tula de Allende, in the state…
The American Chemistry Council’s (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) Global Chemical Production Regional Index (Global CPRI) shows that global chemicals production rose 0.6 percent in July, a quicker pace than June and May, as measured on a three-month moving average (3MMA)…
Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) announced today that CNPC Guangxi Petrochemical Co. has successfully converted its existing pressure swing adsorption (PSA) unit to Polybed PSA technology, enabling it to produce high-purity hydrogen. The newly upgraded unit, located in Qinzhou…
Schneider Electric SE (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.schneider-electric.com) announces that its board of directors and AVEVA Group plc (Cambridge, U.K.; www.aveva.com) have reached agreement on the terms and conditions of a combination of AVEVA and Schneider Electric industrial software business (the Schneider…
With a view to industrializing the 3D printing process, thyssenkrupp AG’s (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp.com) newly opened TechCenter Additive Manufacturing in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany has now started making customized products from metals and plastics in a single digital process.…