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Borealis to use Honeywell UOP technology at Kallo PP plant

Honeywell (Morris Plains, N.J.; www.honeywell.com) announced that Borealis AG (Vienna, Austria; www.borealisgroup.com) selected Honeywell UOP’s process technology for a proposed plant in Kallo, Belgium, that converts propane into propylene (PP), a primary ingredient for making plastics. Borealis proposes to use…

Chandra Asri selects Unipol PE process technology for new polyethylene plant

PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk (CAP; Jakarta, Indonesia; www.chandra-asri.com), Indonesia’s largest petrochemical producer, has selected Univation Technologies’ Unipol PE Process for its new polyethylene plant that will be built in Cilegon, Indonesia, at CAP’s Naphtha Cracker Complex. The plant’s capacity…

Air Products to boost liquid nitrogen production at Middletown, Ohio plant

Air Products (LeHigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) plans to install a new liquefier at its air separation plant located in Middletown, Ohio to increase liquid nitrogen (LIN) production to meet increasing customer product needs. The new liquefier is to be onstream…

Sulzer begins construction for new pump services facility

As part of the company’s continued investment program, Sulzer Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland; www.sulzer.com) is building a new, state-of-the-art pump services facility in Pasadena, Tex. to expand its increasing network in North America. Adjacent to the existing service center for electromechanical services,…

H.B. Fuller Company acquires Wisdom Worldwide Adhesives

H.B. Fuller Co. (St. Paul, Minn.; www.hbfuller.com) has purchased the industrial adhesives business of Wisdom Worldwide Adhesives, a provider of adhesives for the packaging, paper converting and assembly markets.  “We are pleased to welcome the employees and customers of this…

Braskem to acquire Cetrel business unit from Odebrecht

The Board of Directors of Braskem (São Paulo, Brazil; www.braskem.com.br) authorized the execution of an agreement with Odebrecht Utilities to acquire a controlling interest in Cetrel, the company responsible for treating and disposing of industrial wastewater and solid waste, environmental…

SPX Flow opens new European plant, enhances process equipment manufacturing capability

SPX Flow, Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.; www.spxflow.com) has recently expanded production capabilities by opening a new manufacturing campus in central Europe. The new facility in Bydgoszcz, Poland is designed for manufacturing excellence in terms of efficient production of high quality products…

Global chemical production ends Q4 positively, ACC says

The American Chemistry Council’s (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) Global Chemical Production Regional Index (Global CPRI) shows that headline global production ended the year on a stronger note, rising 0.4 percent in December after a 0.2 percent gain in November, on…

Jacobs acquires Australian consulting company Aquenta

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Dallas, Tex.; www.jacobs.com) has acquired Aquenta Consulting, a leading provider of integrated project services to public and private sector clients in Australia. Aquenta helps owners, operators and investors in infrastructure and property assets achieve their objectives…

Momentive breaks ground in Leverkusen for new silane plant

City of Leverkusen and Chempark officials joined Momentive Performance Materials Inc.  (Waterford, N.Y.; www.momentive.com) to officially break ground on a new manufacturing facility in Leverkusen, Germany. This new facility is a critical part of Momentive’s global initiative to expand production…