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Asahi Kasei to increase S-SBR capacity in Singapore
Asahi Kasei Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; www.asahi-kasei.co.jp) has decided to increase the production capacity of its plant in Singapore for solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber (S-SBR) in response for rapid growth in demand for tires that provide enhanced fuel-efficiency as tire production in…
Showa Denko establishes U.S. subsidiary to sell high-purity gases
Showa Denko (SDK; Tokyo, Japan; www.sdk.co.jp) has established a wholly-owned subsidiary, Showa Chemicals of America Inc. (SCA), in Austin, Texas, aiming to strengthen its sale of high-purity gases for electronics in the U.S. American semiconductor manufacturers have 15% of the…
PPG to acquire coating application company Crown Group
PPG Industries, Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pa.; www.ppg.com) announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire The Crown Group, a U.S.-based coatings application services business, from High Road Capital Partners and Charter Oak Capital Partners. The transaction is expected to…
SNC-Lavalin awarded FEED and EPC contract for petroleum refinery in Guinea
SNC-Lavalin (Montreal, Quebec, Canada; www.snclavalin.com) has been awarded a contract by Brahms Oil Refineries Ltd. (www.brahms-refineries.com) to undertake a front-end engineering design (FEED) conversion to EPC contract for a 10,000 barrel per day crude oil refinery in Kamsar, Guinea. The…
Yokogawa acquires chemical-injection specialist TechInvent2
Yokogawa Electric Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; www.yokogawa.com) announced the acquisition of TechInvent2 AS, a Norwegian enterprise that holds the rights to FluidCom, a chemical injection metering valve (CIMV). FluidCom prevents blockages and corrosion in oil wells, pipelines, and other facilities and…
Wison wins EPFC contract for Formosa LDPE plant in Texas
Wison Engineering Services Co. (Shanghai; www.wison-engineering.com) announced that its non-wholly owned affiliated company, Wison Engineering (China) Limited, has been awarded an EPFC (engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction) contract for one section of Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) project in Texas by…
LyondellBasell advances project to build world’s largest PO/TBA plant
LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com) announced the final investment decision to build the world's largest propylene oxide (PO) and tertiary butyl alcohol (TBA) plant in the Houston area. The project is estimated to cost approximately $2.4 billion, representing the single-largest capital…
Praxair starts up air-separation unit in Nanjing, China
Praxair Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) announced it has started up its new air separation plant for Nanjing Jinling Huntsman New Materials Co., Ltd., a joint venture between SINOPEC Jinling and Huntsman. Through a long-term contract, the 900-ton-per-day plant will supply…
Audubon Engineering Solutions wins contract for Chevron Phillips’ U.S. Gulf Coast projects
Audubon Engineering Solutions (Houston; www.auduboncompanies.com), a global provider of engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services for the oil & gas, petrochemical, refining, and pipeline markets, announced that it has signed a teaming agreement with Chevron Phillips Chemical (The Woodlands, Tex.;…
Maire Tecnimont forms JV to build new urea plant in Russia
PJSC KuibyshevAzot, one of the leading companies of the Russian chemical industry, and Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy; www.mairetecnimont.it) jointly announced the incorporation of a joint-venture (JV) to develop, build, finance, maintain and operate a green-field urea plant, to be…