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CB&I wins technology contract for petrochemicals project in Uzbekistan
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) announced it has been awarded a technology contract by Shurtan Gas Chemical Complex LLC (SGCC) for a grassroots ethylene complex to be built in southern Uzbekistan. The scope of work includes the license and basic…
Air Liquide to supply SMR units for Dangote refinery
Air Liquide Engineering & Construction (www.engineering-airliquide.com) has been selected to supply two hydrogen production steam methane reformer (SMR) units to Dangote Group, the largest manufacturing conglomerate in West Africa. The SMR units will be core to a new hydrogen generation…
Chemours Mining Solutions begins construction for manufacturing facility in Mexico
The Chemours Co. (Wilmington, Del.; www.chemours.com) held a groundbreaking event to mark the start of construction of a new Chemours Mining Solutions manufacturing facility in the state of Durango, Mexico. This project represents an estimated $150-million investment. Located in the…
DuPont Industrial Biosciences extends production of phytase enzymes in Europe
DuPont Industrial Biosciences (www.biosciences.dupont.com) has launched extended product lines for Axtra PHY 20000 TPT and Axtra PHY 25000 G fast-acting phytase enzymes in Europe. “We are excited to extend the product line of our award-winning phytase in the EU. Axtra…
Air Products to supply industrial gases for semiconductor manufacturing expansion in Tianjin
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) announced that it has been awarded the industrial gases supply to support the capacity expansion of the Tianjin facility of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), one of the world’s leading semiconductor foundries and the…
Global chemical production rose in May, ACC says
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 0.5 percent in May after revised flat performance in April, as measured on a three-month moving average (3MMA) basis.…
Umicore inaugurates new production facility for metal-organic precursor technologies
Umicore N.V.’s (Brussels, Belgium; www.umicore.com) Precious Metals Chemistry business unit has inaugurated a production unit in Germany for advanced metal organic precursor technologies used in the semiconductor and LED markets — TMGa (Trimethylgallium) and TEGa (Triethylgallium). The inauguration event was…
Axalta Coating Systems marks first production plant in Argentina
Axalta Coating Systems (Philadelphia, Pa.; www.axaltacs.com) announced its first production and logistics center in Argentina in the municipality of Escobar (province of Buenos Aires). Axalta Chairman and CEO Charlie Shaver met with employees and toured the new facility where initial…
Braskem to invest $675 million in Delta polypropylene plant
Braskem (São Paulo, Brazil; www.braskem.com.br) announced that the company’s Board of Directors has formally approved the final investment decision to proceed with the largest polypropylene (PP) production line in the Americas. Braskem will commit up to $675 million in investment…
Chevron Phillips announces successor for retiring CEO
Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LLC (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cpchem.com) announced that Peter Cella, president and chief executive officer (CEO), intends to retire from the company, effective August 1, 2017. Additionally, the company announced that Mark Lashier, currently executive vice president,…