Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has acquired Itibanyl Produtos Especiais Ltda. (IPEL). Headquartered in Jarinu, São Paulo, IPEL is one of Brazil’s leading biocide manufacturers and generated sales in the lower double-digit million euro range in 2018. Both companies signed an…
Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) and Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa; www.sasol.co.za) announced that they have entered into a collaboration agreement to jointly license their gas-to-liquids (GTL) technologies. For many years, the two companies have worked together on numerous…
Terra Drone Indonesia, a group company of Terra Drone Corp. (Tokyo; www.terra-drone.net), has conducted drone-based visual inspections of onshore flare stacks for energy major Chevron (PT Chevron Pacific Indonesia). The drone-based flare stack inspection was done in Duri field, one…
Valmet Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.valmet.com) will supply an energy management solution to optimize production and energy consumption at Kemira Chemicals’ (Helsinki, Finland; www.kemira.com) bleaching chemical plants in Äetsä and Joutseno in Finland. The order was included in Valmet’s orders received…
ExxonMobil Global Services Company has entered into an enabling agreement with Worley (North Sydney, Australia; www.worleyparsons.com) relating to ExxonMobil’s refining and chemicals operations sites in Texas and Louisiana. This will allow ExxonMobil companies to contract with Worley to continue to…
Imtex Membranes Corp. (Ontario, Canada; www.imtexmembranes.com) has received a strategic investment from SABIC Ventures. SABIC is a global leader in diversified chemicals with $40 billion in revenues and operations around the world. Imtex's Permylene membrane separation technology reduces wasteful gas…
Since merging, ÅF and Pöyry have operated as one company, and now are launching the company’s new brand identity, AFRY (www.afry.com). “Our focus on sustainability is strengthened and our position as a global company consolidated with the launch of AFRY.…
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced that it has been awarded two contracts by Toyo Engineering Corp. for the supply of an Operator Training Simulator (OTS) and an Advanced Process Control (APC) system for the new single-stream 2,200 metric ton per…
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo; www.m-chemical.co.jp) announced that it will acquire the thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer (TPU) business of U.S.-based AdvanSource Biomaterials Corp. (ASB; Wilmington, Mass.) Through Mitsubishi Chemical Performance Polymers, Inc., which is headquartered in South Carolina, a MCC subsidiary…
SolvayS.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) is reinforcing its leadership in the lithium-ion battery market by more than doubling its production capacity of high-performance polymer-grade polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) from the Solef product line at its production site in Changshu, China. Sustainable mobility…