Royal DSM (Heerlen, the Netherlands; www.dsm.com) announced it is in the process of expanding the capacity of its specialty polymers plants in Emmen and Geleen, the Netherlands. DSM Engineering Plastics is responding to strong customer demand in high temperature polyamides…
The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) has designed a custom, integrated supply system for customer ArcelorMittal - the world's largest steel corporation - at ArcelorMittal's Temirtau site in Kazakhstan Linde already operates an air separation unit (ASU) at the steelworks…
On November 17, 2017, the Supervisory Board of Covestro (Leverkusen, Germany; www.covestro.com) unanimously appointed Dr. Thomas Toepfer as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He will take over the position from Patrick Thomas on April 1, 2018. Since June…
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded the Concept and FEED (front-end engineering design) contract by Statoil for their ground-breaking Northern Lights Project, to develop an onshore carbon dioxide storage terminal in Norway. The terminal is a key component of…
W.R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, Md.; www.grace.com) recently announced three new technology awards for the Unipol PP (polypropylene) process technology — one in Kuwait and two in China. The company was contracted to license its Unipol PP process to Kuwait…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is to acquire 3M’s high-concentrates additive compounding business, and the corresponding agreement has been signed. The specialty chemicals group is further expanding its capabilities in the highly profitable business with specialty additives. Evonik already…
Engineering and technology group Sener (Madrid, Spain; www.engineeringandconstruction.sener.com) has signed a contract with ENCE Energía y Celulosa to build a new low-emission biomass electricity generation plant in its energy complex in Huelva (Spain). The contract signed is a turnkey arrangement…
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, www.toyo-eng.co.jp) was awarded a project to construct a naphtha-cracking furnace of Tosoh Corp. for producing ethylene at its Yokkaichi Complex in October. Toyo had participated in this construction project from an early stage. This naphtha-cracking…
Honeywell says that Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Co. will use a range of process technologies from Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill. www.uop.com) for the expansion of its refining and petrochemical complex at Al-Zour, south of Kuwait City. Honeywell UOP will…
AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands, www.akzonobel.com) has agreed to acquire the business of V.Powdertech Co., Ltd., the leading manufacturer of powder coatings in Thailand, supplying a range of products for domestic appliances, furniture and general industrial applications, and currently employing more…