Stamicarbon BV (Sittard, the Netherlands; www.stamicarbon.com), the innovation and license company of Maire Tecnimont Group (www.mairetecnimont.com), will license technology for a grassroots urea plant for Talcher Fertilizers Ltd. in India. The new ammonia and urea complex will be a modern…
The Chemical Activity Barometer (CAB), a leading economic indicator created by the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com), jumped 0.6 percent in January on a three-month moving average (3MMA) basis, following a 0.1 percent gain in December. On a…
Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy; www.saipem.com) signed a license agreement with ITEA S.p.A, an Italian company that owns the patent for application of a new plastics recycling technology. Originally designed for applications in the oil & gas sector, the…
HUVRdata (Austin, Tex.; www.huvrdata.com) has been selected by ExxonMobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.exxonmobil.com) to support drone-based inspections and reporting. Over the past 2 years, HUVRData and ExxonMobil have collaborated to put in place a global Digital Reporting and Analytics platform…
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo; www.m-chemical.co.jp/) announced that it will acquire a German manufacturer of carbon-fiber prepreg materials, c-m-p GmbH (Heinsberg, Germany) through its subsidiary, Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Material, in a move to strengthen its presence in the carbon-fiber composite…
As part of a major restructuring program, subsidiaries of McDermott International, Inc. (Houston; www.mcdermott.com) have entered into a share and asset purchase agreement with a joint partnership between The Chatterjee Group and Rhône Group (the Joint Partnership) pursuant to which…
Renewable energy company Masdar (Abu Dhabi; www.masdar.ae) and Compañía Española de Petróleos S.A.U. (Cepsa; Madrid, Spain; www.cepsa.com) announced an agreement to establish a joint venture company to develop renewable energy projects in Spain and Portugal. The 50:50 venture was announced…
The continued significant increase in demand for individual pump solutions designed by manufacturer Paul Bungartz GmbH & Co KG (Düsseldorf, Germany; www.bungartz.de) requires a reorientation of its sales department. “With Mr Lempert, we are pleased to have found a head…
As already announced at the end of 2018, BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) will proceed with expanding global capacities for methane sulfonic acid (MSA) to 50,000 metric tons per year. This involves a higher double-digit-million euro investment in constructing a…
Total S.A. (Paris, France; www.total.com) as entered into agreements for the development of the Al Kharsaah Solar PV IPP Project, a 800 megawatt-peak (MWp) solar plant that will be located 80 km west of Doha, Qatar. The project was awarded…