The Fluid Sealing Association (FSA; Wayne, Pa.; www.fluidsealing.com) is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert (Rob) S. Coffee as President of the Association. He is currently the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Proco Products, Inc., in Stockton,…
Honeywell (Morris Plains, N.J.; www.honeywell.com) today announced that Wanhua Chemical Group Co., Ltd. will use the Honeywell Connected Plant Process Reliability Advisor to provide prescriptive monitoring of its UOP C3 Oleflex unit at its plant in Shandong Province in Eastern…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Linde plc, announced it has signed a longterm agreement to supply ultra-high purity nitrogen to Samsung’s world-class semiconductor facility in Hwaseong, South Korea. This is the fifth plant Praxair will build…
WorleyParsons Ltd. (North Sydney, Australia; www.worleyparsons.com) has been awarded a five-year framework agreement by Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC), for the provision of engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services. Under the agreement, WorleyParsons will work with SABIC to optimize…
Metso Corp. (Helsinki, Finland; www.metso.com) has signed an agreement to divest its grinding media business to Moly-Cop, a portfolio company of American Industrial Partners. The transaction comprises the sale of Metso Spain Holding, S.L.U, including operations in two locations with…
AMETEK, Inc. (Berwyn, Pa.; www.ametek.com) announced that it has completed two acquisitions: Telular Corp., a leading provider of communication solutions for logistics management, tank monitoring and security applications; and Forza Silicon Corp., a leader in the design and production of…
The ninth ethylene cracking furnace for Zhejiang Petrochemical’s 40-million ton/yr Integrated Refining and Petrochemical Complex Project undertaken by Wison Engineering Services Co. Ltd. (Shanghai, China; www.wison.com), who is responsible for modularize design, construction and installation of the project, has been…
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS; Yokohama, Japan; www.mhps.com) received an order from India’s public sector utility NTPC Ltd. (earlier known as National Thermal Power Corp.) for additional installations of fluegas desulfurization (FGD) systems in the Mouda-II and Rihand-II&III coal-fired…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Linde plc, has initiated construction on a project to double production capacity at its Mims, Florida air-separation plant. The expansion is in response to the rapidly growing demand from contracted customers…
Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. (Luxembourg; www.orioncarbons.com) has reached an agreement to acquire Acetylene Carbon Black manufacturer Société du Noir d'Acétylène de l'Aubette, SAS (SN2A) from LyondellBasell Industries Holdings B.V. and its French affiliate. SN2A was founded in 1987 and is…