Siemens Digital Industries Software (Plano, Tex.; www.sw.siemens.com) announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Atlas 3D, Inc., a Plymouth, Indiana-based developer of software that works with direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) printers to automatically provide design engineers with…
The Surface Treatment global business unit of the Coatings division of BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com), operating under the Chemetall brand (www.chemetall.com), has inaugurated a new laboratory and office building in Langelsheim, Germany. This completes the expansion of the production…
Teijin Aramid B.V. (Arnhem, the Netherlands; www.teijinaramid.com) announced a second round of activities to increase its production capacity. As announced at the end of 2017, targeting more than 25% capacity increase in five years, the company has been proceeding with the expansion project…
PMC Group N.A., Inc. (Mount Laurel, N.J.; www.pmc-group.com) and the Organometallics business of Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany; www.lanxess.com) announced that the parties have reached an agreement whereby PMC’s European subsidiary will acquire the organotin specialties product line (the Business) from…
What is currently the world’s largest pilot plant for the CO2-neutral production of hydrogen has successfully commenced operation at the Linz site of voestalpine AG (Linz, Austria; www.voestalpine.com), simultaneously setting an international milestone in the advancement of new energy supply…
ABB (Zurich, Switzerland; www.abb.com) has won a project to install its extended automation system at a greenfield pilot plant for SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; www.sabic.com) in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, supporting SABIC’s broader vision to digitalize its operations. Leveraging ABB Ability…
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced that its ROSE solvent de-asphalting (SDA) process will be integrated with LC-MAX technology, an advanced, patented, ebullated-bed residue upgrading process from Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) to assist Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (HPCL)'s modernization at the…
Gebr. Lödige Maschinenbau GmbH (Paderborn, Germany; www.loedige.de) is currently in the process of expanding its engineering and production capacities for coating, mixing, granulating and drying, as well as the handling units required for these processes in India. This represents an…
Songwon Industrial Group (Ulsan, South Korea; www.songwon.com), the 2nd largest manufacturer of polymer stabilizers in the world, highlights the strengthening of its commitment to the coatings industry. With the start-up of its Technical Service Coating Lab at its world-class manufacturing…
First Singapore and Tokyo, now Jakarta. Clariant’s (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) Catalysts business unit opens its third location for Engineering Services in Asia-Pacific, bringing the global total to 16 offices. The expansion is aimed at enhancing regional support, particularly in the…