Anglo American Platinum has signed a contract for Haldor Topsoe A/S’s (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) Wet gas Sulfuric Acid (WSA) sulfur emissions control technology for its platinum smelter facility in Polokwane, South Africa. The WSA technology ensures compliance with environmental regulations…
In the companies’ latest Alliance Board meeting, Bentley Systems, Inc. (Exton, Pa.; www.bentley.com) and Siemens AG (Munich, Germany; www.siemens.com) decided to further strengthen their strategic alliance. The two companies have decided to extend their existing agreement, to further develop their…
With the formal signing of a joint venture agreement in July 2018, the German specialist in water and exhaust air treatment, Enexio Water Technologies Herne, Germany; www.enexio.com) and China's largest aluminium processor, Xinfa (Shandong, China; www.xinfagroup.com.cn) laid the foundations for…
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (MCI; Tokyo; www.mitsuichem.com) announced that Mitsui Elastomers Singapore Pte. Ltd. (MELS), a wholly owned subsidiary based in Singapore, is set to raise its production capacity for high-performance elastomers using the brand-name TAFMER. The production facility for TAFMER…
Huntsman Corp. (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.huntsman.com) announced that it has opened a multi-purpose facility at the Amata Vietnam Industrial Park, near Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The site is a greenfield investment, will house Huntsman’s Polyurethanes and Advanced Materials businesses,…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) announced that it has acquired the Rotoflow turboexpander business from Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE). Air Products acquired all engineering and service capabilities to continue providing world-class service to Rotoflow customers. The transaction…
Shintech Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (Tokyo; www. shinetsu.co.jp), has selected Veolia Water Technologies (www.veoliawatertechnologies.com) to supply its HPD salt crystallizer and a caustic soda concentration systems as part of the expansion of their production facility…
Teijin Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.teijin.com) has agreed to acquire Inapal Plasticos SA, a leading automotive composite supplier in Portugal. The shares of Inapal will be purchased by Teijin Holdings Netherlands B.V., the Teijin Group's holding company in the Netherlands. The…
LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com) officially broke ground on what will be the largest propylene oxide (PO) and tertiary butyl alcohol (TBA) plant ever built. The Houston-area project is estimated to cost $2.4 billion, representing the single-largest capital investment in the…
PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk (CAP; Jakarta, Indonesia; www.chandra-asri.com) and Michelin have completed construction at the new synthetic-rubber manufacturing site owned by the companies’ joint venture (JV) PT Synthetic Rubber Indonesia (SRI). The companies have invested $435 million in SRI,…