Schneider Electric SE (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.schneider-electric.com) has acquired Applied Instrument Technologies, Inc. (AIT), a leading provider of online process analyzers for the hydrocarbon, petrochemical, chemical, pharmaceutical and steel-making industries. The acquisition adds to Schneider Electric’s process automation portfolio that already…
Arkema (Colombes, France; www.arkema.com) announces a 25% capacity increase for Kynar brand polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) at its Changshu platform near Shanghai. This project will help meet the strong demand, in particular in new energies and water-treatment applications. This investment will…
Trinseo (Berwyn, Pa.; www.trinseo.com) announced that it will expand capacity for Solution-Styrene Butadiene Rubber (S-SBR). This increased investment is a direct response to rising customer demand for this critical technology, which is a key component in increasing energy efficiency, safety…
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; Tokyo, Japan; www.sdk.co.jp) announced that Hideo Ichikawa will resign as president and CEO to become representative director and chairman of the board of the company, and that Kohei Morikawa, director, managing corporate officer and chief technology…
Ashland Inc. (Covington, Ky.; www.ashland.com) started up a new production line in Nanjing, China to manufacture polymer excipients for China’s pharmaceutical industry. Demand for polymer excipients, the substances formulated alongside the active ingredients of medications, is rising in China as…
Pepperl+Fuchs GmbH (Mannheim, Germany; www.pepperl-fuchs.com), a globally leading company in explosion protection by intrinsic safety and in industrial sensors, announced the acquisition of ecom instruments GmbH (Assamstadt, Germany; www.ecom-ex.com), the world market leader for mobile industrial devices for hazardous areas.…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Dallas, Tex.; www.jacobs.com) announced today it has moved its headquarters from Pasadena, California to Dallas, expanding its current footprint in downtown Dallas’ Harwood Center. Pasadena served as Jacobs’ headquarters since it was founded by Joseph J.…
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE:BW) announced today that its subsidiary, The Babcock & Wilcox Co. (B&W; Charlotte, N.C.; www.babcock.com) and its consortium partner, Saulsbury Industries, Inc., have been awarded a contract for more than $90 million to engineer, procure…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) says that ICA Fluor, its industrial engineering and construction joint venture with Empresas ICA, S.A.B. de C.V. (www.ir.ica.mx), was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management contract by Minas de La Alta Pimeria S.A. de…
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; Tokyo, Japan; www.sdk.co.jp) agreed with SGL Carbon SE, a carbon and graphite product manufacturer headquartered in Wiesbaden, Germany, that SDK will acquire SGL GE Holding GmbH, which engages in the graphite electrode business, from SGL Carbon…