India’s ambitious infrastructure projects for traffic congestion raise the annual bitumen demand from 4.8 to 7 million tons within the next years. Hence, the Indian Oil Company Ltd. (IOCL), India’s largest commercial enterprise, invested in another bitumen plant. In February…
Honeywell (Morris Plains, N.J.; www.honeywell.com) announced today the successful commissioning and operation of the largest operating single-train propane dehydrogenation unit in China. Yantai Wanhua Polyurethanes Group Co. Ltd., is using Honeywell UOP’s C3 Oleflex process technology to convert propane into 750,000…
Axalta Coating Systems (Philadelphia, Pa.; www.axaltacs.com)), a leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, opened its new headquarters office for India located in Gurugram within the National Capital Region (NCR) yesterday. The new location will also house an Axalta…
The Board of Directors of Metso Corp. (Helsinki, Finland; www.metso.com) has appointed Nico Delvaux President and CEO of Metso, effective at the beginning of November 2017 at the latest. Nico Delvaux is currently Senior Executive Vice President for Atlas Copco…
Koch Membrane Systems (KMS; Wilmington, Mass.; www.kochmembrane.com), a global leader in membrane filtration technologies, announced in conjunction with Archer Daniel Midlands Co. (ADM; Chicago, Ill.; www.adm.com) the planned upgrade of the water treatment plant for ADM’s Southern Cellulose facility in…
Huntsman Corp. (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.huntsman.com) announced that it has completed the acquisition of IFS Chemicals Limited (IFS), one of the U.K.’s leading independent formulators of methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) based systems. The purchase price was not disclosed. Located in…
The American Chemistry Council’s (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) Global Chemical Production Regional Index (Global CPRI) shows that the first quarter ended on a soft note, with headline global production slipping back 0.1 percent in March, as measured on a three-month…
Grupa Azoty S.A. (Tarnów, Poland; www.grupaazoty.com) signed a contract with thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com) for a license for a nitric-acid production technology, including the delivery of process documentation and key equipment, and for the supervision over plant…
INEOS Styrolution, (Frankfurt, Germany; www.ineos-styrolution.com) announced plans to increase capacity for ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) and ASA (acrylonitrile styrene acrylate) in the Americas. The plans include constructing a new ASA plant in Bayport, Texas with a capacity of 100,000 metric…
TechnipFMC (Paris, France; www.technipfmc.com) has been awarded by Zakum Development Co. an engineering, procurement and construction contract (EPC3) project) for a sulfate-reduction plant on West Island located offshore Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The objective of the EPC3 project…