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MOL contracts Frames Group for refinery desalter units

Frames Group B.V. (Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands; www.frames-group.com) has been awarded a contract to supply two desalters (electrostatic coalescers) to leading Hungarian oil and gas company MOL Group for the Duna Refinery at Százhalombatta near Budapest. The Frames…

Kraton to construct latex manufacturing unit in Brazil

Kraton Corp. (Houston; www.kraton.com) has approved the construction of a semi works latex unit in Paulinia, Brazil. Construction is scheduled to complete by the first quarter of 2020 and ready for commissioning during the second quarter of 2020. "The new…

Evonik merges methacrylate monomers activities into new Oil Additives business line

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is merging its specialty methacrylate monomers - the Applications Monomers Product Line - with its current oil additives business to become the new Oil Additives business line within the Resource Efficiency segment. Application Monomers…

Perstorp expanding production capacity of pentaerythritol in Germany

Perstorp AB (Malmö, Sweden; www.perstorp.com) is increasing the effective annual pentaerythritol (Penta) production capacity at its Bruchhausen/Arnsberg plant in Germany by 12.5%. The Penta polyols are widely used in resins for coatings in the building & construction and steel works…

Fluor and TechnipFMC complete EPCM work for Sasol in Louisiana

Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) announced that its joint venture with TechnipFMC plc (Houston; www.technipfmc.com) has successfully completed its engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services scope of work on Sasol’s world-scale petrochemical complex in Westlake, Louisiana. The joint venture…

Honeywell and Wood to collaborate on Connected Plant technologies in refining and petrochemicals markets

Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) and Wood (www.woodplc.com) will work together through the Honeywell Connected Plant platform to commercialize digital services that help refiners and petrochemical manufacturers make their operations safer, more efficient and more reliable. Honeywell UOP has partnered with…

Thermo Fisher announces capacity expansions in Italy and North Carolina

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Waltham, Mass.; www.thermofisher.com) announced that it is investing $150 million in its Pharma Services business to provide additional capacity for sterile liquid and lyophilized product development and commercial manufacturing. Included in the site expansion projects are…

Lubrizol finalizes acquisition of Laboratoire Phenobio

The Lubrizol Corp. (Cleveland, Ohio; www.lubrizol.com) announced the acquisition of Laboratoire Phenobio, an innovative supplier of naturally-derived extracts and botanical active ingredients. Recognized across the world as a pioneer in botanical extracts and natural performance ingredients, this addition expands Lubrizol's…

Solvay invests in AI software developer Noble.AI

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has invested in Noble.AI, a leading developer of software that helps R&D organizations speed up their innovation efforts. Noble’s software, which incorporates physics-based principles into an artificial intelligence engine, will enable Solvay to accelerate its…

Lanxess significantly expands benzyl alcohol capacity

Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany; www.lanxess.com) is expanding its production capacity for the industrial chemical benzyl alcohol for the global market by around 30%. The two-stage expansion of the plant at the German site in Krefeld-Uerdingen is scheduled for completion by…