At €18.3 billion, incoming orders booked in Germany by members of the VDMA Large Industrial Plant Manufacturers ́ Group (AGAB; Frankfurt am Main, Germany; www.vdma.org) in 2018 were 3% up on the previous year (2017: €17.8 billion). In a volatile…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) today officially opened a pioneering research center at the heart of the Verbund site in Ludwigshafen, close to the famous Ammonia Lab. This new pilot plant facility for catalyst and process development will be operated…
Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) is launching its first U.S. based ACEO Open Print Lab. The new facility, located at Wacker’s Silicone R&D facility in Ann Arbor, Mich., is equipped with 3-D printers able to process a broad range…
Siemens AG (Munich and Berlin, Germany; www.siemens.com) has launched an initiative to enable fast ramp-up and reconfiguration of production facilities together with partner companies from the mechanical engineering, automotive, robotics and information technology industries. Companies can still register and present…
Chemical manufacturers Hexion Inc. (Columbus, Ohio; www.hexion.com) and Momentive (Waterford, N.Y.; www.momentive.com) announced, separately, that the companies have been responding to cybersecurity incidents. This follows a severe cyber-attack last week targeting Norwegian aluminum manufacturer Norsk Hydro and a December 2018…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy; www.mairetecnimont.com) announced that its subsidiaries Tecnimont S.p.A. and Tecnimont Nigeria Ltd. have been awarded a contract for the “Phase 1 Rehabilitation Project” by Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), to carry out a complete integrity check…
INEOS Oxide (London; www.ineos.com) has announced that it is to double the size of its planned ethylene oxide (EO) and ethylene oxide derivatives (EOD) facility to be built on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The new plant will produce 1.2 billion…
Sibur (Moscow; www.sibur.com) announced that its Perm facility is 100% ready for commissioning, with the first batch of dioctyl terephthalate (DOTP) coming off the line and shipped to customers as part of the pre-commissioning pilot. “We have successfully completed the…
Chiyoda Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.chiyodacorp.com) has developed digital systems for material and field labor controls to maximize the efficiency of construction sites. Chiyoda introduced these systems into the hydrogen plant in Negara Brunei Darussalam, currently under construction. Chiyoda also plans…
Air Liquide (Paris; www.airliquide.com)and PAO Severstal, a steel and mining company, have signed a new long-term contract for the supply of oxygen, nitrogen and argon in Cherepovets, Russia. Air Liquide will invest around 50 million euros in the construction of…