Each month, Chemical Engineering publishes the latest values for the Chemical Engineering Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) — a widely used resource for plant construction costs. The CEPCI is calculated using various data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Once a year,…
INEOS Enterprises (London; www.ineos.com) has signed an agreement to acquire the North American business of National Titanium Dioxide Company Limited (Cristal) from Tronox Ltd. (Stamford, Conn.; www.tronox.com) for $700 million. Cristal’s North American business includes two plants located at the…
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 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 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 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 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 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 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…
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…