Maag Pump Systems AG (Oberglatt, Switzerland; www.maag.com) has agreed to acquire Gala Industries, Inc. (Eagle Rock, Va.; www.gala-industries.com). Gala is a leading manufacturer of underwater pelletizing systems, centrifugal pellet dryers and process solutions for the plastics industry. The addition…
Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) has officially started up a new reactor for vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer (VAE) dispersions at its Calvert City site in Kentucky. By expanding its capacities, Wacker is meeting global demand for its dispersions and…
Air Liquide’s (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) Advanced Technologies U.S. LLC business has recently acquired PoroGen Corp., a leading manufacturer of porous polymeric membranes for use in many industries, including oil and gas, refining and petrochemicals, energy, power generation and aerospace. PoroGen…
Overall production in the U.S. chemical industry rebounded in September, rising by 0.4% to 103.5% of its average 2012 value, according to the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). Pharmaceutical production…
Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. (OEC; Luxembourg ; www.orioncarbons.com) and Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) announced agreements on transactions where Orion will acquire Evonik’s 52% percent stake, as well as Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft GmbH’s (DEG) 15% stake in Qingdao…
Dr. Ralf Köster was chosen as winner of the “industry” category for this year’s “Entrepreneur Of The Year” award, which honors distinguishing leadership excellence in mid-sized German companies. Since 2004, Köster has managed the global Bartec Group (Bad Mergentheim,…
Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.; www.bv.com) has been selected by NiQuan Energy to assess the cost, scope and schedule for completion of its Petrotrin gas-to-liquids (GTL) facility in Pointe-à-Pierre, Trinidad and Tobago. The GTL process converts natural gas to…
ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com) has announced that Jens Michael Wegmann will take over as chief executive officer (CEO) and board chairman, effective on October 15, 2015. The Industrial Solutions business area consists of four units: Resource Technologies,…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) announced that its joint venture team was selected by Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) as the preferred bidder for two engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) packages. Facilities in the two packages will include a variety…
Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa; www.sasol.co.za) has selected Emerson Process Management to help automate its $8.9-billion petrochemical complex in Lake Charles, La. The automation project is one of the largest in history awarded to Emerson. When completed sometime in 2018,…