ABB (Zurich, Switzerland; www.abb.com) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with leading pharmaceutical MES supplier, Werum IT Solutions GmbH (Lüneburg, Germany; www.werum.com), to collaborate on control system solutions for life science industries. These solutions will enable customers to…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has acquired Tecnogas, a local producer and distributor of carbon dioxide and industrial gases in Peru. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Tecnogas has been serving customers in Peru for more than…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Genomatica (San Diego, Calif.; www.genomatica.com) have expanded the scope of their license agreement for the production of 1,4-butanediol based on renewable feedstock (renewable BDO) using Genomatica’s patented process. The parties added certain countries in Southeast Asia to…
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) has been awarded a contract by Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc. to provide its proprietary ethylene technology and front-end engineering and design (FEED) services for a proposed new ethane cracker located in Port…
Today, the Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU; www.bbi-europe.eu) launched a €6-million project entitled CarboSurf with the aim to develop new processes and solve bottlenecks in the fermentative production of biobased biosurfactants and specialty carbohydrates. The new three-year project…
AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) has announced plans to invest in its Performance Coatings business in Vietnam. In addition to doubling capacity at its powder coatings facility in Dong Nai, the company also intends to open a new office for…
Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany; www.lanxess.com) and Saudi Aramco (www.saudiaramco.com) plan to establish a joint venture (JV) for synthetic rubber detailed in an agreement signed today. Lanxess and Saudi Aramco subsidiary, Aramco Overseas Co., will each hold a 50% interest…
ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com), the engineering and construction specialist within the ThyssenKrupp Group, has won a contract from the Southern Peru Copper Corp. to supply a primary crushing and overland conveying system. The new system will…
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. (B&W; Charlotte, N.C.; www.babcock.com) says that a joint venture (JV) including its Denmark-based subsidiary, Babcock & Wilcox Vølund A/S, has been awarded a contract to design and build the Teesside Renewable Energy Plant near…
Hillenbrand, Inc. (www.hillenbrand.com) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ABEL GmbH & Co. KG (Büchen, Germany; www.abelpumps.com) and certain of its affiliates from Roper Technologies for €95 million in cash. The transaction is expected to close within approximately…