Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy; www.mairetecnimont.com) announced that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A. has signed a contract with Borouge (Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.; www.borouge.com) for the Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) services for the fourth expansion phase of the Ruwais petrochemicals complex…
Anellotech Inc. (Pearl River, N.Y.; www.anellotech.com) and its joint development partners IFPEN and Axens have processed renewably-sourced aromatics made at Anellotech’s TCat- 8 pilot plant to successfully recover high-purity bio-based paraxylene – a key component for making 100% biobased PET…
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has successfully completed a debottlenecking project resulting in a 15% increase in global production capacity of its Additin RC 4000 series of corrosion inhibition additives. The additional capacities are a result of process synergies identified…
Teijin Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.teijin.com) has agreed to acquire Renegade Materials Corp. (Renegade), a leading North American supplier of highly heat-resistant thermoset prepreg for the aerospace industry. Renegade will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Teijin. The shares of Renegade will…
As part of a £1-billion investment initiative in the U.K., INEOS (London; www.ineos.com) will invest £150 million in Hull to construct a new Vinyl Acetate Monomer (VAM) plant. This will bring production of an important raw material back to the…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services contract by The Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC; Riyadh; www.sabic.com) for the recommissioning of its polyphenylene ether (PPE) resin plant in Bergen op Zoom, the…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) announced that it has achieved mechanical completion of the largest industrial gas complex in the world in Jazan, Saudi Arabia. “For the Air Products team members involved to complete this project with the extensive…
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced that it has been awarded a reimbursable contract by ExxonMobil to provide detailed engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services for the offsites and interconnecting units as part of the recently announced crude expansion project in…
Air Liquide (Paris; www.airliquide.com) has announced the construction in Canada of the largest PEM (Proton-Exchange Membrane) electrolyzer in the world with a 20 megawatts (MW) capacity for the production of carbon-free hydrogen. This investment allows the Group to reaffirm its…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) plans to undergo several measures to optimize the efficiency of its soda ash and sodium bicarbonate production sites. The company recently outlined plants for increasing the production capacity of soda ash by 500,000 metric tons…