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Honeywell UOP process technology selected for propylene plant in Vietnam

Honeywell (Charlotte, N.C.; www.honeywell.com) announced that Phu My Plastics Production JSC will use Honeywell UOP’s C3 Oleflex technology to produce polymer-grade propylene at its facility in Vietnam. The plant will help meet growing domestic demand for plastics in Vietnam and…

Oregon’s Red Rock Biofuels site signs contracts with Wood Group and Valmet

Wood plc (Aberdeen, Scotland; www.woodplc.com) has secured a multimillion-dollar construction contract from IR1 Group LLC, which is building the Red Rock Biofuels (RRB) facility in Lakeview, Oregon.  Wood is contracted to provide construction and mechanical services. The facility will convert waste…

Invista signs first Middle East technology license for purified terephthalic acid

INVISTA’s (Wichita, Kan.; www.invista.com) technology and licensing group, INVISTA Performance Technologies (IPT), and Pan-Asia PET Resin (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd have reached agreement for the licensing of INVISTA’s latest purified terephthalic acid (PTA) process technology.Pan-Asia will utilize INVISTA’s P8 PTA technology…

Emerson signs $12-million automation contract with Indian Oil

Emerson (St. Louis, Mo.; www.emerson.com) announced it has signed multiple contracts totaling $12 million with India’s largest commercial oil company, Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), to modernize operations and emissions programs at the company’s refineries. Under the contracts, Emerson will…

CP Kelco to expand pectin production in Brazil

CP Kelco (Atlanta, Ga.; www.cpkelco.com) announced that it will invest to increase its pectin production capacity at its Limeira, Brazil facility by 10%. This investment will enhance market supply by the end of 2019.   “All around the world our customers…

Arkema and Hexcel open joint R&D site in France

Arkema (Colombes, France; www.arkema.com) and Hexcel Corp. (Stamford, Conn.; www.hexcel.com) have announced that they will open a joint research and development (R&D) laboratory in Les Avenières (Isère), France in April. This follows the companies’ previous announcement in March 2018 that…

BASF opens digitalization-focused facility in Madrid

In February 2019, BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) founded the new company BASF Digital Solutions S.L. located in Madrid, Spain to drive forward the digital transformation of BASF group and develop innovative IT solutions. BASF plans to grow the center…

BASF expands innovation scope in Asia Pacific

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) is enhancing its regional innovation capabilities with new facilities at the Innovation Campus Shanghai, China, to further strengthen collaboration with the automotive industry and to offer new process catalysts to the chemical industry. With an…

Haldor Topsøe Holding A/S sells minority stake to Temasek

Today, Haldor Topsøe Holding A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) and Temasek (Singapore; www.temasek.com.sg) have signed an agreement for Temasek to purchase 30% of the shares in Haldor Topsoe A/S. Closing of the agreement is expected later this year. Haldor Topsøe Holding…

Axens and ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing sign alliance agreement to provide technologies for high-octane alkylate production

ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing LLC (ExxonMobil; Houston; www.exxonmobil.com) and Axens (Rueill-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) have signed an alliance agreement for the sublicense of ExxonMobil’s Sulfuric Acid Alkylation technology. Under agreement, Axens and ExxonMobil will market and deliver all technologies associated within…