Industrie De Nora S.p.A. (De Nora; Milan, Italy; www.denora.com) announced it has acquired the Albuquerque-based MIOX business from Johnson Matthey plc (London, U.K.; www.matthey.com) for an undisclosed price. The acquisition strengthens De Nora’s growing portfolio of water purification technologies that…
Global Bioenergies (Evry, France; www. global-bioenergies.com) announced that production runs using wheat straw hydrolysate provided by its partner Clariant were successfully performed in its Leuna demo plant, leading to the production of cellulosic isobutene for the first time at this…
SUEZ (Paris, France; www.suez-environnement.fr) and the Avril Group have announced an alliance to produce and market organic fertilizers and soil conditioners for fertilization and soil structuring. In this context and subject to the approval of the competition authorities, SUEZ will…
Braskem (São Paulo, Brazil; www.braskem.com.br) and Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) announced the commissioning of a pioneering demonstration unit for the development of monoethylene glycol (MEG) from sugar. Located in Lyngby, Denmark, the pilot plant's operation marks a decisive step…
Ecolab Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.; www.ecolab.com) has announced plans to spin off its Upstream energy businesses as a standalone publicly-traded company. The Upstream Energy business currently operates within Ecolab’s Energy segment and consists of the Oil Field Chemicals production business…
HollyFrontier Corp. (Dallas, Tex.; www.hollyfrontier.com) announced that its subsidiaries have completed the previously announced acquisition of Sonneborn US Holdings Inc. and Sonneborn Coӧperatief U.A. (collectively Sonneborn) for $655 million, including working capital with an estimated value of $72 million. HollyFrontier…
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) announced that Airgas has signed a definitive agreement to acquire TA Corporate Holdings, Inc. (Tech Air), a large independent distributor of industrial gases and welding supplies serving various geographies in the United States. This transaction,…
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced that it has been awarded a contract by SATORP (a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Total) to debottleneck Train 2 of its existing 440,000 barrels per day refinery in Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia…
Univation Technologies, LLC (Houston; www.univation.com) has signed an agreement to license UNIPOL PE Technology to LG Chem., Ltd. (LGC) for two polyethylene plants to be built at LG Chem’s petrochemical site in Yeosu, Korea. Each plant’s nameplate capacity will be…
Saudi Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; www.saudiaramco.com) with its partner Total S.A. (Paris, France; www.total.com) announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Daelim (Seoul, South Korea; www.daelim.co.kr/). Under the MoU, Daelim is planning to build a new 80,000-ton…