EuroChem Group AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.eurochemgroup.com) has announced that its subsidiary, EuroChem Trading USA, has completed the acquisition of Ben-Trei Fertilizer Company, a U.S.-based fertilizer distributor. This transaction will allow EuroChem to benefit from Ben-Trei’s established relationships with local customers…
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) has entered into a contract to supply its proprietary ethylene technology and process-design package to PTTGC America LLC (PTTGCA), a subsidiary of PTT Global Chemical, Thailand’s largest integrated petrochemical and refining company, for a grassroots ethane…
The Endress+Hauser Group’s (Reinach, Switzerland; www.endress.com) Flowtec, a manufacturer of flowmeter technology, has expanded its Cernay plant in Alsace, France to take advantage of this growth. “By adding 10,000 square meters of production space, we are strengthening the Cernay location…
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan; www.shinetsu.co.jp) announced plans to expand its silicones business, one of its main businesses, by implementing facility investments in Japan totaling ¥20 billion. The objective of the new facility investments in Shin-Etsu's silicones business is to…
The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) has announced a two-phase restructuring plan with the objective of optimizing its participation in various Kuwaiti joint ventures. Under the first phase, EQUATE would acquire MEGlobal, a joint venture between Dow and Petrochemical…
Pump and valve manufacturer KSB Group (Frankenthal, Germany; www.ksb.com) is investing about $75 million in its U.S. site in Grovetown, Ga., of which $40 million are going to the new foundry. Investments in the KSB subsidiary GIW Industries are to…
DRT (Dax, France; www.drt.fr) a specialist in processing rosin and turpentine oil distilled from pine resin, has purchased land in Georgia, which marks the first step of its move across the Atlantic. To meet growing demand from international markets, and…
Emerson (St. Louis, Mo.; www.emerson.com) has acquired IntelliSAW Inc., a leading provider of systems that protect electric-power transmission and distribution equipment by measuring and monitoring temperature, humidity and partial discharge using advanced sensor and analytic technologies. The IntelliSAW suite of…
Honeywell (Morristown, N.J.; www.honeywell.com) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Seelze, Germany-based laboratory research chemicals business from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, Mo.; www.sigma-aldrich.com) for approximately €105 million. The acquired Sigma-Aldrich business develops and manufactures high-purity research chemicals and other materials…
Total S.A. (Paris; www.total.com) has selected Axens’ (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) process technology, Vegan, for its first biorefinery, to be located at La Mède (France). The plant will produce 500,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) of high-quality paraffinic biodiesel, treating primarily…