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Yokogawa signs contract with Dell for provision of dedicated PC models

Yokogawa Electric Corporation (Tokyo, Japan; www.yokogawa.com) has announced that it has signed a contract with Dell Inc. for the global provision of PC models that are selected and customized for Yokogawa use. Under this contract, which was signed on August…

Endress+Hauser unveils new customer center in Indiana

Endress+Hauser (Reinach, Switzerland; www.endress.com) has inaugurated a new 80,000 square feet state-of-the-art Customer Center in Greenwood, Indiana. This $16-million investment in infrastructure helps to optimize customer support and further underscores Endress+Hauser’s commitment to the U.S. market and its loyal customers…

Eastman to acquire Taminco for $2.8 billion

Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.; www.eastman.com) has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Taminco Corp. (Allentown, Pa.; www.taminco.com), under which Eastman will acquire Taminco, a global specialty chemical company. Under the terms of the agreement, Taminco stockholders…

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UOP Oleflex technology selected for isobutylene unit in China  

UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, says that its Oleflex process technology has been selected to produce key ingredients to help meet the growing demand for fuel and petrochemicals in China. Shandong Shouguang Luqing Petrochemical Co. will…

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Samsung Engineering awarded Pemex Salamanca Refinery plant contract  

Samsung Engineering Co. (Seoul, South Korea; www.samsungengineering.com) has received a contract from Pemex, a Mexican state-owned petroleum company, for the Pemex Salamanca ULSD Project. The project will be executed in two phases. Phase I will include detail engineering and procurement…

Huber Engineered Materials expands alumina trihydrate capacity in Arkansas

Huber Engineered Materials (Atlanta, Ga.; www.hubermaterials.com), a division of J.M. Huber Corp., has increased capacity at its precipitated alumina trihydrate (ATH) plant in Bauxite, Ark. (U.S.) by 30%.   “Huber has a longterm, multi-stage plan to incrementally increase capacity at…

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KBR wins contract for licensing, design services for two ammonia plants in Algeria  

KBR Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a contract by Fertial SpA to provide licensing and basic engineering design services to revamp Fertial’s Annaba and Arzew ammonia plants in Algeria. Under the terms of the contracts, KBR will supply Fertial…

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WorleyParsons to acquire hydrocarbons-management consulting firm  

WorleyParsons Ltd. (North Sydney, Australia; www.worleyparsons.com) reached an agreement to acquire MTG, Ltd. (Houston; www.mgtl.com). MTG is a management-consulting firm in the oil and gas, petrochemicals and chemicals industries with operations in North America, the U.K. and Australia. Completion of…

Momentive completes Brazilian production facility for epoxy resins and curing agents

Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc. (Columbus, Ohio; www.momentive.com) has announced that it has completed construction of its epoxy resin and curing agent production facility in Itatiba, Brazil. The company will hold an opening ceremony for customers on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014.…

Braskem joins renewable-isoprene commercialization effort

Amyris (Emeryville, Calif.; www.amyris.com), Braskem (Sao Paulo, Brazil; www.braskem.com) and Michelin (Clermont-Ferrand, France; www.michelin.com) announced today that Braskem is joining the ongoing collaboration between Michelin and Amyris. This collaboration was initiated to develop and commercialize renewable isoprene, sourced from various…