Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded, by Open Joint Stock Company (OJSC) Kazanorgsintez, a contract to provide technology and services for a grassroots furnace at Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.The project consists of the engineering and procurement of an SMK…
Kaneka Corp. (Osaka, Japan; www.kaneka.com) will establish a new manufacturing facility for acrylic fibers Kanekalon and Kanecaron in the premises of Kaneka (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. (Pahang State, Malaysia) with a production capacity of 12,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) and…
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) has announced that Foster Wheeler USA Corp., a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, has signed a collaboration agreement with Tecnimont USA Inc., a subsidiary of Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Rome, Italy; www.mairetecnimont.it),…
Styron Europe GmbH (Horgen, Switzerland; www.styron.com), a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex and rubber, has announced that it will be doubling its Solution Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SSBR) production capacity, after reaching an agreement with material supplier JSR,…
Ashland Inc. (Covington, Ky.; www.ashland.com) has announced it has signed a definitive agreement to sell Ashland Water Technologies to a fund managed by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in a transaction valued at approximately $1.8 billion. The transaction is expected to…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) has recently signed contracts with more than 20 recycled-copper manufacturers in China to provide its oxy-fuel solution, and about half of them are already onstream and running. The solution helps to improve productivity and…
U.S. exports of chemicals grew 0.4% in 2013, while chemical imports declined by 1.0%, expanding the trade surplus in the U.S. chemical industry to $3.4 billion, according to the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). The value of the…
Ineos Technologies’ (Rolle, Switzerland; www.ineos.com) Ineos Oxide has expanded its ethylidene norbornene (ENB) plant at its Antwerp facility, increasing its capacity to 28,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr), making it the single largest ENB plant in the world, according to…
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with AMEC plc (London, U.K.; www.amec.com) pursuant to which AMEC will make an offer to acquire all the issued and to be issued share…
NAES Corp. (Issaquah, Wash.; www.naes.com), a provider of services to the energy industry, announces it has entered the downstream market, providing capital construction and turnaround management and execution services to process plants in the Texas Gulf Coast, including the Houston…