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Air Liquide to supply industrial gases for methanol plant expansion in Louisiana

Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) announces an agreement with Methanex Corp. (Vancouver, B.C.; www.methanex.com) to supply oxygen, nitrogen and utilities to its upcoming methanol plant expansion project in Geismar, La. To serve Methanex and its other customers in the industrial…

2019 Packaging Innovation Awards announced by Dow

Yesterday, Dow (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) announced the winners of the 2019 Packaging Innovation Awards, which recognize the packaging industry’s top achievements in innovative packaging design, materials, technologies and processes. The highest honor, the Diamond Award, went to Dai Nippon Printing…

New Center for Petrochemical, Energy and Technology is a partnership between Emerson and San Jacinto College

  Emerson (St. Louis, Mo.; www.emerson.com), a global technology and engineering company, has helped design, equip and provide training tools for San Jacinto College’s new Center for Petrochemical, Energy and Technology (CPET), designed to empower students of all levels with…

2019 CEPCI Updates: July (prelim.) and June (final)

The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) for July 2019 decreased from the previous month’s value. The decline is the fifth within the last six months. Decreases in the Equipment and Buildings subindices…

Covestro to sell European polycarbonate sheets business to Serafin Group

Materials manufacturer Covestro (Leverkusen, Germany; www.covestro.com) has signed an agreement with Serafin Group (Augsburg, Germany; www.serafin-gruppe.de) for the sale of Covestro’s European polycarbonate sheets business, which comprises manufacturing units in Belgium and Italy, central management operations and sales support in…

Graham Corp. announces three orders for petroleum refining expansion

Graham Corp. (Batavia, N.Y.; www.graham-mfg.com), a global business that designs, manufactures and sells critical equipment for the oil refining, petrochemical and defense industries, yesterday announced that it secured $19 million in orders for three international projects in its crude oil…

Albemarle Fine Chemistry Services expands capabilities in Tyrone, Pa.

Albemarle (Baton Rouge, La.; www.albemarle.com) Fine Chemistry Services (FCS; www.albcustom.com), a leading U.S. domestic supplier of regulatory starting materials (RSMs), intermediates, and high-value active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) to the pharmaceutical industry, today announced the expansion of its operations at its…

Honeywell propylene technology chosen for proposed plant in Algeria

Honeywell announced today that Sonatrach Total Entreprise Polymères (STEP) has selected Honeywell UOP’s (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) C3 Oleflex technology to produce 565,000 metric tons per year of polymer-grade propylene for a proposed plant in Arzew, Algeria. In addition to…

U.S. chemical production fell in July, ACC says

According to the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com), the U.S. Chemical Production Regional Index (U.S. CPRI) fell by 0.9 percent in July following revised declines of 0.8 percent in June and 0.6 percent in May. During July, chemical…

Clariant opens High-Throughput Experimentation lab in Houston

Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) has opened its next High Throughput Experimentation (HTE) laboratory in Houston, Tex.  The location is key as the new facility will be the first of its kind supporting the oil & gas industry, offering new and…