Business & Economics
2019 CEPCI Updates: April (prelim.) and March (final)
The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) for April 2019 increased from the previous month’s value, reversing two months of small declines. The increase in April for the overall CEPCI is a result…
Zachry Group and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries awarded PE unit construction contract
Zachry Group (San Antonio, Tex.; www.zachrygroup.com) and its partner Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc. (Houston, Tex.; www.mitsubishitoday.com) have been selected to construct a two-train polyethylene unit that will be part of a new chemical complex near Corpus Christi, Texas. The…
Greentown Labs and BASF jointly launch circular economy innovation challenge
Greentown Labs (Somerville, Mass.; www.greentownlabs.com), the largest cleantech startup incubator in North America, and BASF Corp. North America (Florham Park, N.J.; www.basf.com) one of the world's leading chemical companies, are now accepting applications for the Greentown Labs Circularity Challenge, a…
Quadruple Sensor Lifetime with a Retractable Housing
A housing is not just there to hold a sensor firmly in place. With the right housing you can clean, calibrate or exchange sensors without stopping or contaminating the process. You can also dramatically increase sensor lifetime. Select the right…
Pfizer will acquire Array BioPharma
Pfizer Inc. (New York; www.pfizer.com) and Array BioPharma Inc. (Boulder, CO; www.arraybiopharma.com) have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Pfizer will acquire Array, a commercial stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of targeted small…
Metallocene linear-LDPE produced in India
GAIL Ltd. (New Delhi, India; www.gailonline.com) has successfully produced Metallocene linear-low density polyethylene (mLLDPE) on its world-class 400,000 MT per annum UNIPOL PE Reactor line located in Pata, Uttar Pradesh, India on 17th January 2019. GAIL's Metallocene LLDPE resin…
Partnership to develop virtual reality training on hazardous materials
HTX Labs LLC (Houston; www.htxlabs.com) the creator of enterprise immersive training simulations and technology for global business entities and government institutes, and Solvay GBU Peroxides North America (www.solvay.com/en), an industry leader in advanced materials and specialty chemicals, announced today a…
ExxonMobil and SABIC to move forward with new construction in Texas
ExxonMobil (www.exxonmobil.com) and SABIC (www.sabic.com) have decided to proceed with the construction of a chemical facility and 1.8-million metric ton ethane steam cracker in Texas. The joint-venture between ExxonMobil and SABIC, called Gulf Coast Growth Ventures, received final environmental regulatory…
Orion to expand production capacity for gas blacks
Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. (Houston; www.orioncarbons.com), a worldwide supplier of specialty and high-performance carbon black, today announced that it will expand its production capacity for gas blacks at its Cologne (Kalscheuren) plant, Germany. Orion is responding to the continuously growing…
Invista and Koch-Glitsch expand partnership to offer ExoS fuel-refining technology
INVISTA Performance Technologies (IPT; Wichita, Kan.; www.invista.com) and Koch-Glitsch (Wichita, Kan.; www.koch-glitsch.com), affiliates of Koch Industries Inc., announced today an expansion of their partnership to offer the proprietary ExoS technology to customers. The technology allows refineries to generate an olefin…