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Veolia wins $320-million water-technology contract for world-scale desalination plant in Dubai

Veolia S.A. (Paris) through its subsidiary SIDEM, will engineer and supply key technology for the Hassyan seawater desalination plant in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Commissioned by Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) and ACWA Power, the plant will be…

KBR to supply proprietary operator-training simulator for OCI Global’s clean-ammonia project

KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a contract by OCI Global (OCI) to design and deploy its proprietary operator training simulator for OCI’s 3,000 metric tons per day Texas Blue Clean Ammonia facility, in Texas. Under the…

Dow expands propylene glycol capacity in Thailand

Dow, Inc. (Midland, Mich.) announced the start-up of its propylene glycol (PG) capacity expansion at its integrated manufacturing facility in Map Ta Phut, Rayong, Thailand. The low capital intensity, higher-return, incremental investment increases propylene glycol capacity by 80,000 metric tons…

Honeywell launches new technology for naphtha conversion into ethane and propane

Honeywell International Inc. announced a  new naphtha to ethane and propane (NEP) process that will help to improve the efficiency of light olefin production and lower CO2 emissions per metric ton of olefin produced.   Ethane and propane are the ideal…

Dow starts commercial operations of its adhesive and gap filler production line in Ahlen, Germany

Dow Inc. (Midland, Mich.) announced the mechanical completion of its new VORATRON Polyurethanes Systems adhesive and gap filler production line at its Polyurethanes Systems House in Ahlen, Germany. Dow will increase capacity of its VORATRON Polyurethane Systems product family tenfold…

LyondellBasell establishes chemicals-distribution hub in Hungary

LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (LYB; Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced the establishment of a new distribution hub in Hungary for its polyolefins grades. This distribution hub in Hungary is an important addition to the LyondellBasell global footprint. In addition to existing distribution…

Shin-Etsu to construct a new silicones plant in Pinghu, China

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. (Tokyo) announced plans to establish a new company, Shin-Etsu Silicone (Pinghu) Co., Ltd., in Zhejiang Province, China, and construct a new silicone products plant to expand its silicone business. Shin-Etsu Chemical established Zhejiang Shin-Etsu High-Tech Chemical Co.,…

Maire’s NextChem business completes acquisition of Germany’s GasConTec

MAIRE S.p.A. (Milan) announced that its Sustainable Technology Solutions business, Nextchem, has finalized the acquisition of 100% of GasConTec GmbH (GCT), an innovative company specialized in technology development and process engineering. Founded in 2017, GCT is located in Bad Homburg,…

MOL Group inaugurates major investment project to boost polyol production

MOL Group (Budapest, Hungary) announced the inauguration of its €1.3-billion polyol complex in Tiszaújváros, Hungary. The new facility has a production capacity of around 200,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) of polyol per year. The ceremony, addressed by Prime Minister…

Thermon expands two manufacturing plants in Ontario, Canada

Thermon Group Holdings, Inc. (Austin, Tex.), a global leader in industrial process heating,  announced that it is bolstering its customer response times and capabilities with the completion of its recently modernized and expanded manufacturing facilities in Orillia and Oakville, Ontario.…