KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a three-year contract by Dyno Nobel to provide digital plant performance monitoring and advisory services for its ammonia plant in Waggaman, Louisiana. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide…
Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) announced that U.S. subsidiary Zoltek Companies, Inc. will bolster its large-tow carbon fiber (with more than 40,000 filaments) production capacity in 2023. The upgrade will cost around $130 million (around ¥14 billion). A Zoltek facility…
Honeywell International, Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) announced the expansion of its facility in Baton Rouge, La. to double the capacity of its Solstice ze (1234ze), an ultra-low-global-warming-potential (GWP) solution. Solstice ze is used in foam insulation, as a propellant in personal…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has secured a contract for its Plinke nitric acid concentration and spent acid recycling technologies from Hanwha Solutions for its new production facilities at Yeosu, South Korea. Under the terms of the contract, KBR…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and KaMin LLC. / CADAM S.A. (KaMin) have signed an agreement to sell BASF’s kaolin minerals business to KaMin, a global performance minerals company headquartered in Macon, Georgia, United States. Currently, the kaolin minerals business is…
Lummus Technology (Houston) announced an award for a C4 acetylenes selective hydrogenation unit (AHU) from Korea Petrochemical Ind. Co. Ltd. (KPIC). The unit will be part of an expansion to KPIC's Onsan Chemical Plant in Ulsan, Republic of Korea. "With this…
Arxada AG (Basel, Switzerland) announced that it will invest CHF 20 million in its industrial biotechnological plant in Kouřim, Czech Republic, which serves the contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) part of its Specialty Products Solutions business. This investment provides…
Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) announced the final completion of their production capacity expansion in the U.K. From November 15th, the annual production of ferric-based water-treatment chemicals in Goole will be increased by more than 100,000 tons annually. Already in January…
Phillips 66 (Houston) announced plans to convert its Alliance Refinery in Belle Chasse, La., to a terminal facility. The conversion is expected to take place in 2022. “We made this decision after exploring several options and considering the investment needed…
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Borealis Group AG (Vienna, Austria) have signed an investment agreement worth $6.2 billion to expand their Borouge joint venture (JV) by building the fourth Borouge facility – Borouge 4 – at the…