Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Tokyo) has been awarded a contract for a project to construct a polypropylene plant from Prime Polymer Co., Ltd., a joint venture between Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) and Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. (Tokyo). TOYO will carry out…
Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) has boosted Toray Group’s worldwide production and distribution capacities of its TOYOLAC Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) resin transparent grade, through its latest facilities set up at Prai Industrial Park, Penang, Malaysia. The plant set up…
Process heater manufacturer Exotherm Corp. has moved to a new office located in Magnolia, Texas. This new office location has increased the company's office space from 4,500 sq feet to 7,200 sq feet with the ability to expand further to…
Indorama Ventures Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand) has announced plans to acquire a 100% equity stake in Oxiteno S.A. – Indústria e Comércio (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and its affiliates. IVL, through affiliates incorporated in Brazil and Spain, signed a Share Purchase…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) has entered into a definitive agreement with Babcock International Group PLC, to acquire Frazer-Nash Consultancy Ltd., a leading provider of systems engineering, assurance and technology advisory services, for approximately $400 million in cash. Frazer-Nash delivers high-end systems…
PPG (Pittsburgh, Pa.) announced the startup of a facility in Tangier, Morocco, that will produce automotive sealants for local vehicle production. The plant, which marks the company’s first automotive coatings production facility in Africa, initially will supply materials for Renault…
Advanced Refining Technologies LLC (ART), the joint venture (JV) between W. R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, Md.) and Chevron Corp. (San Ramon, Calif.), announced the award of a full-cycle catalyst management (FCM) agreement by state-owned Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco). The…
Lummus Technology (Houston) announced the startup of its CDAlky alkylation unit at Zhejiang Petroleum & Chemical Co. Ltd.'s (ZPC) refinery in Zhejiang Province, China. The unit has a capacity of 45,000 barrel/day of alkylate product, making it the largest alkylation…
Ineos Enterprises (London, U.K.) has announced completion of the sale of its Sulphur Chemicals business to International Chemical Investors Group. Ineos’ Sulphur Chemicals business is Spain’s largest dedicated manufacturer of sulfuric acid and oleum serving end-applications ranging from agriculture to…
Metso Outotec Corp. (Helsinki, Finland) has signed an agreement to deliver industry-leading dewatering, flotation and automation equipment for the Nornickel Talnakh processing plant expansion project in Norilsk, Russia. The order value, which is not disclosed, has been booked in Minerals’…