Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo) recently acquired “greenfield” property at a large integrated site on the Mississippi River in Geismar, Louisiana and plans to advance its feasibility study for the design and construction of a 350,000 metric ton Methyl Methacrylate…
JGC Holdings Corp. (Yokohama, Japan) announced that JGC Japan Corp., which operates the domestic engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) business of the JGC Group, recently received an order for engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning work for a high-efficiency gas-turbine power…
Thermo Fisher Scientific (Waltham, Mass.) announced that it will further expand its footprint in North America and Europe for sterile drug product development and commercial manufacturing of critical medicines, therapies and vaccines. Among the Thermo Fisher sites currently being expanded…
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo) announced that it will integrate subsidiaries at the national level in three countries: the US, UK, and Germany. By sharing and integrating expertise and resources, this integration will enhance cooperation and further strengthen overall business…
ArcelorMittal Europe S.A. (Luxembourg) announced that the sale of ArcelorMittal USA to Cleveland-Cliffs for a combination of cash and stock has completed. Under the terms of the sale, ArcelorMittal has received $505 million cash, 78 million shares of Cleveland-Cliffs common stock…
Petrofac Ltd. (St. Helier, U.K.) has announced that The Clean Fuels Project for Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) has reached a major milestone with the with the safe and successful startup of the Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) 111 at Mina…
Aramco and Baker Hughes (Houston) have announced the formation of Novel, a 50/50 Joint Venture (JV) to develop and commercialize a broad range of non-metallic products for multiple applications in the energy sector. A ceremony was held at the project…
Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, and Linde plc (Guildford, U.K.) have signed a preliminary agreement of an on-site oxygen supply to Metsä Fibre’s new bioproduct mill in Kemi. The preliminary agreement includes construction of an on-site oxygen plant based…
AGC Biologics, a U.S.-based CDMO subsidiary of AGC Inc. (Tokyo, Japan), announced that it will increase the production capacity of its Copenhagen facility. AGC Biologics will construct a new building on land adjacent to its current Copenhagen site, adding production…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced the successful startup of Sinochem Quanzhou Petrochemical Co., Ltd.'s (Sinochem Quanzhou) 1,000,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) ethylene plant in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China. The ethylene plant is part of Sinochem Quanzhou's grassroots integrated refining and…