Chemical Engineering
KBR and Petro Rabigh ink maintenance services contract for polymer plants in Saudi Arabia
KBR, Inc. (Houston) and Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical Company (Petro Rabigh) announced a strategic 10-year general maintenance services contract, with an optional two-year extension, covering Petro Rabigh Polymer I and Polymer II plants at Rabigh in the Kingdom of Saudi…
NextChem awarded contract for dimethyl succinate and 1,4-butanediol production in China
MAIRE S.p.A. (Milan) announced that NEXTCHEM, through its subsidiary CONSER, has been awarded a licensing and Process Design Package for the deployment of its proprietary NX CONSER MAN and NX CONSER Duetto technologies for the co-production of Dimethyl succinate (DMS)…
Zeeco acquires Applicot, a combustion company in Japan
Zeeco, Inc. (Tulsa, Okla.)announced the acquisition of Applicot Corporation, a leading Japanese combustion company. This strategic move strengthens Zeeco's footprint in the Japanese domestic market and enhances local support for Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) customers throughout the region. Applicot…
De Nora and Tuleva sign agreement for LiOH refining plant in the U.S.
Industrie De Nora S.p.A (Milan, Italy), through its subsidiary De Nora Permelec Ltd., and Tuleva Inc. (Houston) announce the signing of a binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) formalizing the terms for the supply of a high-capacity electrolysis system intended for…
BASF to add a new dispersions production line in Mangalore
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) is expanding its dispersions production capacity at its Mangalore site with the addition of a new production line. The expansion underscores BASF’s confidence in India’s long-term growth and its continued commitment to supporting customers across architectural…
Kemira to expand carbon reactivation capacity at Tarragona site
Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) plans to expand its Tarragona manufacturing site in Spain by building a plant to reactivate spent activated carbon for the drinking water business in Iberia. The new plant would add significant capacity to reactivate activated carbon…
BASF increases 1,4‑butanediol production in Ludwigshafen
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) announced that its Intermediates division is taking decisive steps to further strengthen supply security for its European customers in the 1,4‑butanediol (BDO) value chain. By gradually increasing production output at its BDO plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany,…
Technip Energies awarded contract for SkyNRG SAF project in the Netherlands
Technip Energies (Paris) has been awarded a substantial contract by SkyNRG for the DSL-01 project, a new Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production facility to be developed in Delfzijl, the Netherlands. The award covers Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning (EPCC) for…
Elkem announces agreement to sell majority of Silicones division
Elkem ASA (Oslo, Norway) announced an agreement to sell the majority of its Silicones division to Bluestar to be settled with all Elkem shares held by Bluestar through Bluestar Elkem International Co. Ltd. S.A. (collectively with its relevant affiliate(s), Bluestar).…
Zeon invests in chemical-discovery startup Chemify
Zeon Corp. (Tokyo), through its venture capital arm Zeon Ventures Inc. (California), has strategically invested in and partnered with Chemify, Ltd., a U.K. growth-stage company and pioneer in digital chemistry for accelerating the design, discovery, and synthesis of novel molecules…