Chemical manufacturer Oxea GmbH (Oberhausen, Germany; www.oxea-chemicals.com) says that it is expanding its product portfolio by offering a broader range of higher alcohols. For this purpose, Oxea invested in additional hydrogenation capacities at the Oberhausen site. In the third quarter…
To support the current and projected industrial growth in the U.S. Southeast region, Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) broke ground on its new air separation unit (ASU) in Memphis, Tenn. With a capacity of 600 ton/d, the new plant is…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has received a contract from Codelco, the National Copper Corp. of Chile and world leader in copper production, to provide engineering services for an anticipated 200,000 metric tons (m.t.) per day copper mine…
Next month, Teijin Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.teijin.co.jp) will establish Zhejiang Jiaren New Materials Co., Ltd., a joint venture (JV) with Jinggong Holding Group (Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, China; www.jgsteelgroup.com), one of China’s largest production bases for fiber products. Through the JV,…
INEOS Paraform GmbH & Co. KG (Mainz, Germany; www.ineosparaform.com), has today announced the start up of its new dimethoxymethane (Methylal) plant, based at the company’s site in Mainz, Germany. Methylal is an additive used in polyacetal and ion exchange resins.…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) says it will build and operate the world’s largest renewable energy plant in the U.K. using advanced gasification energy-from-waste (EfW) technology. The Tees Valley plant, located at the New Energy and Technology Business Park,…
Enefit Oil & Gas (Tallinn, Estonia; www.energia.ee) began the first hot commissioning of its Enefit280 shale oil plant in Auvere, Estonia on July 27. The first shale oil from the new plant is expected in September. “The start-up for this…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is right on schedule with its plans to expand amino-acid production for animal feed — one of its core businesses. A symbolic ground-breaking ceremony in Singapore today officially marked the start of construction of…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) and Orbite Aluminae have agreed to terms for a project related to the Canadian company's new plant to process high purity alumina. The scope of delivery for Outotec involves both basic and detail engineering as…
Cobalt Technologies (Cobalt; Mountain View, Calif.; www.cobalttech.com) and Rhodia, a member of the Solvay Group (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com), today announced they will begin joint development and operation of a biobutanol demonstration facility in Brazil. This is one more step by…