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Honeywell collaborates with SLM Solutions to qualify new additive manufacturing technology
SLM Solutions Group AG (Lübeck, Germany; www.slm-solutions.com) is working with Honeywell, a leading user of additive manufacturing technologies with extensive knowledge across various platforms and applications, to help qualify new additive manufacturing parameters that enable printing at increased thicknesses. The…
Indorama acquires California-based plastics recycling business
Indorama Ventures Public Co. Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand; www.indoramaventures.com), through its indirect subsidiary Indorama Ventures Holdings LP, signed a definitive Share Purchase Agreement with LQ Inc. to acquire 100% equity stake of Green Fiber International Inc. (GFI), a company that…
Nissan Chemical acquires fungicides business from Corteva
Nissan Chemical Corp. (Tokyo; www.nissanchem.co.jp) announces the acquisition of the Quinoxyfen product line of fungicides from Corteva, Inc. This transaction includes all brands, including Quintec and FortressTM and associated inventories. Quinoxyfen is a protectant fungicide highly effective in controlling powdery…
KBR’s ammonia synthesis technology selected for coal-to-urea project in India
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) has secured a contract for its ammonia synthesis technology from Wuhuan Engineering Co., Ltd., a leading Chinese EPC Contractor, for the Talcher fertilizer unit as part of a benchmark coal-to-urea project in India. Under the…
LyondellBasell technology selected for new PP plant in Turkey
LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com) announced that Ceyhan Polipropilen Uretim A.Ş, a joint venture between Rönesans Holding and Sonatrach S.p.A., has selected LyondellBasell’s Spheripol technology for a polypropylene (PP) unit to be constructed in Ceyhan, Turkey. The new plant will…
Evonik to increase sodium methylate production capacity in Argentina
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) plans to increase its capacity for sodium methylate at its Rosario/Santa Fe facility in Argentina from 60,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) up to 90,000 m.t./yr until 2021. The expansion is driven by growing…
Looking Beyond Chemical Compatibility Charts: Matching Plastic and Elastomer Seals with Fluids
Chemical compatibility charts are often used as a quick and concise way to match the proper fluid with a seal. However, there is much more to consider with the chemical compatibility of a seal in relation to the fluids in…
Standard Lithium to commission Li-extraction demonstration plant
Standard Lithium Ltd. (Vancouver, B.C.; www.standardlithium.com), a technology and lithium development company, today announced the successful installation of the company’s industrial-scale Direct Lithium Extraction Demonstration Plant at Lanxess’ South Plant facility in southern Arkansas. Standard Lithium’s project team has also…
Fluor awarded project management contract for PKN Orlen’s olefins expansion
As part of PKN ORLEN’s project to expand its olefin production complex in Płock, Poland, Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) has been selected for technical consultancy and Project Management Contractor (PMC) services. Fluor’s services contract is expected to optimally prepare…
Umicore completes acquisition of Freeport cobalt-processing assets in Finland
Umicore N.V. (Brussels, Belgium; www.umicore.com) has completed the acquisition of Freeport Cobalt’s cobalt refining and cathode precursor activities in Kokkola, Finland, for an amount of $203 million on a debt and cash free basis (including approximately $50 million of net…