Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) announced that its joint venture (JV) team was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for BHP’s Spence Growth Option project at the Spence open-cut copper mine in northern Chile. The 50/50 joint venture…
Pöyry Oyj (Vantaa, Finland; www.poyry.com) has been awarded an assignment from KaiCell Fibers Ltd for the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the company's biorefinery planned for Paltamo, Kainuu province in North East Finland. The scope of the assignment covers the…
Cargill, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.; www.cargill.com) has announced plans to build a state-of-the-art $90-million biodiesel plant in Wichita, Kansas. Set to open January 2019, it will produce 60 million gallons of biodiesel annually. “This new facility will enable Wichita to be…
The Specialty Chemicals Market Volume Index showed a pronounced slowdown in August, reflecting the effects of Hurricane Harvey, according to the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). Growth in U.S. specialty chemicals market volumes expanded only 0.1 percent in…
ABB (Zurich, Switzerland; www.abb.com) announced the acquisition of GE Industrial Solutions, GE’s global electrification solutions business. GE Industrial Solutions has customers in more than 100 countries and an established installed base with strong roots in North America, ABB’s biggest market.…
The technology group Wärtsilä Corp. (Helsinki, Finland; www.wartsila.com) is to supply the generating equipment to provide the electrical power for an extension to a major Pakistani cement manufacturing facility. Cherat Cement Ltd. has contracted Wärtsilä to supply three Wärtsilä 34DF…
Bühler Ltd. (Uzwil, Switzerland; www.buhlergroup.com) celebrated the ground breaking for its Innovation Campus in Uzwil, Switzerland. Completion of the building is expected for the first quarter of 2019. This significant investment of over CHF 50 million (about $52 million) spent…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) will build a new specialty amines plant at its existing wholly owned site in Nanjing Chemical Industry Park in China. The new multi-product plant can manufacture 21,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) and further extends…
Sumitomo Corp. (Tokyo; www.sumitomocorp.co.jp) has agreed on a land lease agreement with the Port of Stockton, California on the U..S. West Coast via Sulphuric Acid Trading Company, Inc. of Tampa, Florida, a U.S. business company of Sumitomo Corporation’s wholly-owned subsidiary…
The Endress+Hauser Group (Reinach, Switzerland; www.endress.com) is further enhancing its quality measurement portfolio through the acquisition of IMKO Micromodultechnik GmbH, a manufacturer of innovative moisture measurement systems. IMKO’s headquarters will remain in Ettlingen, Germany; all the company’s employees have been…