H.B. Fuller Co. (St. Paul, Minn.; www.hbfuller.com) announced that it has signed an agreement to purchase Royal Adhesives & Sealants, a leading manufacturer of high-value specialty adhesives and sealants. This business consistently delivers industry-leading growth rates, EBITDA margins, and free…
Badger Licensing LLC (Boston, Mass.; www.badgerlicensing.com) announced that Zhejiang Petroleum & Chemical Co. (ZPC) has selected Badger’s proprietary technology for a grassroots ethylbenzene/styrene monomer (EB/SM) plant being built in Daxiaoyushan Island, Daishan District, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of…
IHS Markit (Houston, www.ihs.com), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, is releasing periodic updates on the impact of Tropical Storm Harvey on the crude oil, refining and chemical sectors. A summary of the latest update follows below…
Amec Foster Wheeler (London, U.K.; amecfw.com) has been awarded a $604-million engineering, procurement and construction (EPC), fixed-price contract for part of a $1.85-billion methanol plant being developed by Yuhuang Chemical Inc (YCI), a U.S.-based subsidiary of China’s Shandong Yuhuang Chemical…
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) recently signed a new long term agreement with Pemex Transformación Industrial, a subsidiary of Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), the state-owned oil-and-gas company, to supply hydrogen to Pemex’s refinery located at Tula de Allende, in the state…
The American Chemistry Council’s (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) Global Chemical Production Regional Index (Global CPRI) shows that global chemicals production rose 0.6 percent in July, a quicker pace than June and May, as measured on a three-month moving average (3MMA)…
Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) announced today that CNPC Guangxi Petrochemical Co. has successfully converted its existing pressure swing adsorption (PSA) unit to Polybed PSA technology, enabling it to produce high-purity hydrogen. The newly upgraded unit, located in Qinzhou…
Schneider Electric SE (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.schneider-electric.com) announces that its board of directors and AVEVA Group plc (Cambridge, U.K.; www.aveva.com) have reached agreement on the terms and conditions of a combination of AVEVA and Schneider Electric industrial software business (the Schneider…
With a view to industrializing the 3D printing process, thyssenkrupp AG’s (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp.com) newly opened TechCenter Additive Manufacturing in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany has now started making customized products from metals and plastics in a single digital process.…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Dallas, Tex.; www.jacobs.com) has been selected by Evonik to provide engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for its new precipitated silica production plant located near Charleston, South Carolina. In close proximity to several large tire…