Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy; www.saipem.com) has been awarded a new contract in the onshore E&C sector worth approximately $850 million. Activities involve engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning for the Feed Pipelines for New Refinery Project (NRP) in relation…
The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.the-linde-group.com) has been awarded with the engineering and supply of a modular hydrogen manufacturing unit for St1 Refinery in Gothenburg, Sweden. Linde’s Engineering Division will start the engineering and construction of the unit immediately, with…
Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) is strengthening its presence in Middle East and Africa (MEA) by expanding the service portfolio of its technical center in Dubai. The center of excellence located at the “Dubai Silicon Oasis” (DSO) technology park…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Dallas, Tex.; www.jacobs.com) has been awarded a contract from Pemex Fertilizantes to deliver project management contract (PMC) services for the Ammonia IV Rehabilitation Project in the Cosoleacaque Petrochemical Complex in Veracruz, Mexico. Pemex Fertilizantes is rehabilitating…
Kaneka Corp. (Osaka, Japan; www.kaneka.co.jp) has decided to establish a new plant to produce expanded polyolefin foam (under the product names EPERAN and EPERAN-PP) in Hemaraj Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate, Rayong, Thailand, aiming at a further business expansion as well…
Axalta Coating Systems (Philadelphia, Pa.; www.axaltacs.com) has acquired U.K.-based Plascoat Systems Limited (www.plascoat.com), a leading supplier of thermoplastic powder coatings, from its parent company, International Process Technologies (IPT) Ltd. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1952,…
Sadara Chemical Co. (Jubail, Saudi Arabia; www.sadara.com), a joint venture developed by Dow and Saudi Aramco, announced the commissioning of the last of its 26 plants — an isocyanates section currently producing crude quantities of toluene diisocyanate (TDI) and other…
Royal DSM (Heerlen, the Netherlands; www.dsm.com) has concluded the acquisition of the outstanding 49% of shares in its DSM-AGI joint venture (JV), thereby gaining sole ownership of the Taiwan-based supplier of innovative, high-quality and environmentally friendly UV-curable resins and other…
Genomatica (San Diego, Calif.; www.genomatica.com) announced its latest innovation, the GENO BG process, a new bio-based process technology to make a naturally sourced 1,3-butylene glycol. The GENO BG process has already produced bio-based butylene glycol for sampling and Genomatica has…
Johnson Matthey (JM; London, www.matthey.com) announced the opening of a new state-of-the-art ceramic 3D printing facility in Royston, U.K. Currently, JM produces bespoke ceramic products with flexible geometries and feature sizes down to just 400 µm. This 3D printing process…