Umicore N.V. (Brussels, Belgium; www.umicore.com) announced the acquisition of the combined 50% shareholdings of Samkwang Glass Ind. Co., Ltd. and OCI Company Ltd. in the South Korean automotive catalyst joint venture (JV), Ordeg Co. Ltd. for € 82 million. Umicore – which…
Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany: www.lanxess.com) continues to target growth. During the next three years, its business unit Advanced Industrial Intermediates will be investing some €100 million in expanding production facilities for chemical intermediates. Around €40 million each will be invested…
Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com), through its electronics gases joint venture in China, Linde LienHwa, is expanding its commitment to China and the Asia Pacific region through investments of over €110 million. The capital is being allocated for new on-site…
Endress+Hauser AG (E+H; Reinach, Switzerland; www.endress.com) has acquired SensAction AG, a manufacturer of innovative systems for measuring the concentration of liquids. With this move, the E+H intends to strengthen its quality measurement portfolio. SensAction will remain headquartered in Coburg, Germany…
With a double-digit million dollar order volume, MAN Diesel & Turbo (Oberhausen, Germany; www.mandieselturbo.com) will deliver two compressor trains to Nigerian Dangote Oil Refining Co., to be employed in the company’s petroleum refinery in the capital of Lagos. Dangote Corp.…
As announced in November 2016, BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) is investing more than €200 million globally to increase its production network for plastic additives. An important step is an investment to build a new plastic-additives plant at its Caojing…
John Wood Group PLC (Wood Group; Aberdeen, Scotland; www.woodgroup.com) and Amec Foster Wheeler (London, U.K.; www.amecfw.com) have announced that Wood Group will take over Amec Foster Wheeler. The boards of both companies reached agreement on the terms of a recommended…
LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com) announced that Shandong Yuhuang Shengshi Chemical Inc. Ltd, has selected the LyondellBasell Hostalen ACP polyethylene process technology for a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) unit to be constructed in their petrochemical complex at Heze in Shandong province.…
SNC-Lavalin (Montreal, Quebec, Canada; www.snclavalin.com) has been awarded a contract by Salalah Methanol Co. LLC (SMC) for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of an anhydrous liquid ammonia plant, including its utilities and off-site infrastructure, in the city of Salalah,…
Amec Foster Wheeler (London, U.K.; www.amecfw.com) has been awarded a lump-sum turn-key contract in excess of €50 million by Eni SpA for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a new steam reforming plant for hydrogen production to be built…