The specialist valve company SED Flow Control GmbH (Bad Rappenau, Germany) has been acquired by Samson AG (Frankfurt am Main, Germany; www.samson.de). With this acquisition, SAMSON adds valves for the pharmaceuticals and biotech, as well as the food and beverages,…
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) announced it has been awarded a contract by Xuzhou HaiDing Chemical Technology Co. for the license and engineering design of a grassroots propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit to be built in Pizhou, Jiangsu Province, China. The…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) announced that it has signed an agreement to form a $1.3-billion joint venture (JV) with Lu’An Clean Energy Company, which will significantly expand Air Products’ scope of supply serving Lu’An Mining (Group) Co., Ltd.’s…
Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland; www.kemira.com) has finalized its approximately €50-million investment into a new sodium chlorate production line in Joutseno, Finland. The production of sodium chlorate as well as customer deliveries have started, well ahead of the original schedule. Full…
Honeywell (Mmorris Plains, N.J.; www.honeywell.com) has launched its first commercial unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV or drone) inspection service, the Honeywell InView inspection service, to help industrial customers improve critical structure inspections while also helping increase employees' safety from many of…
Victrex plc (Thornton Cleveleys, U.K.; www.victrex.com) announced that Jakob Sigurdsson joined the company on 4 September 2017 as CEO-designate. He will become CEO on 1 October 2017, succeeding Dave Hummel, who retires after 24 successful years as CEO. Larry Pentz,…
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…