Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) will expand its plant in Lewiston, Maine, and install a new compounding line to help meet growing demand for pre-colored medical plastic compounds that are supplied under the Mevopur brand name. The new capacity will come…
Amec Foster Wheeler (London, U.K.; www.amecfw.com) announced that its Global Power Group (GPG) has been awarded a contract and received a full notice to proceed from Yuhuang Chemical Inc. (YCI), a U.S.-based subsidiary of Shandong Yuhuang Chemical Company Ltd (SYCC),…
Pentair plc (Manchester, U.K.; www.pentair.com) has completed the acquisition of Union Engineering A/S, headquartered in Fredericia, Denmark. Union Engineering specializes in sustainable technologies for capturing, recovering and purification of carbon dioxide. As an established leader in carbon dioxide management and…
Schneider Electric SE (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.schneider-electric.com) announced the acquisition of MWPowerlab s.r.l., a software company with industry-leading 3D realtime technology. This acquisition adds advanced Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) technology to Schneider Electric’s industrial software portfolio. Customers can…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy; www.mairetecnimont.it) reinforces its commitment to the revamping segment, as one of the drivers of its current business strategy. To this extent, it has formed and incorporated Vinxia Engineering a.s. in the Czech Republic. This Prague-based…
The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) has reached an agreement to sell its global ethylene acrylic acid (EAA) copolymers and ionomers business to SK Global Chemical Co., LTD., a subsidiary of SK Innovation, as a part of the ongoing…
CB&I (The Woodlands, Rex; www.cbi.com) has been awarded a contract by Shaanxi Yanchang Petrochemical Group for the license and engineering design of an alkylation unit in Yan'an City, Shaanxi, China. The alkylation unit will use CB&I's CDAlky advanced sulfuric-acid alkylation…
Honeywell (Morris Plains, N.J.; www.honeywell.com) announced that PT Pertamina (Persero) will use Honeywell UOP technology to produce high-octane gasoline blending components and jet fuel at its Balikpapan refinery in Kalimantan Timur, Indonesia. The agreement includes licensing and engineering for a…
Solvay SA (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) announced the acquisition of Energain Li-Ion high voltage technology from DuPont. Energain technology and formulations enlarge Solvay Special Chem Global Business Unit's existing portfolio of high performance salts and additives for electrolytes and strengthen its…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) announced it has started up a hydrogen facility that will recover byproduct streams from The Dow Chemical Company’s (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) Freeport, Tex. operations. Under a longterm contract, Praxair is supplying high-purity hydrogen back to…