CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) announced its intent to sell the company's Technology business. CB&I is targeting to close the transaction by the end of the 2017 calendar year. "Supported by more than 100 years of technology development, our Technology…
The specialty chemicals Group Altana AG (Wesel, Germany; www.altana.com) has acquired a technology portfolio and research and development platform from U.S.-based NuLabel Technologies, Inc. It comprises innovative technologies for additive manufacturing of sustainable decoration solutions as well as novel technology…
Pfeiffer Vacuum GmbH (Aßlar, Germany; www.pfeiffer-vacuum.com) has opened a new service center in Malaysia. The more than 6,000-ft2 building will house administration, sales, and service departments. The main activities will be the repair of the dry backing pump range. Other…
SGL Group (Wiesbaden, Germany; www.sglgroup.com) signed the sale and purchase agreement to sell its cathodes, furnace linings, and carbon electrodes (CFL/CE) business to funds advised by Triton Beratungsgesellschaft GmbH (Frankfurt am Main, Germany; www.triton-partners.com). The two parties have agreed on…
Amec Foster Wheeler (London, U.K.; www.amecfw.com) has been awarded a lump sum contract by Hyundai Engineering Co. Ltd for the delivery of hydrogen plant technology and design and materials supply for a Terrace Wall steam-reformer heater for Uzbekneftegaz National Holding…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract by PETRONAS Refinery and Petrochemical Corporation Sdn. Bhd. for an isononanol plant located in Pengerang, Johor, Malaysia. Fluor will book the undisclosed contract value in the…
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; Tokyo, Japan; www.sdk.co.jp) has decided to acquire assets concerning the Sublimation-Recrystallization Method to manufacture silicon carbide (SiC) wafers from Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) and Nippon Steel & Sumikin Materials Co., Ltd. (NSMAT) by…
Amec Foster Wheeler (London, U.K.; www.amecfw.com) has been awarded a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract by Total Raffinage France, a subsidiary of Total, the French multinational integrated oil and gas company. Total has stated that the Donges refinery, located in…
As part of a project of Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Asahi Kasei Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; www.asahi-kasei.co.jp) verified a newly developed process for diphenyl carbonate (DPC), a monomer used to produce polycarbonate (PC), which is used…
Vestolit GmbH, a 100% subsidiary of Mexichem S.A.B. de C.V. (Tlalnepantla, Mexico; www.mexichem.com), has started up the specialty polyvinyl chloride (PVC) capacity expansion that was first announced in May 2015 at the Mexichem Marl plant in Germany. Initial product runs…