Tronox Ltd. (Stamford, Conn.; www.tronox.com) announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Alkali Chemicals business to Genesis Energy, L.P., a diversified midstream energy master limited partnership headquartered in Houston, Texas, for $1.325 billion in cash. The…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Dallas, Tex.; www.jacobs.com) and CH2M Hill Companies Ltd. announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Jacobs will acquire all of the outstanding shares of CH2M in a cash and stock transaction with…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) plans to establish a new Group company, BASF 3D Printing Solutions GmbH, as of September 1, 2017. This wholly owned subsidiary of BASF New Business GmbH will be headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany, at the site…
El Nasr Co. for Intermediate Chemicals (NCIC) has entrusted Nuberg Engineering Ltd. (Noida, India; www.nubergepc.com), as a single-point solution company — from concept to commissioning — with a contract for technology, engineering and construction of a hydrogen peroxide plant in…
The Management Board of Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG (Nashua, N.H.; www.pfeiffer-vacuum.com) today announced the acquisition of U.S.-based Nor-Cal Products Inc. (Yreka, Calif.; www.n-c.com), effective June 22, 2017. With around 300 employees in the USA and Vietnam, Nor-Cal manufactures premium-quality vacuum…
As announced previously in mid-2017, Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has doubled its membrane capacities. “We have expanded the capacity of our plant in Bitterfeld so that we can continue meeting the rising demand for reverse osmosis membrane elements. This…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA; Washington, D.C.; www.epa.gov) has recently announced the winners of this year’s Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards. This recognition is given for innovations that create business opportunities from solutions to potential environmental problems — endeavors…
Plant Watch Arkema invests in capacity expansion for biosourced polyamide 11 July 12, 2017 — Arkema (Colombes, France; www.arkema.com) plans to invest around €300 million over five years in the biosourced polyamide 11 chain, building a new production plant in…
Blending is a fundamental chemical unit operation, and there are a handful of common ways to implement it. Blending applications can be either manual or automated, and can be carried out either as a batch or continuous process. There are…
This column is based on “Diammonium Phosphate Production – Cost Analysis,” a report published by Intratec. It can be found at: www.intratec.us/analysis/diammonium-phosphate-production-cost. Diammonium phosphate (DAP) ranks among the most important phosphate-based fertilizers, not only for its high nutrient content, but…