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Ineos licenses PE process technology in Azerbaijan
Ineos Technologies (Rolle, Switzerland; www.ineos.com) has licensed its Innovene S Process for the manufacture of polyethylene (PE) to SOCAR Polymer for their high-density PE project in the Chemical Industrial Park located in Sumgait, Azerbaijan. The Innovene S HDPE plant will…
Chiyoda and CTCI awarded EPC contract for Titanium-sponge plant in Saudi Arabia
Chiyoda Corp. Yokohama, Japan; www.chiyoda-corp.com) says the Chiyoda group and CTCI Arabia have been awarded a contract by Toho Titanium Co. and Advanced Metal Industries Cluster Company Ltd. for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a titanium sponge…
Global CPRI stable, while CAB sees small gain, ACC says
The Chemical Activity Barometer (CAB), the leading economic indicator created by the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com), showed a 0.1% gain in April, while, the Global Chemical Production Regional Index (Global CPRI) remained stable through March. Both pieces…
Endress+Hauser acquires process-automation business in Colombia
Endress+Hauser (Reinach, Switzerland; www.endress.com) is acquiring 100% of the process automation business of Colsein Ltda., its longtime sales and service partner in Bogotà, Colombia. “We believe Colombia represents a market with great potential for further growth,” explains Michael Ziesemer, Chief…
CB&I awarded contracts for Shintech ethane cracker project
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) has been awarded contracts valued in excess of $640 million by Toyo Engineering Corp. (Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp) to provide ethylene technology, basic engineering and cracker heater supply, as well as construction services for the…
Showa Denko increases hydrogen bromide production capacity
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; Tokyo, Japan; www.sdk.co.jp) has expanded its capacity to produce high-purity hydrogen bromide (HBr), which is used in the manufacture of semiconductors, to 600 metric tons per year (m.t./yr), 1.5 times as much as the previous level.…
Jacobs acquires controlling interest in Suzhou Han’s Chemical Engineering Co.
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) announced today that its subsidiary, Jacobs Projects (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., has acquired a controlling interest in Suzhou Han’s Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd. (SHCE) in China. The company is now Jacobs Engineering (Suzhou)…
Mitsui breaks ground on new facility for polyurethane and isocyanate production
Mitsui Chemicals Inc. (MCI; Tokyo; www.mitsuichem.com) held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new plant within the Omuta Works site (Omuta City, Kyushu) to manufacture its new and advanced polyurethane elastomer, Fortimo (1,4-Bis (isocyanatomethyl) cyclohexane), and the polyisocyanate (using 1,5-pentamethylene diisocyanate),…
Showa Denko to build hydrogen fluoride production facility in China, boost capacity in Japan
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; Tokyo, Japan; www.sdk.co.jp) has doubled the capacity of its existing high-purity hydrogen fluoride (HF) production facility in Kawasaki, Japan. SDK has also decided to build a new HF production facility in China. High-purity HF is used…
Total invests in refinery upgrades; will create France’s first biorefinery
Total S.A. (Paris, France; www.total.com) has announced investments to upgrade the Donges refinery in western France and transform the La Mède refinery in southern France. Three of Total’s five refineries in France — Gonfreville in Normandy, Grandpuits in the Paris…