Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Dallas, Tex.; www.jacobs.com) has received a contract from MEGlobal, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EQUATE Petrochemical Company and a world leader in the manufacture and supply of merchant monoethylene glycol and diethylene glycol, to provide engineering, procurement…
Exxon Mobil Corp. (Spring, Tex.; www.exxonmobil.com) announced plans to add a new production unit at its Beaumont, Tex. polyethylene plant that will increase capacity by 65% — or approximately 650,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) — to meet growing demand…
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced that its subsidiary, Brown & Root Industrial Services, LLC, a leading provider of engineering, construction and reliability-driven maintenance solutions, has acquired the MEI Group, LLC (MEI), a full-service turnaround specialist for industrial facilities. Headquartered in…
Global Bioenergies (Evry, France; www.global-bioenergies.com) announced that the construction of its demo plant, which began in mid-2015, is now completed. Global Bioenergies’ demo plant is the only facility in the world dedicated to the direct fermentation of gaseous hydrocarbons. It…
Mitsui Chemicals Inc. (MCI; Tokyo; www.mitsuichem.com) announced the completion of construction of its electrolyte solution production facilities, at the Nagoya Works facility to accommodate growing domestic demand for lithium-ion battery-use electrolyte solution. The production capacity for the new plant is…
GE Digital (www.ge.com/digital) announced it has acquired ServiceMax, a leader in cloud-based field-service management (FSM) solutions, for $915 million. The acquisition provides GE Digital with enhanced capabilities to advance its Industrial Internet vision, enabling customers to immediately gain more value…
Omega Engineering Inc. (Norwalk, Conn.; www.omega.com) has announced the appointment of Joe Vorih as president. Vorih's priority will be to transform OMEGA from a direct provider of process sensors into a web-based global partner for complete process measurement and control solutions,…
Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB; Göttingen, Germany; www.sartorius-stedim.com), a leading international supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, opened a new bioanalytical and biosafety testing laboratory yesterday in the major biotech hub of Boston, Mass. This dedicated bioanalytical laboratory is designed to accommodate…
Wood Group (Aberdeen, Scotland; www.woodgroup.com) has appointed Jan Dell as vice president of clean energy. Based in Houston and leading a team of 350 people globally, Jan will build on Wood Group’s existing renewables technical services, consulting and advisory capabilities.…
Huntsman Corp. (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.huntsman.com) announced the appointment of J. Kimo Esplin as Executive Vice President, Strategy and Investment, and the promotion of Sean Douglas to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, with both appointments effective January 1,…