JGC Indonesia, JGC Corp.’s (Yokohama, Japan; www.jgc.co.jp) Indonesian subsidiary, has been awarded a contract for the construction of a lubricants production plant in Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia by PT. JX Nippon Oil & Energy Lubricants Indonesia, a local joint venture…
DuPont Protection Technologies (DPT) recently launched SafeSPEC 2.0, a comprehensive, interactive online tool that helps safety professionals make informed decisions about selecting chemical protective apparel. SafeSPEC 2.0 offers new customizable product selection and search features for the full portfolio of…
Praxair Argentina, a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) will build a new plant in Argentina to supply oxygen, nitrogen and argon. Praxair will install state-of-the-art technology that will improve production reliability and also increase liquid product capacity in…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is setting up its first project house outside Germany. Light & Electronics, a research and development unit established on April 1, is located in the Hsinchu Technology Park in Taiwan. The focus of its…
Styron LLC (Midland, Mich.; www.styron.com) plans to expand its latex capacity at its Zhangjiagang, China production facility. The projected additional capacity of latex will help to better serve the growing demand for latex in China’s paper and paper board industry,…
Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) has been awarded a contract for the world’s two largest plants for production of Substitute Natural Gas (SNG) from coke oven gas. The contractor is China National Gas Corp. (CNGC), which is organized under…
With an investment of €30 million, AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) is boosting capacity in Sweden for its Expancel expandable microspheres in order to meet growing global demand. Used as a blowing agent or lightweight filler, the Expancel product line…
Ineos Technologies (Runcorn, U.K.; www.ineos.com) has announced that its Bichlor membrane chlorine technology has been selected by Olin Corp. for the conversion of its Charleston, Tenn. site. In addition Ineos Technologies will supply Olin Corp. with a complete process design…
Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) and the Shaw Group Inc. (Baton Rouge, La.; www.shawgrp.com) have been selected to license a next-generation catalytic cracking technology that will help refiners maximize the production of propylene and other high-value refinery products. The advanced technology, High…
GE’s (Trevose, Pa.; www.ge.com) zero liquid discharge (ZLD) wastewater-recycling technology will be installed at the Russell City Energy Center (RCEC), a new 600-megawatt (MW) natural gas and steam combined-cycle power plant being built in Alameda County, Calif. RCEC is the…