Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded by Public Joint Stock Company (PJSC) Kazanorgsintez a contract to provide engineering and procurement of three proprietary SMK grassroots furnaces at Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. The furnaces will be part of the ethylene…
Celanese Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.celanese.com) announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Forli, Italy based SO.F.TER. Group, one of the world’s largest independent thermoplastic compounders. Celanese will acquire SO.F.TER. Group’s comprehensive product portfolio of engineering thermoplastics (ETPs),…
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) announces a new investment for Axion Energy Argentina, a subsidiary of Bridas Corporation and a leading refiner in Argentina, to expand its longterm supply of hydrogen. Air Liquide will invest around €55 million in a second hydrogen…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) announced the signing of an agreement for the supply of multiple industrial gases to The Chemours Co. (Wilmington, Del.; www.chemours.com). Air Products will build, own and operate an air separation unit (ASU) in New…
Milliken & Co. (Spartanburg, S.C.; www.milliken.com) announced that J. Harold Chandler has been elected chairman, president and chief executive officer effective immediately following the resignation of Joseph M. Salley as president and chief executive officer and as a member of the board…
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com today announced the official opening of its new polypropylene (PP) catalyst production facility in Louisville, Kentucky. The new plant, developed and implemented in cooperation with CB&I The Woodlands, Tex; www.cbi.com), makes the Louisville site Clariant’s largest…
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) has signed a long-term alliance agreement with Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) that will expand CB&I's licensing position for syngas opportunities. As part of the agreement, CB&I will promote Haldor Topsøe’s licensed syngas-based technologies,…
Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc. (www.praxairsurfacetechnologies.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com), and GE Aviation (www.ge.com/aviation) today announced the formal creation of PG Technologies, LLC (www.praxairsurfacetechnologies.com), a joint venture (JV). Praxair Surface Technologies and its subsidiary will…
The August 2016 preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) was slightly lower than the downwardly revised July number. Some equipment subcategories, such as Process Machinery and Electical Equipment, saw small increases, while others,…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) announced that it expects to increase global production capacity for its high-performance sulfone polymers by more than 35% over the next five years through significant investments and process optimizations at facilities in the U.S. and…