CB&I (Houston; www.cbi.com) announced today that Lummus Technology has been awarded a contract by Formosa Chemicals and Fibre Corporation (FCFC) for the license and engineering design of a grassroots cumene and phenol plant to be built in Ningbo, China. This…
The Technology business unit of KBR Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a contract by Tianji Coal Chemical Industry Group, Co. (Tianji) to provide licensing and related engineering services for a grassroots aniline plant to be located in Lucheng, Shanxi,…
AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) has signaled its strategic intent to accelerate growth by investing close to €90 million in a new facility being built in Brazil. The plant, operated by the company's Pulp and Paper Chemicals business, Eka Chemicals,…
Genzyme Corp. (Cambridge, Mass.; www.genzyme.com) plans to build an additional manufacturing plant in Geel, Belgium, to support the long-term growth of Myozyme and Lumizyme for Pompe disease. The company held a ceremony today in Geel to mark the start of…
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded by Burgasnefteproekt EOOD (a Lukoil engineering subsidiary) a lump sum services contract, worth approximately €70 million, for the phase 1 of a heavy residue hydrocracking complex to be built at its petroleum refinery located…
Minerals Technologies Inc. (www.mineralstech.com) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Specialty Minerals Inc., has entered into a long-term agreement with The West Coast Paper Mills Ltd. (www.westcoastpaper.com) to build and operate a satellite precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) plant at…
Global production of chemicals rose by 10.2% overall in 2010, according to data included in the American Chemistry Council’s (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Trends report. Gains for the month of December of last year were…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has signed a contract with SNC-Lavalin, Inc. (Montreal, Canada; www.snclavalin.com) to design and deliver a new copper flash smelting furnace and related services to RTB Bor’s smelter in Serbia. The contract value exceeds €60 million.…
Sasol Technology (Pty) Ltd (Johannesburg, South Africa; www.sasol.com) has appointed the Engineering Division of The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) as preferred Licensor’s Engineering Contractors for a major portion of the Sasol, Fixed Bed Dry Bottom (FBDB) Gasification Technology for…
The specialty chemicals Group Altana AG (Wesel, Germany; www.altana.com) has signed an agreement today to acquire Kometra Kunststoff-Modifikatoren und -Additiv GmbH. Kometra produces so-called polymer modifiers in Schkopau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. These modifiers are specific surface-active copolymers, which are used as…