LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com) announced that PRPC Polymers Sdn Bhd (PRPC Polymers), a wholly owned subsidiary of Petronas Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG), has selected the LyondellBasell Hostalen “Advanced Cascade Process” (Hostalen ACP) technology. The polyethylene process technology will be…
Clariant (Munich, Germany; www.clariant.com) today announced that it is providing total catalyst solutions for two major ammonia production plants in Indonesia, in cooperation with its licensing partner KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com). The new projects rely on KBR’s process technologies combined with…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) was awarded a front-end engineering, design and optimization (FEED) contract by Danakali Ltd. in Eritrea, East Africa for the Colluli Potash Project following a competitive tendering process initiated and completed in 2016. Fluor will book…
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. announced today that its subsidiary, The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W; Charlotte, N.C.; www.babcock.com), has been awarded a contract to supply and install a replacement boiler for ArcelorMittal Dofasco’s Hamilton, Ontario, steel manufacturing plant. B&W…
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc. (MHIA; Houston), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi-global.com), has successfully completed construction of the world's largest post-combustion CO2 capture and compression system. Managed and executed in the U.S., the system…
Praxair Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) announced the startup of its fourth air separation unit (ASU), a 1,400-ton/d unit, and upgrade of the pipeline system serving the Samsung Electronics Co. (Samsung) Hwasung site in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. The new plant…
A new rule issued by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA; www.osha.gov) dramatically lowers workplace exposure to beryllium, a strategically important material that can cause devastating lung diseases. The new beryllium standards for general industry,…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) announced that it will increase nitrogen production to serve the growing demand of its existing customer in Pyeongtaek City, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It is Air Products’ second phase of capacity expansion to supply…
Ube Machinery Corp., a group company of Ube Industries, Ltd. (Ube; Tokyo, Japan; www.ube-ind.co.jp) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Plastic Technology Co., a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi-global.com), completed a transfer of shares relating to their…
GEA AG (Düsseldorf, Germany; www.gea.com) and Siemens AG (Munich, Germany; www.siemens.com) announce a partnership to bring continuous manufacturing to the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry by offering an integrated continuous tablet manufacturing line. The collaboration will deliver both production benefits,…