Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) has recently commissioned the largest hydrogen-storage facility in the world, an underground cavern in Beaumont, Texas, in the Gulf Coast region of the U.S. This unique hydrogen storage cavern complements Air Liquide’s robust supply capabilities…
The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.the-linde-group.com) has brought six major air-separation units (ASU) onstream for its customer Shenhua Ningxia Coal Industry Group Co. in Lingwu near Yinchuan in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of Northwest China. Shenhua Ningxia is a…
GlyEco, Inc. (Phoenix, Ariz.; www.glyeco.com) announced the completion of its previously announced acquisition by its subsidiary Recovery Solutions & Technologies Inc. (RS&T) of certain glycol distillation assets from Union Carbide Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (Midland,…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has completed the activities to acquire the specialty additives business (Performance Materials Division) of the Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) for $3.8 billion (approx. €3.5 billion) by the end of the year as…
Huntsman Corp. (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.huntsman.com) has completed the sale of its European surfactants business to Innospec Inc. (Littleton, Colo.; www.innospecinc.com) for an enterprise value of $225 million. This business represented approximately $24 million of EBITDA in 2015. Huntsman intends…
LanzaTech (Skokie, Ill.; www.lanzatech.com) has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) to receive a $4-million award to design and plan a demonstration-scale facility using industrial off-gases to produce 3 million gal/yr of low-carbon…
Alpek S.A.B. de C.V. (San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico; www.alpek.com) has signed a share purchase agreement with Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) for the acquisition of its 100% stake in Companhia Petroquimica de Pernambuco (Petroquímica Suape) and Companhia Integrada Têxtil de…
SNC-Lavalin (Montreal, Quebec, Canada; www.snclavalin.com) has signed and closed an agreement to sell its ongoing activities in France and in Monaco to Ciclad and Impact Holding for a nominal amount, including its investment in Société d’Exploitation de l’Aéroport de Mayotte.…
The following is a list of recently published books relevant to professionals in the chemical process industries (CPI). The Science of Ethanol, By Walter E. Goldstein, CRC Press, 2016, 294 pages, $129.95. Design and Processing of Particulate Products, By Jim…
Marsulex Environmental Technologies Corp. (MET; Lebanon, Pa.; www.met.net) and Sanders Lead Company Inc. (Troy, Alabama) have finalized a contract for the supply of MET’s proprietary ammonium-sulfate fluegas desulfurization (AS-FGD) system at their Troy, Alabama lead smelter and battery reclamation facility.…