Rockwell Automation Inc. (Milwaukee, Wis.; www.rockwellautomation.com) has named Patrick Goris senior vice president and chief financial officer (CFO), effective Feb. 7, 2017. He will report to Blake Moret, president and chief executive officer. Goris succeeds Theodore Crandall, who has been…
Braskem (São Paulo, Brazil; www.braskem.com.br) signed an agreement with GTM do Brasil, a subsidiary of GTM Holdings S.A., through which it will sell a 100% interest in its subsidiary quantiQ, one of Brazil's largest chemical product distributors. The transaction is…
Linde Gas Singapore, a member of technology company, The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde-gas.com), announced that it has signed a longterm contract to supply methane and hydrogen to Evonik Methionine SEA’s second world-scale methionine complex in Singapore (Me6). Linde is…
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) and ArcelorMittal S.A. (Luxembourg City; www.arcelormittal.com), the world's largest steel producer, have recently signed two longterm renewal contracts for the supply of oxygen, nitrogen and argon to ArcelorMittal’s production sites in the industrial port areas of…
MilliporeSigma (Billerica, Mass.; www.emdgroup.com) announced the expansion of its end-to-end biodevelopment centers to meet increasing customer demand for its turnkey portfolio of bioprocessing products, manufacturing capabilities and industry leading technological expertise. The expansion, which includes the opening of two new…
Akzo Nobel N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) has significantly strengthened its global manufacturing footprint for organic peroxides by completing a €22 million expansion of its Los Reyes production facility in Mexico. The new facility will produce Laurox brand organic peroxides,…
Arkema (Colombes, France; www.arkema.com) is investing $90 million on its Clear Lake, Tex. site to replace existing acrylic acid production units with modern facilities using the latest available technologies. Thus Arkema will position the Clear Lake site among the most…
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…