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Solvay to sell its polyolefin cross-linkable compounds business

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has signed a definitive agreement to sell its polyolefin cross-linkable compounds business in Italy to family-owned group Finproject SpA. "Following Solvay’s transformation, polyolefin cross-linkable compounds no longer fit within the portfolio of high-performance specialty polymers.…

Global production of chemicals continues growth, ACC says

The American Chemistry Council’s (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) Global Chemical Production Regional Index (Global CPRI) shows that headline global production rose 0.3 percent in February, following a 0.5 percent gain in January, as measured on a three-month moving average (3MMA)…

Lanxess increases capacities for iron oxide pigments

Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany; www.lanxess.com) is expanding the capacity of its global production network to safeguard customer supply in the long term. In Krefeld-Uerdingen, site of the world’s largest synthetic iron oxide pigment plant, production capacities for red and black…

Braskem inaugurates UHMWPE unit in La Porte

Braskem (São Paulo, Brazil; www.braskem.com.br) officially inaugurated its Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) production plant at its La Porte, Texas site. Braskem sells high-performance UHMWPE under the trade name UTEC, developed and produced through Braskem’s proprietary technologies. “We are…

GTC Technology provides isomerization and dividing-wall column technologies at BPCL refinery in India

GTC Technology (Houston; www.gtctech.com) has provided its low-temperature Isomalk-2 process technology for the successful startup of a light naphtha isomerization unit at the Bharat Petroleum Corporation, Ltd. (BPCL) refinery in Mumbai, India. The unit will produce an isomerate gasoline blend…

Four New Solar Plants to Deliver Clean, Cost-Effective Energy for Florida

Black & Veatch (Overland Perk, Kan.; www.bv.com) has been selected to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services on four solar-energy projects for Florida Power & Light (FPL). The plants are part of an extensive renewable energy program designed to…

Dow completes construction of new Freeport ethylene plant

The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) announced the completion of the construction phase of its new, world-scale ethylene production facility in Freeport, Tex. The company reached this milestone within one week of the originally planned date, which was set…

CB&I to provide EPC services for Total’s Port Arthur ethane cracker

CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) announced it has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $1.3 billion by Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc. to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) for an ethane cracker project located in Port Arthur,…

WorleyParsons wins project-management contract for integrated fertilizer complex in Jordan

WorleyParsons Ltd. (North Sydney, Australia; www.worleyparsons.com) has been awarded a contract by the Manaseer Group. Under the contract WorleyParsons will provide project management consulting (PMC) services for a greenfield integrated potash and phosphate fertilizer complex in Jordan.   WorleyParsons will supervise…

German engineering and construction business down, but optimistic

New orders booked in Germany by members of the VDMA Large Industrial Plant Manufacturers ́ Group (Frankfurt am Main, Germany; www.grossanlagenbau.vdma.org) in 2016 totaled €18.9 billion, which was 3% down on the previous year and the lowest level since 2004.…