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.…
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 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 (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 (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…
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…
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 (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 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…
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.…