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Sartorius Stedim Biotech opens testing laboratory in Boston

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB; Göttingen, Germany; www.sartorius-stedim.com), a leading international supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, opened a new bioanalytical and biosafety testing laboratory yesterday in the major biotech hub of Boston, Mass. This dedicated bioanalytical laboratory is designed to accommodate…

Wood Group appoints clean energy vice president

Wood Group (Aberdeen, Scotland; www.woodgroup.com) has appointed Jan Dell as vice president of clean energy. Based in Houston and leading a team of 350 people globally, Jan will build on Wood Group’s existing renewables technical services, consulting and advisory capabilities.…

Huntsman announces two executive appointments

Huntsman Corp. (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.huntsman.com) announced the appointment of J. Kimo Esplin as Executive Vice President, Strategy and Investment, and the promotion of Sean Douglas to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, with both appointments effective January 1,…

Siemens to acquire Mentor Graphics

Siemens AG (Munich, Germany; www.siemens.com) is further building its Vision 2020 to shape Digital Industrial Enterprise by expanding its unique portfolio for industrial software. Siemens and Mentor Graphics (Wilsonville, Ore.; www.mentor.com) have entered into a merger agreement under which Siemens…

GTC to provide aromatics extraction technology at JG Summit’s Batangas complex

GTC Technology US LLC (Houston; www.gtctech.com) has signed an agreement with JG Summit Petrochemical Corp. (Mandaluyong City, Philippines; jgspetrochem.com) to provide its GT-BTX and GT-DWC licensed technologies for an aromatics extraction unit at JG Summit’s petrochemical complex in Batangas, the…

PPG acquires remaining interest in Italian coatings joint venture

PPG Industries, Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pa.; www.ppg.com) announced that it has purchased the remaining 50% ownership interest in PPG Univer S.p.A from its joint-venture partner, Univer Italiana S.r.l. Financial terms were not disclosed. PPG Univer manufactures architectural and liquid industrial coatings…

Honeywell to provide IIoT services to PetroVietnam refinery and chemicals complex

Honeywell (Morris Plains, N.J.; www.honeywell.com) announced that a subsidiary of PetroVietnam will use its new IIoT-based (industrial internet of things) Connected Performance Services (CPS) offering to improve the performance of its manufacturing operations in Quang Ngai City, Vietnam. Binh Son…

Veolia to overhaul water treatment plant at Dow site in California

The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) has awarded Veolia Water Technologies (Moon Township, Pa.; www.veoliawatertech.com) a contract for a total overhaul of the process-water treatment plant at Dow’sPittsburg Operations facility in California. The technologies chosen were Veolia’s proprietary Multiflofor…

HollyFrontier to acquire Petro-Canada Lubricants for $854 million

HollyFrontier Corp. (Dallas, Tex.; www.hollyfrontier.com) announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Suncor Energy's Petro-Canada Lubricants business for CAD $1.125 billion (or approximately $845 million based on the exchange rate at time of signing), including working capital…

Chiyoda licenses FGD technology to Larsen & Toubro

Chiyoda Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.chiyoda-corp.com) has concluded a technology license agreement with Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (L&T; Mumbai, India; www.larsentoubro.com) for provision of its proprietary Chiyoda Thoroughbred 121TM (the CT-121TM”) fluegas desulfurization (FGD) technology for promotion in the Indian market.…