Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Dallas, Tex.; www.jacobs.com) has acquired Aquenta Consulting, a leading provider of integrated project services to public and private sector clients in Australia. Aquenta helps owners, operators and investors in infrastructure and property assets achieve their objectives…
City of Leverkusen and Chempark officials joined Momentive Performance Materials Inc. (Waterford, N.Y.; www.momentive.com) to officially break ground on a new manufacturing facility in Leverkusen, Germany. This new facility is a critical part of Momentive’s global initiative to expand production…
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Akzo Nobel N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) has signed a framework joint development agreement with specialty chemicals company Itaconix to explore opportunities for the production of bio-based polymers. With this agreement, AkzoNobel will pursue the development and commercialization of bio-based…
DuPont Clean Technologies (Wilmongton Del.; www.cleantechnologies.dupont.com) announces that China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec) has awarded DuPont the license and engineering contract for its Stratco Alkylation Technology. The new unit is to be located at the existing Sinopec Tianjin Company (TPCC) refinery…
Philippine Resins Industries, Inc. (PRII), a subsidiary of Tosoh Group (Tokyo, Japan; www.tosoh.com), headquartered in Makati City, the Philippines, is preparing to increase its polyvinyl chloride (PVC) production capacity. PRII plans to begin the construction of additional PVC manufacturing facilities…
Air Products (LeHigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) is part of a consortium that inaugurated the Shikaoi Hydrogen Farm, a hydrogen-production supply facility derived from livestock biomass waste located in Hokkaido, Japan. Air Products provided its hydrogen fueling technology for this project…
thyssenkrupp AG (Essen, Germany) has received another major order for the cement plant business of its Industrial Solutions business area (www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com). The value of the contract awarded by Société des Ciments de Sigus, part of Groupe Industriel des Ciments d’Algérie…
Ineos Oxide, a divion of Ineos (Rolle, Switzerland; www.ineos.com) and Arkema (Colombes, France; www.arkema.com) announced a project for Ineos to acquire Arkema’s Oxo Alcohol business, which will include the acquisition of Arkema’s stake in Oxochimie, a Joint Venture at Lavéra…
Trinseo Holding B.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of Trinseo S.A. (Berwyn, Pa.; www.trinseo.com), and Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo; www.sumitomo-chem.co.jp), have signed a definitive agreement for Trinseo to sell all of its 50% share in their Sumika Styron Polycarbonate (SSPC) joint…