SOCAR GPC (www.socargpc.az), a gas-processing project of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR), has selected UNIPOL PE Technology licensed by Univation Technologies (Houston; www.univation.com) for use in its world-scale polyethylene (PE) plant to be built in Garadagh, Azerbaijan.…
Albemarle Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.; www.albemarle.com) announced that Talison, a joint venture (JV) between Albemarle and Tianqi Lithium Corp., has approved the expansion of lithium concentrate production at its Greenbushes, Australia spodumene mine. Greenbushes is the world's largest active lithium mine.…
Callery, LLC (Evans City, Pa.; www.callery.com) is the name of the new standalone entity born from BASF's divestment of its Inorganic Specialties business. The divestiture was facilitated by Edgewater Capital in combination with the Callery management team. Callery is a…
Umicore N.V. (Brussels, Belgium; www.umicore.com) announced the acquisition of the combined 50% shareholdings of Samkwang Glass Ind. Co., Ltd. and OCI Company Ltd. in the South Korean automotive catalyst joint venture (JV), Ordeg Co. Ltd. for € 82 million. Umicore – which…
Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany: www.lanxess.com) continues to target growth. During the next three years, its business unit Advanced Industrial Intermediates will be investing some €100 million in expanding production facilities for chemical intermediates. Around €40 million each will be invested…
Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com), through its electronics gases joint venture in China, Linde LienHwa, is expanding its commitment to China and the Asia Pacific region through investments of over €110 million. The capital is being allocated for new on-site…
Endress+Hauser AG (E+H; Reinach, Switzerland; www.endress.com) has acquired SensAction AG, a manufacturer of innovative systems for measuring the concentration of liquids. With this move, the E+H intends to strengthen its quality measurement portfolio. SensAction will remain headquartered in Coburg, Germany…
With a double-digit million dollar order volume, MAN Diesel & Turbo (Oberhausen, Germany; www.mandieselturbo.com) will deliver two compressor trains to Nigerian Dangote Oil Refining Co., to be employed in the company’s petroleum refinery in the capital of Lagos. Dangote Corp.…
As announced in November 2016, BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) is investing more than €200 million globally to increase its production network for plastic additives. An important step is an investment to build a new plastic-additives plant at its Caojing…
John Wood Group PLC (Wood Group; Aberdeen, Scotland; www.woodgroup.com) and Amec Foster Wheeler (London, U.K.; www.amecfw.com) have announced that Wood Group will take over Amec Foster Wheeler. The boards of both companies reached agreement on the terms of a recommended…