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TechnipFMC wins a large contract for Vietnam’s largest olefins plant
TechnipFMC (Paris, France; www.technipfmc.com) has been awarded by Long Son Petrochemicals Co., Ltd. (LSP), a large contract for the licensing, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and start-up of Vietnam’s first olefins plant on Long Son Island, Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, Vietnam.…
Atlas Copco to acquire the cryogenics business of Brooks Automation
Atlas Copco AB (Stockholm, Sweden; www.atlascopcogroup.com) has agreed to acquire the cryogenics business of Brooks Automation, Inc. (www.brooks.com), for a total value of $675 million (SEK 6,239 million). The acquisition includes cryo pump operations located in Chelmsford, Mass. (U.S.) and…
Anglo American Platinum chooses WSA for cost-efficient environmental compliance
Anglo American Platinum has signed a contract for Haldor Topsoe A/S’s (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) Wet gas Sulfuric Acid (WSA) sulfur emissions control technology for its platinum smelter facility in Polokwane, South Africa. The WSA technology ensures compliance with environmental regulations…
Siemens and Bentley Systems strengthen their strategic alliance and joint investment initiatives
In the companies’ latest Alliance Board meeting, Bentley Systems, Inc. (Exton, Pa.; www.bentley.com) and Siemens AG (Munich, Germany; www.siemens.com) decided to further strengthen their strategic alliance. The two companies have decided to extend their existing agreement, to further develop their…
Enexio and Xinfa establish JV for packing material production in China
With the formal signing of a joint venture agreement in July 2018, the German specialist in water and exhaust air treatment, Enexio Water Technologies Herne, Germany; www.enexio.com) and China's largest aluminium processor, Xinfa (Shandong, China; www.xinfagroup.com.cn) laid the foundations for…
Mitsui Chemicals to increase elastomers production capacity in Singapore
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (MCI; Tokyo; www.mitsuichem.com) announced that Mitsui Elastomers Singapore Pte. Ltd. (MELS), a wholly owned subsidiary based in Singapore, is set to raise its production capacity for high-performance elastomers using the brand-name TAFMER. The production facility for TAFMER…
Huntsman opens formulations manufacturing facility in Vietnam
Huntsman Corp. (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.huntsman.com) announced that it has opened a multi-purpose facility at the Amata Vietnam Industrial Park, near Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The site is a greenfield investment, will house Huntsman’s Polyurethanes and Advanced Materials businesses,…
Air Products acquires Rotoflow turboexpander business from Baker Hughes
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) announced that it has acquired the Rotoflow turboexpander business from Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE). Air Products acquired all engineering and service capabilities to continue providing world-class service to Rotoflow customers. The transaction…
Shintech to use Veolia crystallizer technology for Plaquemine facility expansion
Shintech Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (Tokyo; www. shinetsu.co.jp), has selected Veolia Water Technologies (www.veoliawatertechnologies.com) to supply its HPD salt crystallizer and a caustic soda concentration systems as part of the expansion of their production facility…
Teijin to acquire composites supplier in Portugal
Teijin Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.teijin.com) has agreed to acquire Inapal Plasticos SA, a leading automotive composite supplier in Portugal. The shares of Inapal will be purchased by Teijin Holdings Netherlands B.V., the Teijin Group's holding company in the Netherlands. The…