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Honeywell to provide process controls, automation and various technology licenses for Zhejiang Petrochemical Co.

Honeywell (Morris Plains, N.J.; www.honeywell.com) announced that Zhejiang Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (ZPC) will use a range of process technology from Honeywell UOP, the world’s leading licensor of refining and petrochemical process technology, for a new integrated refining and petrochemical complex…

Evonik to construct new production plant for PMMA films

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has approved construction on a new production plant for high-quality flat films made from multi-layer polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA). To finance the project, the company plans to invest a sum in the double-digit millions in…

ABB aquires Barcelona-based 3-D sensor company NUB3D

ABB (Zurich, Switzerland; www.abb.com) announced that it has acquired the Spanish startup company NUB3D, a leading innovator of digital, 3-D inspection and quality-control solutions. The acquisition expands the group’s portfolio of ABB Ability solutions that connect customers to the industrial…

Amec Foster Wheeler awarded FEED contract for uranium processing plant in Spain

Amec Foster Wheeler (London, U.K.; www.amecfw.com) has been awarded a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contract by Berkeley Energia for its uranium processing plant at its Salamanca Project, in western Spain. The scope of work by Amec Foster Wheeler will…

AkzoNobel announces startup of bio-steam facility at Delfzijl plant

Akzo Nobel N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) has announced the startup of a bio-steam facility at its Delfzijl site in the Netherlands. Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs Henk Kamp, utility company Eneco and Groningen Seaports opened a facility that will…

Veolia to build iron-removal water-treatment plant in Senegal

Veolia (Pairs, France; www.veolia.com), through subsidiaries OTV and SADE, has been awarded the contract to design and build an iron-removal water-treatment plant for Senegal’s water utility, Société Nationale des Eaux du Sénégal (SONES). The project is part of SONES’s extensive…

Avantium, partners to set up bio-based chemicals reference plant in Delfzijl

Avantium (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.avantium.com) recently announced a partnership with AkzoNobel, Chemport Europe, RWE and Staatsbosbeheer for the development of a reference plant at the Chemie Park Delfzijl. This important step marks the next stage of a collaborative effort to…

Lubrizol Life Sciences adds compounding capabilities

The Lubrizol Corp.’s (Wickliffe, Ohio; www.lubrizol.com) LifeSciences (LLS) business has announced the addition of compounding capabilities for its Pellethane and Isoplast products for medical device customers.  This new offering enables LLS to provide color matching, radiopacity and custom compound development…

Ingersoll Rand acquires Italian HVAC company

Ingersoll-Rand plc (Swords, Ireland; www.ingersollrand.com) announced its intent to acquire the business of Thermocold Costruzioni S.r.l, a privately held Italian company that manufactures and distributes heating, ventilating and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems and solutions for residential, commercial and industrial buildings in Europe.…

Pilot plant for renewable fuels slated for Japan

euglena Co. (Tokyo; www.euglena.jp) and Chiyoda Corp. (Yokohama City; both Japan; www.chiyoda-corp.com) have signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for Japan's first pilot plant for production of renewable jet and diesel fuels in Yokohama. With this EPC contract…