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Evonik opens coating additives lab near Istanbul

Evonik Industries (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.con) opened a new Coating Additives laboratory at its Tuzla (Istanbul) site on January 31, 2017. The state-of-the-art laboratory, which also includes a customer service center, will support customers with the development of innovative surface coatings…

Air Products to supply nitrogen for world’s largest autoclave

Air Products (LeHigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) recently installed an advanced nitrogen supply system at Boeing’s new 777X Composite Wing Center in Everett, Washington. The nitrogen will be supplied to the world’s largest autoclave, where it will create the inert atmosphere…

Sulzer acquires pump manufacturer Envisal Moret

Sulzer Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland; www.sulzer.com) has completed the acquisition of Ensival Moret (EM), a part of Moret Industries. Sulzer will immediately start to integrate EM in its Pumps Equipment division. Combining the complementary product portfolios enables Sulzer to become a…

Evonik establishes a digitalization subsidiary

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is setting itself up for the digital future with its own new subsidiary, Evonik Digital GmbH, which includes a team of about 20 experts. Under the Evonik umbrella, the company is developing new digital…

Fluor selected for bauxite mining project in Guinea

Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) announced today that Guinea Alumina Corporation S.A. (GAC) has awarded Fluor an engineering and program management consultancy contract for a major bauxite mine in the Boké region of Guinea, Africa. Fluor booked the approximately $700-million…

Solvay and United Chemical considering construction of hydrogen peroxide plant in Kazakhstan

Solvay SA (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) and United Chemical Company LLP (UCC) have jointly started to examine the construction of new hydrogen peroxide capacity to supply hydrogen peroxide primarily to address the needs of Kazakh companies and customers in other Central…

Chemours breaks ground on new HFO-1234yf facility in Corpus Christi

The Chemours Co. (Wilmington, Del.; www.chemours.com) has broken ground on the company's new HFO-1234yf production facility.  The new facility, located at the Chemours Corpus Christi plant in Ingleside, Texas, will triple the company's world-leading capacity for its HFO-1234yf-based-products, which are…

Clariant to expand capacity for medical-grade plastics at Lewiston site

Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) will expand its plant in Lewiston, Maine, and install a new compounding line to help meet growing demand for pre-colored medical plastic compounds that are supplied under the Mevopur brand name. The new capacity will come…

Amec Foster Wheeler wins boiler contract for Louisiana methanol plant

Amec Foster Wheeler (London, U.K.; www.amecfw.com) announced that its Global Power Group (GPG) has been awarded a contract and received a full notice to proceed from Yuhuang Chemical Inc. (YCI), a U.S.-based subsidiary of Shandong Yuhuang Chemical Company Ltd (SYCC),…

Pentair acquires carbon-capture specialist Union Engineering

Pentair plc (Manchester, U.K.; www.pentair.com) has completed the acquisition of Union Engineering A/S, headquartered in Fredericia, Denmark. Union Engineering specializes in sustainable technologies for capturing, recovering and purification of carbon dioxide. As an established leader in carbon dioxide management and…