Honeywell (Morris Plains, N.J.; www.honeywell.com) announced that a subsidiary of PetroVietnam will use its new IIoT-based (industrial internet of things) Connected Performance Services (CPS) offering to improve the performance of its manufacturing operations in Quang Ngai City, Vietnam. Binh Son…
The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) has awarded Veolia Water Technologies (Moon Township, Pa.; www.veoliawatertech.com) a contract for a total overhaul of the process-water treatment plant at Dow’sPittsburg Operations facility in California. The technologies chosen were Veolia’s proprietary Multiflofor…
HollyFrontier Corp. (Dallas, Tex.; www.hollyfrontier.com) announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Suncor Energy's Petro-Canada Lubricants business for CAD $1.125 billion (or approximately $845 million based on the exchange rate at time of signing), including working capital…
Chiyoda Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.chiyoda-corp.com) has concluded a technology license agreement with Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (L&T; Mumbai, India; www.larsentoubro.com) for provision of its proprietary Chiyoda Thoroughbred 121TM (the CT-121TM”) fluegas desulfurization (FGD) technology for promotion in the Indian market.…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy; www.mairetecnimont.com) announced that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A., in joint venture with China HuanQiu Contracting & Engineering Corporation Ltd. (HQC) – 65% Tecnimont / 35% HQC – has been awarded by PRPC Polymers Sdn Bhd (PRPC…
Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) officially started up its new pilot reactor for vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer (VAE) dispersions at its Nanjing site (Jiangsu province) in China today. The new facility will allow Wacker to expand its local research and…
Siemens AG (Munich, Germany; www.siemens.com) and Bentley Systems (Exton, Pa.; www.bentley.com) announced today that they have formalized a strategic alliance agreement to drive new business value by accelerating digitalization to advance infrastructure project delivery and asset performance in complementary business…
Black & Veatch (www.bv.com), in a joint venture (JV) with Civmec (BVCJV), will upgrade and expand Western Australia’s largest wastewater treatment plant. The EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) alliance contract with the Water Corporation will see Black & Veatch return…
SNC-Lavalin (Montreal; Canada; www.snclavalin.com) has been awarded a contract by Norilsk Nickel to implement a Sulfur Recovery Project at the Nadezhda Smelter, located at the company’s Polar Division in the Krasnoyarsk Region, Russia. This project is one of the…
Our most recent post addressed the benefits of proportional-only vacuum process control. Though this approach is well suited to many processes, in some cases more accurate (or precise) control of the pressure level is necessary. Under such circumstances, employing PI…