Nova Chemicals Corp. (Calgary, Alta.; www.novachem.com) has announced the startup of its new world-scale linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) gas-phase reactor at its Joffre, Alberta site. The new reactor started up in December 2016, and the company is now shipping butene…
Axens (Rueill-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) has signed an AlphaButol technology licensing agreement with the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (Socar) for the production of high-purity 1-butene through ethylene dimerization. The AlphaButol unit will have capacity of 32,000 metric tons per year…
Reliance Sibur Elastomers Private Limited (RSEPL), a joint venture between Sibur (Moscow; www.sibur.com) and Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), announced plans for setting up South Asia’s first halogenated butyl rubber unit at RIL’s integrated petrochemical site in Jamnagar, India. Currently, the design phase…
Linde Engineering North America Inc. (LENA; www.leamericas.com) has appointed Jason Cooper as President and CEO. Mr. Cooper has 22 years of experience at the domestic and international level in both owner/operator and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) corporate environments. He…
GE’s Water & Process Technologies (Trevose, Pa.; www.gewater.com) announced that it will supply its advanced wastewater-treatment equipment for an upgrade of the Luo Fang Wastewater Treatment Plant in Shenzhen City, Guang Dong province, making it the largest membrane bioreactor (MBR)…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has invested through its venture capital arm in Nanotech Industrial Solutions, Inc. (NIS; Avenel, N.J.; http://nisusacorp.com) and now holds a minority share in the company. The parties have agreed not to disclose the volume…
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Atlas Copco (Stockholm, Sweden; www.atlascopco.com) has appointed Mats Rahmström as the new President and CEO of Atlas Copco AB, effective April 27, 2017. He will replace Ronnie Leten, who has requested to leave his position after having managed Atlas Copco…
GreenCentre Canada (Kingston, Ont.; www.greencentrecanada.com) has entered into an exclusive global licensing agreement with Johnson Matthey Plc. (London, U.K.; www.jmfinechemicals.com), a leading multi-national producer of catalysts and specialty chemicals. Under the terms of the agreement, Johnson Matthey will promote, market,…
Ametek, Inc. (Berwyn, Pa.; www.ametek.com) has consolidated its industry-leading motors, blowers, fans, pumps and motion-control businesses into a new Advanced Motion Solutions (AMS) division that combines its former Floorcare and Specialty Motors and Precision Motion Control divisions. Headquartered in Kent,…