GE’s Power Services business (Baden, Switzerland; powergen.gepower.com) will provide Russian chemicals producer OJSC TogliattiAzot (ToAZ) with parts to upgrade two GE industrial steam turbines at the company’s ammonia production facility in the city of Togliatti, Russia. GE also will supply…
Ashland Inc. (Covington, Ky.; www.ashland.com) announced that Osama Musa, vice president, global research and development (R&D), has been promoted to the newly created position of chief technology officer. He also assumes leadership responsibility for Advanced Materials. Recently while leading R&D…
Envergent Technologies LLC, a joint venture of Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) and Ensyn Corp., announced today that it has begun construction on a renewable fuels facility in Port Cartier, Quebec. The project will incorporate Envergent’s proprietary RTP technology…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) was awarded a contract to expand the Novartis Pharma S.A.S. Biotechnology Center in Huningue, France. Under the terms of the agreement, Jacobs is providing engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services to increase…
Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway; www.yara.com) has entered into an agreement to acquire the Tata Chemicals Ltd. (TCL; Mumbai; www.tatachemicals.com) Babrala urea plant and distribution business in Uttar Pradesh for $400 million on a debt and cash free basis, including…
Indorama Ventures Public Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand; www.indorama.net) and Compañía Española de Petróleos S.A.U. (Cepsa; Madrid, Spain; www.cepsa.com) announced the expansion of their strategic partnership with the signing of an exclusive supply agreement for meta-xylene, a key feedstock for the…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Toda Kogyo Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; www.todakogyo.co.jp) have announced that they will enter exclusive negotiations to collaborate in cathode active materials (CAM) and its respective precursors in North America. The proposed collaboration would focus on…
Sekisui Plastics USA, a subsidiary of Sekisui Plastics Company, Ltd. (Osaka, Japan; www.sekisuiplastics.com) has announced the establishment of a new corporation in Mexico, Sekisui Plastics Mexico, S.A. de C.V., and the opening of its new $7 million manufacturing facility in…
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a construction contract by The Chemours Co. (Wilmington, Del.; www.chemours.com) for the construction of its new Opteon YF (HFO-1234yf) facility in Corpus Christi, Tex., USA. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will…
Johnson Matthey (London; www.matthey.com) and 3M (St. Paul, Minn.; www.3m.com) have entered into a patent license agreement that aims at further expanding the use of Nickel-Manganese-Cobalt (NMC) cathode materials in lithium-ion batteries (LIB) for automotive applications. Under the agreement, 3M…