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AspenTech acquires MTelligence Corp. for $37 million

Aspen Technology, Inc. (Bedford, Ma.; www.aspentech.com) has acquired Mtelligence Corp. (Mtell), a San Diego, California-based pioneer in the field of predictive and prescriptive maintenance for asset performance optimization. Mtell products enable companies to increase asset utilization and avoid unplanned downtime…

CAB gains 0.3% in October, ACC says

The Chemical Activity Barometer (CAB), a leading economic indicator created by the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com), notched a gain of 0.3% in October, following an upwardly revised gain of 0.4% in September, according to the organization. The…

ExxonMobil reaches full production at Port Allen lubricants plant

Exxon Mobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.exxonmobil.com) announced that its Port Allen aviation lubricants plant has achieved full production for the entire line of Mobil Jet engine lubricants. The state-of-the-art aviation lubricants blending, packaging and distribution facility started shipping product worldwide…

PPG completes silica capacity expansion in the Netherlands

PPG Industries, Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pa.; www.ppg.com) held a ceremony marking the completion of a project to increase precipitated silica production capacity at its Delfzijl, Netherlands, manufacturing location. The expansion, which came on line earlier this year, adds capacity of more…

AkzoNobel inaugurates two specialty-chemicals plants in Ningbo

Akzo Nobel N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) has inaugurated two new specialty chemicals plants at its multi-site in Ningbo, China, that together represent a combined investment of €80 million. The company has also announced that a further €90 million is…

Honeywell and Flowserve announce IIoT collaboration

Honeywell (Morris Plains, N.J.; www.honeywell.com) and Flowserve Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.flowserve.com) announced they will collaborate to provide Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions to help industrial customers make their operations safer, more efficient and more reliable. The collaboration will be…

KBR completes Dyno Nobel ammonia plant in Louisiana

KBR Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced the successful completion of performance tests and official handover of the landmark Dyno Nobel ammonia plant in Waggaman, Louisiana. The project is the first to use an integrated KBR solution of KBR's Purifier ammonia technology…

Invista opens nylon production facility in Shanghai

Invista (Wichita, Kansas; www.invista.com) celebrated the grand opening of its nylon 6,6 facility, including a new 215,000-metric ton (m.t.) hexamethylene diamine (HMD) plant and a 150,000-m.t. polymer plant, at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (SCIP) in China. Officials from SCIP…

Shin-Etsu announces expansion plans for silicones business

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan; www.shinetsu.co.jp) plans to proactively expand its silicones business, one of its main business segments, by establishing a new plant in Japan, and expanding its Technical Center in Japan that performs technical services for silicone rubber…

Filtration assemblies save up to 60% on processing time

This company’s polyethersulfone membrane (PESU) is now integrated into two new, sterile Sartocon benchtop and production-scale single-use filtration assemblies (photo). Using these assemblies guarantees rapid and safe ultrafiltration of biologics and vaccines. Due to the fully enclosed design, the Sartocon…