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Huntsman acquires spray polyurethane foam manufacturer Demilec
Huntsman Corp. (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.huntsman.com) announced the acquisition of Demilec, one of North America's leading manufacturers and distributors of spray polyurethane foam (SPF) insulation systems for residential and commercial applications, from an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners, Inc. Demilec…
Mitsubishi Chemical to build new plant in Thailand to produce multilayer co-extruded film
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC; Tokyo; www.m-chemical.co.jp) has decided to build a plant in Thailand to produce its Diamiron multilayer co-extruded film, which is used in food packaging, medical supplies and devices, and a wide range of other fields. The plant…
Evonik to construct new polyamide 12 plant at Marl Chemical Park
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is planning to build a new production complex for the high-performance polymer polyamide 12 (PA 12). The group intends to increase its overall PA 12 capacity by more than 50%. Polyamide 12 is required…
Maire Tecnimont and JCG win EPC contract for JG Summit HDPE and PP project
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy; www.mairetecnimont.com) announced that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A., through its affiliate Tecnimont Philippines Inc., has been awarded jointly with JGC Philippines (Tecnimont Philippines 65% - JGC Philippines 35%) an EPC Lump Sum contract by JG Summit…
Chevron Phillips starts up ethane cracker in Baytown
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cpchem.com) announced that it has successfully introduced feedstock and commenced operations of a new ethane cracker at its Cedar Bayou facility in Baytown, Texas. At peak production, the unit will produce 1.5…
Wood wins contract from Saudi Aramco and Sabic for crude-oil-to-chemicals complex
Saudi Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; www.saudiaramco.com) and Saudi Arabian Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; www.sabic.com) have awarded Wood plc (Aberdeen, Scotland; www.woodgroup.com) a contract for project management and front-end engineering design (FEED) for the partners’ fully integrated, strategic…
Suez begins construction of biomethane injection plant in Marseille
SUEZ (Paris, France; www.suez-environnement.fr), through its subsidiary SERAMM in Marseille (France), officially began the construction of a biomethane production and injection plant, produced from wastewater treatment processes. The Aix-Marseille-Provence metropolitan area, SUEZ, the French Water Agency, the French Environment and…
Alfa Laval to begin producing heat exchangers at new production unit in Virginia
To strengthen the company’s position in the North American market, Alfa Laval AB (Lund, Sweden; www.alfalaval.com) has approved the establishment of a new production unit for brazed heat exchangers in Richmond, Virginia. The investment will support Alfa Laval’s global growth…
Axens wins contract for Refineria Isla modernization in Venezuela
Axens (Rueill-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) was recently awarded, by Refineria Isla, a contract to perform pre-FEED Engineering work to supply natural gas from Venezuela to Refineria Isla Curaçao B.V. in Curaçao. The project is part of the Refineria Isla modernization project.…
BASF forms joint company for battery materials
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has closed its agreement to form BASF Toda America LLC (BTA). As the next step in BASF’s business growth strategy for its battery materials business, the new entity will be majority owned and controlled by…