Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) announced an investment in excess of $100 million in its Geismar, Louisiana, facility to expand its carbon monoxide production and support growing customer demand in the Mississippi River corridor. The company will add a new,…
Amec Foster Wheeler plc. (London; U.K.; www.amecfw.com), announces the appointment of Dr. Jonathan (Jon) Lewis, as chief executive officer, with effect from 1 June 2016. On the same day Ian McHoul will cease to be interim CEO, and will remain…
On Wednesday, April 27, 2016, Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) will host a luncheon and inauguration ceremony to celebrate the upgrade and expansion of its world-scale industrial complex located in the Bayport Industrial District, just east of Houston, Texas. The…
To help meet new regulations governing wastewater treatment at Chinese coal-to-chemical plants, a facility in Yulin City will install GE’s (Trevose, Pa.; www.ge.com) advanced zero liquid discharge (ZLD) technology. GE’s ZLD evaporator and crystallizer system will eliminate liquid discharge of…
The Chemical Activity Barometer, a leading economic indicator created by the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com), expanded 0.6 percent in April, following a revised 0.1 percent increase in March and 0.2 percent decline in February. All data are…
SBS INTL Ltd. (London, U.K.; www.sbsintl.com) and Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.; www.bv.com) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development of commercial-scale tidal current projects in Indonesia. The MoU was facilitated by the recent BKPM trade…
thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com) has received a contract from HeidelbergCement AG to supply a new cement clinker production line. The 4,500-ton/d facility will be built at the Schelklingen plant in Baden-Württemberg as a replacement for an existing…
The U.S. Chemical Production Regional Index (U.S. CPRI) edged higher by 0.3% in March, following a 0.1% gain in February, and a 0.4% gain in January, according to the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report from the American Chemistry Council…
Solvay Engineering Plastics (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com), a world leader in polyamide-based performance materials, announces the creation of a dedicated part testing laboratory in Shanghai, China, to support the growth of its customers in the Asia region. Starting end of this…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has signed an agreement to sell its global Polyolefin Catalysts business to W.R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, Md.; www.grace.com). Currently, the Polyolefin Catalysts business is part of BASF’s Catalysts division. BASF and Grace intend to…