Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com), has started building a catalyst manufacturing plant, for producing precious-metal powder catalysts, in Shanghai, China. The plant will start operation in the fourth quarter of 2009. Precious-metal powder catalysts are used in the synthesis…
Lurgi GmbH (Frankfurt, Germany; www.lurgi.com) a company of Air Liquide S.A. (Paris, France), today announced that, in November, it received a contract from CNOOC Energy Technology & Services Ltd., a subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Co., to build a…
AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, The Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) has agreed to acquire a 75/25 majority interest in its Kayaku Akzo Co. Ltd (KAC) joint venture with Nippon Kayaku. KAC has been a 50/50 joint venture between the two companies for nearly 40 years.…
Dow Corning Corp. (Midland, Mich.; www.dowcorning.com) announced several billion dollars of investment to provide critical materials to the fast-growing solar technology industry. Dow Corning will begin manufacturing high-purity monosilane, a key specialty gas used to manufacture thin-film solar cells and liquid…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen; www.evonik.com) and Daimler AG (Stuttgart, both Germany; www.daimler.com) are developing the energy storage of the future. Based on lithium-ion technology from Evonik and with Daimler expertise, both groups will drive forward the research, development and production…
The expansion of worldwide production capacity for thermoplastic methacrylic resins at Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is proceeding according to schedule. At Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in China, the company is currently completing the technical equipment that will be…
Ineos Technologies Ltd. (Jersey, U.K.; www.ineostechnologies.com) has signed two Ineos polyethylene (PE) technology licenses with newly formed Polimérica S.A., a joint venture between Pequiven and Braskem. These plants will form part of Polimérica’s cracker and derivatives complex in José, Venezuela. …
KBR (Houston, Tex.; www.kbr.com) has been awarded two contracts by Sasol Technology (Pty) Ltd., to provide, respectively, engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCm) services, and basic engineering services for two of its petrochemical projects in Sasolburg, South Africa. The contracts…
Siemens Energy (Erlangen, Germany; www.siemens.com/energy) has been awarded an order to supply the largest ever fully solar-powered steam turbine-generator set for the first commercial solar-tower power plant project to break ground in the U.S. The purchaser is BrightSource Energy, Inc.,…
Arnhem/The Hague, 8 December 2008, Essent Business Development B.V. (Essent) and Shell Gas & Power Developments B.V. (Shell; The Hague; www.shell.com) agreed to study the feasibility of a 1,000-megawatt, low-CO2 power plant. Most of the CO2 produced by the plant…