PetroLogistics ll LLC (Houston; www.petrologistics.com), a portfolio company of Quantum Energy Partners, announced that it has licensed Dow’s proprietary fluidized catalytic dehydrogenation (FCDh) technology and plans to construct a propane dehydrogenation (PDH) facility on the U.S. Gulf Coast that will…
Endress+Hauser AG (Reinach, Switzerland; www.endress.com) has expanded its center of competence for advanced analysis in Lyon, France. The Group invested €2 million in a new production facility and office space to meet the growing demand in the area of advanced…
IPCO Germany GmbH (former Sandvik Process Systems; Fellbach, Germany; www.ipco.com) has acquired Extruwork S.r.L. (Gerenzano VA, Italy), a manufacturer of extruder lines for powder paint. Core capabilities are within design, production, service and spare parts supply. Extruwork has high technical…
Asahi Kasei (Tokyo, Japan; www.asahi-kasei.co.jp) has decided to expand its plant for Lamous artificial suede in Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, by four million m2/yr, increasing the total production capacity to 14 million m2/yr upon completion in 2021. Dyed by Italian…
After four years of teamwork for project development and execution, the new PolyFuel unit at Petrobrazi petroleum refinery in Brazii de Sus, Romania, was started up and is fully functional since April 2019. Based on the PolyFuel technology licensed by…
The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) for May 2019 decreased from the previous month’s value. The decline is the third within the last four months. The lower value for the overall CEPCI…
SNC-Lavalin (Montreal, Canada; www.snclavalin.com) has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract from NEXA Resources for the Aripuanã polymetallic project in the state of Mato Grosso, in the Central-West of Brazil. SNC-Lavalin will deliver EPCM services for…
Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.nouryon.com) has doubled production capacity for dicumyl peroxide (DCP) at its site in Ningbo, China after completing a major expansion project. The plant is the largest of its kind in the world and can now produce…
W.R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, Md.; www.grace.com) has licensed its UNIPOL Polypropylene (PP) Process Technology to Nayara Energy. Located at the Vadinar Refinery in Gujarat, India, the new, world-scale capacity UNIPOL PP facility will utilize 450,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr)…
Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) will build a 10-kg/h methanol plant to demonstrate the company’s electrified and extremely compact eSMR Methanol technology for cost-competitive production of sustainable methanol from biogas. The eSMR Methanol technology exploits the full carbon potential…