Wison Engineering Services Co. (Shanghai; www.wison-engineering.com) announced delivery of the first batch of 28 modules (52 in total) as scheduled for the CPM02 Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE) Pipe Rack Modularization and Erection Project of Formosa Plastics Corp., U.S.A. (FPC) on January…
Emerson (St. Louis, Mo.; www.emerson.com) announced it has acquired ProSys Inc., a global supplier of software and services that increase production and safety for the chemical, oil and gas, pulp and paper, and refining industries. By building intuitive processes for…
BASF PETRONAS Chemicals (www.basf-petronas.com.my) has successfully concluded the startup of a new plant for the production of highly reactive polyisobutene (HR-PIB) with a total capacity of 50,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr), at its integrated site in Gebeng, Kuantan, Malaysia.…
On 1 February, Amy Hebert will join Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) as Deputy CEO and Executive Vice President (EVP), Chemicals. Ms. Hebert comes with broad experience having had top positions at global industry players such as Albemarle Corp,…
SunPower Corp. (www.sunpower.com), a majority-owned subsidiary of Total S.A. (Paris, France; www.total.com) announced that an 8-megawatt SunPower Oasis Power Plant was recently completed and is now operating at Total's La Mède petroleum refinery in Châteauneuf-les-Martigues, France. "Total Solar is proud…
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) officially opened its new masterbatch production site in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. The site is owned by Clariant Masterbatches Saudi Arabia, a joint venture between Clariant and Rowad, a leading plastic products manufacturer in the Middle East…
Hexagon PPM (Huntsville, Ala.; www.hexagonppm.com) announces the acquisition of Industrial Business Solutions, Inc. (IBS), a Utah-based owner and developer of ContinuumEdge software, a one-of-a-kind enterprise platform to enable digital project execution. IBS’ core product, ContinuumEdge (CE), is a cloud software…
Royal Dutch Shell plc (The Hague, the Netherlands; www.shell.com) and ITM Power will build the world’s largest hydrogen electrolysis plant at Rheinland refinery, Germany. With a peak capacity of 10 megawatts, the hydrogen will be used for the processing and…
The preliminary value for the November CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; most recent available) decreased compared to the previous month’s value, reversing an upward trend over the past four months. In addition, the final value for the October CEPCI was…
The American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) reported that U.S. specialty chemicals market volumes gained 0.9 percent in December, ending the year on a strong note. All changes in the data are reported on a three-month moving average (3MMA)…