KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced that it has been awarded a contract to supply proprietary equipment to Southern Petrochemical Industries Corporation Ltd. India for its plant located in Thoothukudi in the State of Tamil Nadu. Under the contract, KBR will…
The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.the-linde-group.com) and PBF Energy have jointly announcd that the companies broke ground yesterday for a new hydrogen plant that is being built in Delaware City, Del., in partnership with PBF subsidiary Delaware City Refining Company…
AVEVA (Cambridge, U.K.; www.aveva.com) announced that KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) has signed a multi-phase agreement wherein AVEVA will contribute to KBR’s digital transformation, which will help to deliver significant cost savings and to provide service excellence to their clients. This agreement…
Perstorp (Malmö, Sweden; www.perstorp.com) has increased production capacity of di-pentaerythritol (Di-Penta) by 40%. This is a result of improved efficiency and debottlenecking at all Di-Penta producing sites. Di-Penta is used in a vast number of applications such as UV cured…
Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.; www.eastman.com) has completed a new isobutyric acid manufacturing facility at its Kingsport, Tennessee site, and expects production to begin within the next few weeks. The new facility, when added to the Longview, Texas site isobutyric…
GE Healthcare (www.gehealthcare.com) announced the opening of a biotechnology manufacturing center at the Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst (SBC) Open Innovation Campus, in Stevenage, U.K. (photo). In the first half of 2019, the center will start producing a fiber-based purification platform, which…
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; Tokyo; www.sdk.co.jp) has agreed to transfer its business sector that conducts research and development on rare earth magnetic alloys to TDK Corp. (TDK) around the end of January 2019. SDK and TDK concluded a transfer contract…
The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) today announced the opening of a new world-class polyol plant for rigid polyurethane foam in Rayong, Thailand. The facility increases the company’s capacity to offer high-quality insulation materials and solutions with reliable, energy-efficient…
HOYER Group’s (Hamburg, Germany; www.hoyer-group.com) Supply Chain Solutions (SCS) business line’s construction project on the Chempark site in Dormagen, Germany officially started with a groundbreaking ceremony on 16 November 2018. The HOYER Group is investing around €8 million to develop…
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) will build the first world-scale liquid hydrogen production unit dedicated to the hydrogen energy markets, located in the Western U.S., and has signed a longterm agreement with FirstElement Fuel Inc (FEF), a leader in retail hydrogen…