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thyssenkrupp receives major order for new chemical complex in Hungary

thyssenkrupp’s Industrial Solutions business area (Dortmund, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com) has received a major order to build a new integrated chemical complex in Hungary. The customer for the project is the MOL Group (Budapest; www.mol.hu), a leading international oil and gas company…

Air Products to build world-scale liquid H2 plant at its La Porte facility

Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) plans to build a new liquid hydrogen plant at its La Porte, Texas industrial gas facility to meet increasing product demand from several customer markets. The liquid hydrogen plant will produce approximately 30 ton/d,…

KBR’s nitric acid technology chosen for Kemerovo Azot plant in Russia

KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced that it has been awarded a license, engineering and proprietary equipment contract for KBR Weatherly's Nitric Acid technology by Kemerovo Azot JSC. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide technology licensing and basic…

UCC Shchekinoazot launches methanol and ammonia co-production plant licensed by Haldor Topsoe

United Chemical Company Shchekinoazot (UCC) inaugurated a methanol and ammonia co-production plant with technology licensed by Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) on September 7, 2018. The new plant can produce 450,000 tons of methanol and 135,000 tons of ammonia…

Chiyoda and Kiewit awarded EPC contract for proposed Gulf Coast ethylene plant

Chiyoda Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.chiyodacorp.com) announced that the joint venture between Chiyoda International Corp., a U.S.-based wholly owned subsidiary of Chiyoda, and Kiewit Energy Group Inc. has been awarded a lump-sum EPC contract to construct the olefins portion of a…

Eastman completes polyvinyl butyral expansion in Suzhou

Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.; www.eastman.com) announced completion of the expansion of production capabilities at its Saflex polyvinyl butyral (PVB) facility in Suzhou, China. This investment demonstrates Eastman’s continued commitment to the glass glazing industry and is a proactive response…

Air Products to expand gas supply to Samsung’s Giheung semiconductor fab

Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) announced it has been awarded by Samsung Electronics additional gaseous nitrogen and hydrogen supply to its semiconductor fab in Giheung, South Korea. Air Products, who has been supplying industrial gases to Samsung Electronics' Giheung…

Wison wins EPC contract for sulfur recovery project at Adnoc’s Ruwais refinery

Wison Engineering Services Co. Ltd. (Shanghai, China; www.wison.com) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Wison Energy Engineering (Hong Kong) Limited - Abu Dhabi was recently awarded an Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Commissioning and Start-Up (EPC) Works Project, to improve sulfur recovery…

Thermo Fisher to acquire bioprocessing business from BD

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Waltham, Mass.; www.thermofisher.com) has signed a definitive agreement with BD (Becton, Dickinson and Co.), a leading medical technology company, under which Thermo Fisher will acquire BD's Advanced Bioprocessing business. This business combines a strong technical services…

AkzoNobel and Photanol to build photosynthesis demonstration plant in Delfzijl

A demonstration plant for a groundbreaking technology to produce chemicals from sunlight will be built at Delfzijl, the Netherlands by AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) and partner firm Photanol BV. The companies formed a partnership in 2014 to…