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April 2, 2013
UOP technology selected for petrochemicals complex in Brunei
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, announced today that its technology has been selected to produce key petrochemicals in a new complex in Brunei.    Brunei Hengyi Industries Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of China’s Zhejiang Hengyi Group Co., will use several UOP technologies to produce aromatics, which are key materials used in the production of polymers, plastics...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/UOP-technology-selected-for-petrochemicals-complex-in-Brunei_10403.html
April 2, 2013
KBR wins fabrication award for first Canadian oil-sands CCS project in Alberta
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced today that Shell Canada Energy has selected KBR to perform off-site modularization and pipe fabrication at their Edmonton Module Facility. This historic project will use Shell Quest Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technologies to reduce CO2 emissions at Shell’s Upgrader, which upgrades oil originating from Shell’s Athabasca Oil...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/KBR-wins-fabrication-award-for-first-Canadian-oil-sands-CCS-project-in-Alberta_10404.html
April 1, 2013
Toyo awarded PE-plant contract in Egypt
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp) has been jointly awarded with ENPPI, an engineering company under the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum, a contract to build a 400,000 ton/yr polyethylene (PE) plant as part of Ethydco's petrochemical complex to be established in Alexandria, the Arab Republic of Egypt, and owned by ETHYDCO, The Egyptian Ethylene and Derivatives Co. under the...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Toyo-awarded-PE-plant-contract-in-Egypt_10400.html
March 29, 2013
ACC leading indicator rises for 8th consecutive month
The chemical activity barometer (CAB), a macroeconomic leading indicator developed by the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com), rose in March on a three-month-moving-average (3MMA) basis. The March gain is the eighth consecutive...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/ACC-leading-indicator-rises-for-8th-consecutive-month_10399.html
March 28, 2013
Sinopec Sichuan Vinylon Works and Davy announce the acceptance of a methanol plant in China
China Petrochemical International Ltd. (Sinopec International), Sinopec Sichuan Vinylon Works (SVW) and Davy Process Technology (Davy; London, England; www.davyprotech.com), a wholly owned Johnson Matthey subsidiary, are pleased to announce the acceptance of a 771,000 metric ton (m.t.) per year methanol plant located in Changshou Chemical Garden, Chongqing, P.R. China. The Plant is the first Davy facility...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Sinopec-Sichuan-Vinylon-Works-and-Davy-announce-the-acceptance-of-a-methanol-plant-in-China_10398.html
March 27, 2013
ThyssenKrupp to build complete cement plant in Indonesia
ThyssenKrupp Polysius has won a contract from PT Holcim Indonesia Tbk., Jakarta, to build a second cement plant near the town of Tuban on the northern coast of the island of Java. The contract is worth around $250 million and the plant is scheduled to start production in 2015. “This follow-up order is proof of our good partnership with the customer and shows that our technological...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/ThyssenKrupp-to-build-complete-cement-plant-in-Indonesia_10390.html
March 26, 2013
Triple/S Dynamics releases a practical technical paper on screening
Triple/S Dynamics (Dallas, Tex.; www.sssdynamics.com) has released “Screening Theory and Practice,” now available for download at www.sssdynamics.com/resources/screening-theory. This 54-page technical paper, written by James F. Sullivan, former president and chairman of Triple/S Dynamics, distills his 55 years of experience in the design, development, manufacture and sale of bulk granular...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/TripleS-Dynamics-releases-a-practical-technical-paper-on-screening_10362.html
March 26, 2013
Markus Steilemann is appointed head of Bayer's Polycarbonates business unit
Bayer MaterialScience (Leverkusen, Germany; www.materialscience.bayer.com) has appointed Markus Steilemann as the new head of its Polycarbonates business unit. He succeeds Michael Koenig, who will join the Board of Management of Bayer AG on April 1, 2013. At the same time, Steilemann will become a member of the Executive Committee of Bayer...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Markus-Steilemann-is-appointed-head-of-Bayers-Polycarbonates-business-unit_10363.html
March 26, 2013
UOP PDH technology selected by Williams for propylene plant in Canada
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, says that its UOP C3 Oleflex process technology has been selected by Williams (Tulsa, Okla.) to produce propylene, a valuable petrochemical used in plastics production. The selection is the sixth win for Honeywell’s UOP Oleflex process technology in North America, as petrochemical producers move to produce propylene from propane found in...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/UOP-PDH-technology-selected-by-Williams-for-propylene-plant-in-Canada_10386.html
March 25, 2013
ICIG kicks off €53-million investment at PPC in Thann
PPC (Thann, France; www.ppchemicals.com), a company of WeylChem Group (Frankfurt am Main, Germany; www.weylchem.com), the fine chemicals platform of International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG; Luxembourg), has secured bank financing from Commerzbank for the conversion of the mercury electrolysis plant. The equity portion of the financing will be provided by ICIG. PPC will convert its production of...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/ICIG-kicks-off-&euro53-million-investment-at-PPC-in-Thann_10356.html
March 25, 2013
Uhde Inventa-Fischer commissions polyamide 6 plant for JSC Grodno Azot PTC Khimvolokno
Uhde Inventa-Fischer (Domat/Ems, Switzerland; www.uhde-inventa-fischer.com) and JSC Grodno Azot PTC Khimvolokno (Belarus) have successfully commissioned a plant for the production of polyamide 6. The multiline plant is located in Grodno, Western Belarus, has a capacity of 91,000 metric tons (m.t.) per year and replaces seven lines that have been closed down. The new plant has enabled the customer to almost...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Uhde-Inventa-Fischer-commissions-polyamide-6-plant-for-JSC-Grodno-Azot-PTC-Khimvolokno_10358.html
March 22, 2013
Outotec cooperates with Maschinenfabrik Köppern to expand its comminution products
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with Maschinenfabrik Köppern GmbH & Co. KG (Hattingen, Germany; www.koeppern.com) on cooperation in the manufacture and supply of Outotec branded comminution products as part of Outotec's process solutions. Köppern is a global leader in high-pressure grinding roll (HPGR) technology as well as a world leader for briquetting and...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Outotec-cooperates-with-Maschinenfabrik-Koppern-to-expand-its-comminution-products_10354.html
March 22, 2013
Chemical production in the U.S. rises in all regions, ACC says
The U.S. Chemical Production Regional Index (CPRI) rose 0.6% in February, following a revised 0.8% gain in January, according to the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). “Chemical production rose across all regions for the third consecutive month,” ACC said...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Chemical-production-in-the-U-S-rises-in-all-regions-ACC-says_10355.html
March 21, 2013
CB&I to acquire gasification technology from Phillips
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) says it has entered into an agreement with Phillips 66  to acquire the company’s E-Gas Technology business. The E-Gas solids-gasification technology is a commercially proven...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/CB-and-I-to-acquire-gasification-technology-from-Phillips_10353.html
March 19, 2013
AkzoNobel plans further investment in China
AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) says it intends to invest a further €65 million in China. The investment will be used to boost capacity and significantly improve operational excellence at AkzoNobel's Surface Chemistry manufacturing sites in Boxing and Ningbo. More than half the money is being invested in the company's facility in Shandong province, which was taken over as...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/AkzoNobel-plans-further-investment-in-China_10346.html
March 19, 2013
DSM acquires light-trapping technology for solar modules
Royal DSM (www.dsm.com), the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, today announces that it has acquired SolarExcel B.V. (Venray, the Netherlands). SolarExcel has developed a proprietary light-trapping technology that can significantly increase the efficiency of solar panels. With the acquisition DSM expands its growing portfolio of solar energy enabling technologies. Financial details of the...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/DSM-acquires-light-trapping-technology-for-solar-modules_10347.html
March 19, 2013
UOP’s C3 Oleflex process selected for propylene production in China
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, has been selected to provide technology to produce propylene in China. Fujian Meide Petrochemical Co. will use Honeywell’s UOP C3 Oleflex process technology to convert propane to propylene, a key ingredient in the production of materials such as films and packaging. It is the 12th Oleflex project UOP has announced since the beginning...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/UOPs-C3-Oleflex-process-selected-for-propylene-production-in-China_10352.html
March 18, 2013
Primozone and Ozone Water Systems: U.S. strategic partnership agreement
Primozone Production AB (Löddeköpinge, Sweden; www.primozone.com) and Ozone Water Systems, Inc. (OWS; Phoenix, Ariz.; www.ozonewatersystems.com), announced today that they have entered into a strategic partnership agreement for the U.S. Under the terms of the agreement, Ozone Water Systems, a leading global supplier of turnkey ozonation systems and services, will be responsible for sales, service...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Primozone-and-Ozone-Water-Systems-U-S-strategic-partnership-agreement_10342.html
March 18, 2013
OECD CLI shows diverging growth patterns, ACC report says
The composite leading indicator (CLI) for January 2013, the most recent available, released by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD; Paris, France; www.oecd.org) showed a divergent growth pattern in the world’s major economies, according to the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com)...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/OECD-CLI-shows-diverging-growth-patterns-ACC-report-says_10344.html
March 18, 2013
Toyo awarded synthetic resin project in Texas
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp) has been awarded a contract to construct a synthetic resin (ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer, EVOH)...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Toyo-awarded-synthetic-resin-project-in-Texas_10345.html
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