Keyword: Plant Construction

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DSM Upgrades US Waterborne Coatings Facility

05.02.2015 - DSM is investing an undisclosed "substantial" sum to upgrade its production facilities for waterborne resins for inks and coatings at Wilmington, Massachusetts in the US. The Dutch...

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Arkema Starts up Thiochemicals Platform in Malaysia

03.02.2015 - French chemical producer Arkema has started up its new €200 million thiochemicals platform at Kerteh, Malaysia. The business produces methyl mercaptan for use as a synthesis...

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Air Products Tapped for Louisiana LNG Terminal

01.02.2015 - US industrial gases producer Air Products has won a contract to supply its proprietary LNG technology, equipment, and related process license for three production trains of the...

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BASF to Expand Global PVP Output

23.01.2015 - BASF will invest up to €56 million in the expansion of its polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) value chain to as much as 6,000 t/y over the next four years through revamping of existing...

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Jacobs Engineering Wins BP Contract for Geel Upgrade

09.01.2015 - Jacobs Engineering Group has received a contract from BP Chembel for basic and detailed engineering services to upgrade that company's production facilities at Geel, Belgium. BP...

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Shell JV in Brazil Invests Heavily in Ethanol

07.01.2015 - Raízen, a joint venture of oil and petrochemicals group Shell with Brazil's Cosan, will spend nearly $1 billion on building eight second generation bioethanol plants for the...

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Petronas to Use LyondellBasell PP Technology

23.12.2014 - Malaysian national oil and gas giant Petronas has chosen LyondellBasell's technology for its 900,000 t/y polypropylene plant scheduled for mechanical completion in July 2018...

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BASF Builds new Chemical Catalyst Plant at Shanghai

11.12.2014 - To meet growing demand from China and Asia-Pacific generally, BASF is building its first world-scale chemical catalysts production facility in the region. The plant at the German...