Bayer in China
Bayer MaterialScience will invest EUR 2.1 billion worldwide by 2006 to modernise and expand its plants and facilities.
USA: paper upgrade
Kadant Black Clawson Inc., a subsidiary of Kadant Inc., has received an order from Inland Empire Paper Company, Spokane, Washington, for a Liquid Cyclone™ cleaner and a SansGrit™ sand and grit separator.
India: power plant in Tripura
India's ONGC has finalised a plan to set up its first power plant in Tripura.
Contract signed for Ormen Lange
Norsk Hydro and Aker Kværner have signed the main installation contract for the Ormen Lange onshore plant on the NW coast of Norway.
Netherlands: gas storage planned
Dutch utility Essent is planning to turn three depleted gas fields at Waalwijk in the south of the Netherlands into a 600-800 million cubic metres gas storage facility.