Tag: chemicals

UK: Jacobs to build refrigerant plant

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has been selected by INEOS Fluor to provide project management, construction management, engineering, and procurement services for the expansion of KLEA 125 (HFC 125 refrigerant) production at INEOS Fluor's Runcorn facility in England.

Minitainer tank

The Minitainer® tank from Tank Solutions has been introduced to revolutionise the way shippers are transporting and distributing liquid products.

BASF to increase Ultrason production

BASF is to increase the production capacity for its high-temperature Ultrason® polymer resin by 20% at its Ludwigshafen site by the end of 2004.

“Chemical Island” in Brazil

Eka Chemicals, Akzo Nobel's pulp and paper chemicals business unit, has secured a 15 year supply agreement for the delivery of chemicals to the new Veracel pulp mill at Eunápolis in the state of Bahia, Brazil.

Improved stainless welding

Esab has supplied equipment for welding stainless steel to a UK tanker manufacturer.

Battle against corrosion

As part of the annual conference of NACE International held in New Orleans, nine corrosion specialists recently presented their views on the technical challenges facing the global chemical process industry.

BASF increases production of Oppanol®

BASF is increasing capacity for the production of medium molecular weight polyisobutene, which is marketed by BASF under the trade name Oppanol®.

China: melamine plant

DSM Melamine and China National Offshore Oil Corp. Chemical Ltd (CNOOCC) have signed a letter of intent to study jointly the feasibility of building a new melamine plant on Hainan Island, China.

South Africa: polypropylene plant

Technip has been awarded by Sasol a contract worth EUR 47 million for a large-capacity polypropylene plant to be built at Secunda, 150km SE of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Clyde Materials Handling

A speciality chemical company approached Clyde Materials Handling when it required a bespoke valve to be used in the production of monomer – a compound used in water treatment.