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Shaw renews contract with Albemarle for engineering work at US specialty chemical sites

The Shaw Group said on Wednesday that it renewed a contract with Albemarle to provide maintenance, engineering, construction, reliability, operations and other labor services at Albemarle's specialty chemicals manufacturing locations in Arkansas, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Texas.

Albemarle acquires biodiesel catalyst firm Catilin

US specialty chemicals firm Albemarle has expanded its presence in the biofuels market by acquiring Catilin, a technology leader in the development and application of heterogeneous biodiesel catalysis.

PPG to acquire Danish coatings firm Dyrup

PPG Industries said it signed a share purchase agreement to acquire Dyrup A/S, a European coatings company based in Copenhagen, Denmark, from public holding company Monberg & Thorsen. The total transaction value, including assumed debt, is around €135mn ($200mn).

Clariant closes on acquisition of German catalysts company Süd-Chemie

Global specialty chemicals producer Clariant has completed the purchase of 96.15% of the shares in Germany-based catalysts firm Süd-Chemie from One Equity Partners and family shareholders.

Gulf Chemical obtains environmental management certification at plant in Freeport, Texas

Gulf Chemical & Metallurgical Corp. (GCMC), the world’s largest recycler of spent petroleum refinery catalysts, today announced that it has obtained International Organization for Standardization 14001 (ISO 14001:2004) certification, the global standard for environmental management systems.

Momentive to sell North America composites, coatings business to European investment group

Momentive Specialty Chemicals will sell its North American composites and coating resins business to PCCR USA, a subsidiary of Investindustrial, the companies announced on Monday.

Accurate feedstock selection and planning are critical to profitability

Honeywell Hi-Spec Solutions: Adams, D. J.
Maruzen Petrochemical: Funahashi, K.  |  Kobayashi, H.
Yamatake: Saiki, K.  |  Suzuki, M.

Linear programming plays a vital role for ethylene producer

Improve evaluations for your industrial gas needs

Linde Engineering North America, Inc.: Shahani, G.
Linde Engineering: Koehler, R.

Petrochemical and refining complexes are significant consumers of industrial gases; here are some tips in planning process-gas needs

HP Construction: Inauguration of the Ras Laffan Olefins Co. (RLOC) Cracker, Qatar

A joint venture between Qapco1 (63.63%), Total Petrochemicals France (36.36%) and QP (Qatar Petroleum)2 (0.01%) was established in June 2002 to implement the Qatofin project. This project includes participation in one of the world’s largest ethane crackers in Ras Laffan, a linear-low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) plant in Mesaiseed and the related ethylene pipeline linking both sites.

Innovation drives new catalyst developments

The Shaw Group: Letzsch, W.

Future challenges in environment and product specifications involve more sophisticated catalyst systems