Fluor announced that Stork, part of the company’s Diversified Services segment, was awarded a construction contract by BYK USA for its new Garamite additives process unit at its manufacturing plant in Gonzales, Texas.

Vogelsang will be showcasing rotary lobe pumps for demanding applications across a wide variety of industries at Achema. The company’s main highlight of the show is the IQ and VX pump series.

Chemicals distributor Brenntag has a new Indian head–office in Mumbai. The company expects India to become a future key–market for chemicals, CEO Steven Holland explained.

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Data collected and tabulated by the American Chemistry Council (ACC) show that the global chemical industry continued on a good note as the second quarter progressed.

Clariant hosted a Grand Opening Event for their new facilities based in Clinton, Oklahoma. The site is a strategic location to support the growing oil and gas industry within the Mid-Continental (Mid-Con) region with a focus on the Stack and Scoop, the company announced.

Akzo Nobel Specialty Chemicals announced that it will upgrade its Rotterdam chlor-alkali plant to strengthen development of the local industrial cluster.

Thyssen Krupp has been awarded a contract to perform a feasibility study for a new green hydrogen project by the Australian hydrogen infrastructure company Hydrogen Utility (H2U). As part of the project, a 30 MW water electrolysis plant as well as a facility for sustainable ammonia production are planned to be constructed near Port Lincoln in South Australia.

Under the contract, Samsung Engineering will construct a polyolefins project in Vietnam for Long Son Petrochemicals. The engineering firm will also deliver a High-density polyethylene plant with a 450 KTPA capacity along with a PP plant with a capacity of 400 KTPA for the project.

Claimed to be the biggest investment by the company, the new project will be the maiden cracker project to be built in Europe since the past two decades. The project is expected to bring US shale gas to Europe and ensure a steady future for European chemical plants.