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Trinseo has signed a definitive agreement with The Dow Chemical Company to acquire latex production facilities and related infrastructure at Rheinmünster, Germany. Consideration for the transaction is approximately $ 44.9 million in the form of assumed pension liabilities for transferred employees.

Evonik is reorganizing its business for high-performance polymers within the polyamide group. The specialty chemicals company has already begun construction of a new polyamide 12 (PA 12) facility complex and is expanding its production of transparent polyamides at the Marl Chemical Park. As part of the reorganization process, the company will withdraw entirely from the polyphthalamide (PPA) business at the Witten site.

Although oil production has reached historic levels, the gradual shift in the fuel mix affects the global energy bill: New and alternative energies as well as unconventional natural gas (shale gas) drive the transition away from oil and coal. With Venezuela and Mexico, two Latin American states made their way into the global oil producer's top–ten. Still, the OPEC states look optimistically into the future...

Foster Wheeler's Global Engineering and Construction subsidiary provides a new Terrace Wall steam reformer heater for a refinery project in Kazakhstan. The proprietary Terrace Wall technology combines high flexibility with long catalysts life, the company states.

Praxair has started up a hydrogen facility that will recover by-product streams from The Dow Chemical Company’s Freeport, Texas operations.

Akzo Nobel, oil and gas tanker operator Barrier Group and Drone Ops cooperate in the development of a drone capable of remotely inspecting enclosed spaces and ballast water tanks.

Dwyer Instruments has announced the release of additional ranges for the differential pressure transmitter, Series 629 HLP. The Series is ideal for monitoring differential pressure in applications such as: air handlers, heat exchangers, chillers, and hydraulic systems, states Dwyer Instruments.

The new FS10i Flow Meter Series from Fluid Components International (FCI) is claimed to be the only SIL-2 (Safety integrity level) rated thermal flow meters in their class. The Flow Meter Series boasts of numerous advantages which helps in the accurate measurement of air, compressed air and natural gas across industrial and commercial plant operations. Thus, improving productivity and quality while reducing energy and other costs at the same time.

The plant will be responsible for manufacturing Lucant, a hydrocarbon-based synthetic fluid which is used mainly as a viscosity modifier. The new investment will enable Mitsui and its strategic partner, Lubrizol Additives Segment to meet the growing demands of the lubricant market.