Contribution By Paroma Bhattacharya
September 27, 2018
Powertech Technology Inc, a semiconductor assembly, testing, and packaging company based in Taiwan, has reportedly made plans to build an advanced packaging fab by investing NT$50 billion in the coming five years. The advanced fab would be aimed at creating next-generation packaging technology, to meet …
AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals completes acquisition of Polinox
September 26, 2018
AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals, a leading provider specialty chemicals and cure systems has recently completed the takeover of Brazil’s Polinox SA, South America’s foremost producer of ketone peroxides. As per sources, the acquisition would expand AkzoNobel’s footprint in South America, furthering it as one of the region’s …
Oil and gas giant Total discovers major gas well offshore UK
September 24, 2018
French integrated oil and gas company, Total S.A. has recently made a significant gas discovery on the Glendronach prospect, located in the North Sea off coast of the Shetland islands, UK. As per sources, the preliminary tests done on the new gas discovery has confirmed …
Evonik Industries to expand silicon production facility at Geesthacht
September 23, 2018
Evonik Industries AG, the German industrial corporation recently announced an investment amounting to several million euros in the development of a multi-purpose facility at the Geesthacht location of the company. The facility is to be situated 30 km outside the city of Hamburg in North …
Solvay opens new U.K. plant to produce aerospace structural adhesives
September 23, 2018
Solvay S.A., the Belgian specialty chemicals company has officially announced the inauguration of its new production plant for aerospace structural adhesives and surfacing in U.K. The company website has confirmed that the plant was inaugurated on Thursday, 20 September at Wrexham, the largest town in …
Haldor Topsoe to support a $2.5 billion fertilizer plant in DR Congo
September 20, 2018
Haldor Topsoe, a Danish chemical catalyst manufacturing company has recently agreed to support the Republic of Congo to build a $2.5 billion fertilizer plant near the port city of Pointe Noire. As per trusted sources, the move would help the region diversify its dependency on …
Mammoet announces two new contracts with Samsung Engineering
September 20, 2018
Mammoet, a Dutch company specializing in engineered heavy lifting and transport, has reportedly signed two new agreements with Samsung Engineering (Thailand) Co Ltd regarding petrochemical projects. As per the contract, Mammoet would be providing transport and heavy lifting services within the confines of 2 petrochemical …
Henderson acquires HP Piping Solutions to expand service capabilities
September 19, 2018
Henderson Drilling Inc, a leader in the sales and service of capital drilling equipment and drilling rigs, has recently acquired Houston’s HP Piping Solutions, renowned for specializing in high specification/high pressure fabrication. As per trusted sources, the acquisition comes in an effort by Henderson to …