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RWL Water forms Mexican JV
market prospects 10 000 m3 per day unit will come on stream early in 2017, doubling the capacity of the existing plant. Changshu Sino French will also be responsible for the management and operation of both units for 30 years. The station will treat effluents from 55 industrial customers in the complex and the 20 000 households in the growing Fushan residential zone. The CAMIP is located 80 km from Shanghai.
TORAYFIL UF membranes in 2016. The Bangkok water purification plant, which is expected to start operating in 2017, will have a processing capacity of 110 000 m3 of water per day and will supply tap water to Bangkok. It will be built and operated by TTW Public Co Ltd and will treat water from the Tachin River, a tributary of the Chao Phraya River. Thailand’s Goshu Kosan Co Ltd is in charge of the process design and system development.
Veolia to improve water supply and sanitation in Zambia
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eolia Water Technologies and Krüger A/S are to rehabilitate and expand Kafubu Water and Sewerage Co’s (KWSC) water and wastewater infrastructures in northern Zambia’s Copperbelt mining region. The US$101.6 million contract is designed to improve the water and wastewater services in Ndola, Luanshya and Masaiti urban areas and strengthen KWSC’s capacity to operate the facilities in an efficient and sustainable way. The rehabilitation program comprises approximately 147 km of distribution networks for drinking water, as well as 21 groundwater wells, six raw water intake installations for surface water, six waterworks and 18 pumping stations. Nine wastewater treatment plants will be renovated and approximately 30 km of sewer networks will be upgraded. The 30 month project is expected to be completed by September 2017. The project is being funded by a loan granted by the Danish Government’s international development agency Danida Business Finance.
Toray secures TORAYFIL membrane order in Thailand
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oray Industries Inc is to supply its TORAYFIL hollow fibre ultrafiltration (UF) membrane modules to what will be Southeast Asia’s largest membrane water filtration facility in Bangkok, Thailand. The Japanese company will deliver the
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WL Water and Mexican chemical treatment services company Química Apollo have set up a joint venture in Mexico. RWL Water Mexico will help industrial clients address their water and wastewater needs, secure their long-term water supply requirements, meet increasingly stringent environmental regulations, reduce their water footprint and optimise their cost base. The joint venture brings together Química Apollo’s chemical treatment expertise, market knowledge and service organisation, and RWL Water’s technology solutions portfolio and global references. “We are very excited to work with Química Apollo in Mexico to provide the best possible solutions to the industry,” said Henry Charrabé, RWL Water president and CEO. “Both companies are very complementary, and strong innovators. The right combination of technology and chemistry supported by an expert and extensive network of technicians will ensure that the best possible solution is proposed to our industrial customers.” “We have been working with RWL Water for some time now,” said Constantin Galanis, Química Apollo’s president and CEO. “I am confident that our joint venture is the best possible response to Mexico’s growing water and wastewater needs.”
DowDuPont, which will have a market capitalisation of approximately US$130 billion, will subsequently be spun into three independent, publicly traded companies in agriculture, material science and specialty products. Dow shareholders will receive a fixed exchange ratio of 1.00 share of DowDuPont for each Dow share, and DuPont shareholders will receive a fixed exchange ratio of 1.282 shares in DowDuPont for each DuPont share. Dow and DuPont shareholders will each own approximately 50% of the combined company. The merger transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2016. The spin-offs would take place about 18–24 months after the merger closes. The Agriculture company will bring together DuPont’s and Dow’s seed and crop protection businesses. The Material Science company will include DuPont’s Performance Materials segment, as well as Dow’s Performance Plastics, Performance Materials and Chemicals, Infrastructure Solutions, and Consumer Solutions (excluding the Dow Electronic Materials business) operating segments. The Specialty Products company will unite DuPont’s Nutrition & Health, Industrial Biosciences, Safety & Protection and Electronics & Communications, as well as the Dow Electronic Materials business.
Jacobs awarded EPCM contract for Indian paint plant
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sian Paints Ltd has selected Jacobs Engineering Group Inc to undertake engineering services for a greenfield paint plant in India. Under the 37-month contract, Jacobs will provide detailed engineering and construction supervision services for the plant. The new paint plant is expected to produce 300 000 kilolitres per annum of decorative paints.
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DuPont and Dow announce US$130bn merger
Shell to increase AO production at Geismar plant
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uPont and The Dow Chemical Co are to combine in an all-stock merger of equals.
hell Chemical LP is to construct a fourth alpha olefins (AO) unit at its chemical manufacturing site in
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TORAYFIL UF membranes in 2016. The Bangkok water purification plant, which is expected to start operating in 2017, will have a processing capacity of 110 000 m3 of water per day and will supply tap water to Bangkok. It will be built and operated by TTW Public Co Ltd and will treat water from the Tachin River, a tributary of the Chao Phraya River. Thailand’s Goshu Kosan Co Ltd is in charge of the process design and system development.
Veolia to improve water supply and sanitation in Zambia
RWL Water forms Mexican JV
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eolia Water Technologies and Krüger A/S are to rehabilitate and expand Kafubu Water and Sewerage Co’s (KWSC) water and wastewater infrastructures in northern Zambia’s Copperbelt mining region. The US$101.6 million contract is designed to improve the water and wastewater services in Ndola, Luanshya and Masaiti urban areas and strengthen KWSC’s capacity to operate the facilities in an efficient and sustainable way. The rehabilitation program comprises approximately 147 km of distribution networks for drinking water, as well as 21 groundwater wells, six raw water intake installations for surface water, six waterworks and 18 pumping stations. Nine wastewater treatment plants will be renovated and approximately 30 km of sewer networks will be upgraded. The 30 month project is expected to be completed by September 2017. The project is being funded by a loan granted by the Danish Government’s international development agency Danida Business Finance.
Toray secures TORAYFIL membrane order in Thailand
T
oray Industries Inc is to supply its TORAYFIL hollow fibre ultrafiltration (UF) membrane modules to what will be Southeast Asia’s largest membrane water filtration facility in Bangkok, Thailand. The Japanese company will deliver the
December 2015
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WL Water and Mexican chemical treatment services company Química Apollo have set up a joint venture in Mexico. RWL Water Mexico will help industrial clients address their water and wastewater needs, secure their long-term water supply requirements, meet increasingly stringent environmental regulations, reduce their water footprint and optimise their cost base. The joint venture brings together Química Apollo’s chemical treatment expertise, market knowledge and service organisation, and RWL Water’s technology solutions portfolio and global references. “We are very excited to work with Química Apollo in Mexico to provide the best possible solutions to the industry,” said Henry Charrabé, RWL Water president and CEO. “Both companies are very complementary, and strong innovators. The right combination of technology and chemistry supported by an expert and extensive network of technicians will ensure that the best possible solution is proposed to our industrial customers.” “We have been working with RWL Water for some time now,” said Constantin Galanis, Química Apollo’s president and CEO. “I am confident that our joint venture is the best possible response to Mexico’s growing water and wastewater needs.”
DowDuPont, which will have a market capitalisation of approximately US$130 billion, will subsequently be spun into three independent, publicly traded companies in agriculture, material science and specialty products. Dow shareholders will receive a fixed exchange ratio of 1.00 share of DowDuPont for each Dow share, and DuPont shareholders will receive a fixed exchange ratio of 1.282 shares in DowDuPont for each DuPont share. Dow and DuPont shareholders will each own approximately 50% of the combined company. The merger transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2016. The spin-offs would take place about 18–24 months after the merger closes. The Agriculture company will bring together DuPont’s and Dow’s seed and crop protection businesses. The Material Science company will include DuPont’s Performance Materials segment, as well as Dow’s Performance Plastics, Performance Materials and Chemicals, Infrastructure Solutions, and Consumer Solutions (excluding the Dow Electronic Materials business) operating segments. The Specialty Products company will unite DuPont’s Nutrition & Health, Industrial Biosciences, Safety & Protection and Electronics & Communications, as well as the Dow Electronic Materials business.
Jacobs awarded EPCM contract for Indian paint plant
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sian Paints Ltd has selected Jacobs Engineering Group Inc to undertake engineering services for a greenfield paint plant in India. Under the 37-month contract, Jacobs will provide detailed engineering and construction supervision services for the plant. The new paint plant is expected to produce 300 000 kilolitres per annum of decorative paints.
CHEMICALS
DuPont and Dow announce US$130bn merger
Shell to increase AO production at Geismar plant
D
S
uPont and The Dow Chemical Co are to combine in an all-stock merger of equals.
hell Chemical LP is to construct a fourth alpha olefins (AO) unit at its chemical manufacturing site in
Pump Industry Analyst
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