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Honeywell to supply Qatar project

The Industrial Control (IC) business of Honeywell has won contracts totalling more than USD 10 million for the Q-Chem project in Qatar.

Duplex board mill for UAE

The Queenex group has chosen LG Electrical to manage the engineering for its USD 100 million greenfield duplex board mill.

Technip to build hydrogen plant in Germany

The German company PCK Raffinerie GmbH has recently awarded Technip a contract for the design and construction of a new hydrogen plant to be located within its refinery at Schwedt, about 120km NE of Berlin.

AVID supporter of technology

Tyco Valves & Controls have introduced the Tyco AVID range, a range of control accessories designed to complement the valves and actuators manufactured and marketed by the company.

Sinter machine to China

Kvaerner PLC has been selected by Daqing Petroleum Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corporation, to provide a GBP 2 million lump sum contract for a sinter machine.

Venezuela to invest in natural gas

Venezuela's state-owned PDVSA will invest over USD 700 million in natural gas exploitation projects in 2001.

Finnish paper coating binder plant

BASF Oy (Finland), Ludwigshafen, has awarded a lump sum turnkey contract to a consortium, made up of Technip and Rintekno, for the design and construction of a paper coating binder production plant at Hamina, Finland.

Singapore pharmaceutical plant

Schering-Plough has picked Jacobs Lend Lease, the Singapore-based Jacobs-Bovis Lend Lease venture, to build a new USD 100 million biotech plant.

Parker acquires Ives Valves

Parker Instrumentation has acquired Ives Valves, an international manufacturer of industrial flow control technology.

Bestobell stainless valves

Bestobell FCx has broken into the markets of Liquefied Natural and Petroleum Gas transportation and storage.