The Shaw Group Inc. (Baton Rouge, La.; www.shawgrp.com) says that its Energy & Chemicals Group has been selected by Sasol to provide basic engineering support for two Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) units. Shaw is providing the basic engineering package for the Fischer-Tropsch…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its catalysts-manufacturing facility in Nanjing, China, to Süd-Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.sud-chemie.com). The facility is independent from BASF’s main Verbund site in Nanjing. Both…
BASF Catalysts LLC (Iselin, N.J.; www.basf.com) has completed a significant debottlenecking and expansion project to meet the growing global demand for its current and new polypropylene catalysts. The increased capacity is specifically targeted for producing the company’s breakthrough LYNX polypropylene…
EDSA Micro Corp. (San Diego, Calif.; www.edsa.com), and OSIsoft, Inc. (San Leandro, Calif.; www.osisoft.com) have completed and validated the technical integration between EDSA’s Paladin power analytics platform, and OSIsoft’s PI System for high-performance data integration in a live customer environment.…
Today, SGL Group (Wiesbaden, Germany; www.sglgroup.com) announced commissioning of its integrated carbon and graphite plant in Banting, Malaysia. Operations will begin in modular form with the graphitization of semi-finished graphite electrodes and machining. By 2011, the site will be developed…
Brooks Instrument (Hatfield, Pa.; www.brooksinstrument.com), a flow measurement and control provider, has acquired Key Instruments, Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Key Instruments is a flowmeter manufacturer that offers precision-machined acrylic, molded-plastic, glass-tube and electronic flowmeters, as well…
Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX; Mexico City; www.pemex.com) Petroquímica Morelos has awarded GTC México (Queretaro;) an EPC contract to revamp its ethylene oxide plant. GTC was chosen based on proven solutions, plant operation reliability, and safety. As part of the agreement, GTC…
Sener Ingeniería y Sistemas, S.A. (Madrid, Spain; www.sener.es) has been awarded the supply contract for high accuracy two axes drives for the 2,650 heliostats in the Gemasolar central tower concentration solar energy plant that is being built in Seville, Spain.…
In order to give the AutomationML standard a formal basis, seven companies and institutes founded the AutomationML Organization as industrial consortium on April 8th, 2009, at the site of Zuhlke in Eschborn, Germany. Representatives of ABB, Daimler, Fraunhofer IITB, NetAllied…
Further to the announcement today that Viridor Laing (Greater Manchester) Limited has achieved financial close on the Private Finance Initiative waste and recycling contract with Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority, Ineos ChlorVinyls (www.ineos.com) is able to announce that it has…