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Interphex 2009 Show Preview

The world’s largest pharmaceutical conference and exhibition, Interphex, will be held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York from March 17 – 19, 2009. On the show floor, attendees will find equipment and solutions for drug manufacturing,…

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ADT awarded a contract to make diamond biosensors

Advanced Diamond Technologies Inc. (ADT; Romeoville, Ill.; www.thindiamond.com) announces it has been awarded the first phase of a three-year, $4.8-million contract from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA; www.dtra.mil) to develop diamond-based sensors for the realtime detection of water-based chemical…

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Progress in gas-to-products research

hte — the high throughput experimentation company (Heidelberg, Germany; www.hte-company.com) and BP Chemicals Ltd. (Sunbury on Thames,  U.K.; www.bp.com) celebrate the fourth consecutive year of a successful working relationship.   Over the past four years, hte has helped BP Chemicals…

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SulphCo commences full scale field trials in Europe

SulphCo Inc.(Houston, Tex.; www.suphco.com) a technology company with a patented ultrasound process designed to desulphurize crude oil, announced that commercial scale field trials with its European testing partner are scheduled to commence this week. These trials follow the successful completion…

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Saltigo expands without interrupting production

Saltigo GmbH (Langenfeld; www.saltigo.com) , a wholly owned subsidiary of specialty chemicals group Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, both Germany; www.lanxess.com), has demonstrated its wide-ranging expertise in the fields of synthesis optimization and process development. The global specialist for exclusive custom synthesis…

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Rotex Europe signs a contract with Tenova Takraf

At the end of 2008, Rotex Europe (Wavre, Belgium; www.rotex.com) has signed with Tenova Takraf Italy a contract for two machines Megatex XD. The new urea plant these two machines are dedicated to will be the largest single train ammonia-urea…

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Praxair awarded H2 contract by Dynamic Fuels

Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has been awarded a hydrogen supply contract from Dynamic Fuels, LLC, a joint venture between Tyson Foods, Inc. and Syntroleum Corp. Dynamic Fuels will use H2 supplied by Praxair to produce renewable fuels from non-food-grade…

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Dow/Süd-Chemie seek alternative routes to chemicals

The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich; www.dow.com) and Süd-Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.sud-chemie.com) today announced an agreement to research alternative routes to produce chemicals to help reduce dependence on traditional sources of oil and gas. The collaborative research aims to…

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GEA strengthens position in the freezing business

GEA Group AG (Bochum, Germany; www.geagroup.com) has further strengthened its Refrigeration Division through the acquisition of Eurotek Engineering Ltd, a leading engineering company in the food freezing equipment business headquartered in Norwich, U.K. In 2007, Eurotek generated sales of approximately…

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Sulzer Chemtech acquires Freeze Tec

Sulzer Chemtech Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland; www.sulzerchemtech.com) is pleased to announce the acquisition of Freeze Tec B.V. (Raamsdonksveer, Netherlands) as of January 1, 2009. Freeze Tec is specialized in the field of melt suspension crystallization for chemical and food applications with…