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Integrating organic solar panels onto concrete building facades
Heliatek GmbH (Dresden, Germany; www.heliatek.com), a global leader in high-end solar photovoltaic (PV) technology, has signed a joint development agreement with Reckli GmbH (Herne, Germany; www.reckli.de), a world leader in the manufacture of elastic molds for concrete building facades. This…
Outotec to provide concentrator technology for slag-treatment project in Chile
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has signed a contract with Chilean Codelco, the leading copper producer in the world, for the delivery of concentration technology for a slag treatment plant to be located in connection with the Potrerillos copper smelter…
KBR awarded VCC license and basic-engineering package for a refinery in Russia
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) was awarded a contract by TAIF Group to provide licensing and engineering services for the Veba Combi Cracker (VCC) to be implemented at the Nizhnikamsk petroleum refinery in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. Under the terms of…
Jacobs receives four contracts from Arkema to support PVC projects in China
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) says that it is executing four contracts from Arkema France for basic engineering services to support the provision of Arkema's proprietary suspension and emulsion technology to four of its clients in China. Officials…
Fluor awarded biofuels demonstration plant by Joule Unlimited
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract by Joule Unlimited, Inc. (Bedford, Mass. www.jouleunlimited.com), to design and build a biofuels demonstration facility in New Mexico. Fluor booked the undisclosed contract value in…
Linde Engineering Dresden purchases Choren’s Carbo-V-Technology
Linde Engineering Dresden GmbH (www.linde.com) has acquired the Carbo-V Technology of the insolvent Choren Industries GmbH (Freiberg, Germany) from the insolvency administrator Dr. Bruno M. Kübler. The Carbo-V Technology (for flowsheet, see Chem. Eng., August 2003, p. 16; www.chemengonline.com/articles/2003/NewsChem/NewsChem08012003_14.html) constitutes…
Air Liquide invests in new ASU in South Africa
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) has signed a major long-term contract with Evraz Highveld Steel and Vanadium, the second-largest steel producer in South Africa. Air liquide is investing around €40 million in a new air separation unit (ASU), with a…
Toyo invests in Indonesian engineering company
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp) has acquired 47% of shares of a major engineering company, PT. Inti Karya Persada Teknik (IKPT; Jakarta, Indonesia; www.ikpt.com). IKPT, an engineering company founded in 1982, has a lot of experience in engineering,…
B&W to supply environmental control technology for Colorado power plant
The Babcock & Wilcox Co. (B&W; Charlotte, N.C.; www.babcock.com) says that its subsidiary, Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG), has been awarded a contract to design and supply two spray dry absorber (SDA) units and associated equipment…
Praxair sell advanced components business to FM Industries
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has executed a definitive agreement by which Praxair sold its advanced components business to FM Industries, Inc. (Fremont, Calif.). FM Industries is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NGK Insulators of Japan. Terms of the transaction were…