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Nano-engineered glass absorbs organic contaminants and serves as a nanoreactor
An organosilica material with unique structural properties due to its nanoscale architecture has been used to extract hydrocarbons and other organic contaminants from water. Marketed as Osorb by ABS Materials Inc. (Wooster, Ohio; www.absmaterials.com), the nanostructured glass represents a platform…
AkzoNobel invests €80 million to supply new Suzano pulp mill in Brazil
AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) is planning to invest €80 million in the construction of a new pulp Chemical Island facility in Brazil. The plant, operated by the company's Pulp and Paper Chemicals business, Eka Chemicals, will supply the Suzano…
Heavy-metal removal process joins advantages of two existing technologies
A newly demonstrated system for removing trace levels of heavy metals from water combines the positive traits of two existing technologies — chemical precipitation and electrowinning — while avoiding drawbacks of each. An engineering team at Brown University (Providence, R.I.;…
ThyssenKrupp and Outokumpu to combine their stainless-steel businesses to create a new global leader
ThyssenKrupp AG (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp.com) and Outokumpu Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outokumpu.com) today announced the combination of Outokumpu with Inoxum, the stainless steel unit of ThyssenKrupp, to create a new global leader in stainless steel. Agreements to this effect have been…
Slash energy consumption with this microwave-heated mixing system
A microwave vessel heating system — said to be the first commercial, industrial-scale system of its kind — has been developed by Marion Mixers (Marion; www.marionmixers.com) in partnership with AMTek Microwave (Cedar Rapids, both Iowa; www.4amtek.com) with patent pending technology…
Demonstration for integrated production of bioethanol
Oji Paper Co. (OJI; www.ojipaper.co.jp), in collaboration with Nippon Steel Engineering Co. (www.nsc-eng.co.jp) and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST; all Tokyo, Japan; www.aist.go.jp), has started pilot testing of a new, integrated process for making cellulose-based…
B&W awarded $75-million environmental construction contract for Indiana power plant
The Babcock & Wilcox Co. (B&W; Charlotte, N.C.; www.babcock.com) says that its subsidiary Babcock & Wilcox Construction Co., Inc. (BWCC) has been awarded a contract worth more than $75 million to provide construction services for the installation of environmental equipment…
Major expansion and upgrade project at Samsung Total Petrochemicals’ complex in Daesan
Total S.A. (Paris, France; www.total.com) is consolidating its positions in petrochemicals in Asia with a new expansion and upgrading project for the Daesan complex in South Korea, which the Group owns with Samsung as part of the Samsung Total Petrochemicals…
Eastman to acquire Solutia
Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.; www.eastman.com) and Solutia Inc. (St. Louis, Mo.; www.solutia.com) have entered into a definitive agreement, under which Eastman will acquire Solutia, a leader in performance materials and specialty chemicals. Under the terms of the agreement, Solutia…
UOP technology selected for petroleum-refinery expansion in Pakistan
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, says that its new process technology designed to help petroleum refiners get more high-value product from each barrel of crude oil has been selected by National Refinery Limited (NRL) to maximize…