Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Power Group has been awarded a contract by ZE PAK S.A. for the design, supply and erection of a 55 MWe biomass-fired circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) boiler…
On September 4, Sulzer Chemtech Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland; www.sulzerchemtech.com) signed an agreement to acquire Manfred Preu Kolonnenservice (Moers, Germany). The purchase price is up to €2.5 million, depending on the future performance. Subject to the fulfillment of certain conditions, the…
0 0 0 Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has signed an agreement with Sodium Group Investments Ltd. to acquire its majority stake in OAO Bereznikovsky Sodovy Zavod and ZAO Berkhimprom. The agreed enterprise value for the stake amounts to about…
Heraeus Sensor Technology GmbH (HST; Kleinostheim, Germany; www.heraeus.com) has acquired DWM & Associates, Inc. (DWM; North Brunswick, N.J.), its former exclusive U.S. & Canadian distributor and representative since December 2002. The transaction was completed on September 1, 2009. DWM will…
0 0 0 Air Products, Inc. (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) has purchased a new steam methane reformer (SMR) hydrogen facility under construction in Corpus Christi, Texas, from MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. The facility, which will produce over 30 million standard…
0 0 0 Toyo Engineering Corp. (Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp) has been awarded a project for a 80,000 tons/year polycarbonate resin production facility that will be built by Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc. (www.mgc.co.jp) and Mitsubishi Engineering-Plastics Corp. (both Tokyo, Japan;…
0 0 0 Larox Corp. (Lappeenranta, Finland; www.larox.com) will establish a subsidiary in India with the aim of increasing the company’s market share in the growing Indian market. The new subsidiary will be responsible both for Larox’s aftermarket services and filter…
Last month, BP Corp. (London; www.bp.com) signed a joint-development agreement with Martek Biosciences Corp. (Columbia, Md.; www.martek.com) to work on the production of microbial oils for biofuels applications. The two companies aim to establish proof of concept for large-scale, cost-effective…
Pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals often incorporate a fluorine atom within their molecular structure to improve properties, such as keeping the body from metabolizing a drug too rapidly. However, adding a fluorine to an aromatic ring at a late stage of the…
Plant Watch Cement plant expansion in the Ukraine decreases environmental emissions August 20, 2009 — ABB Switzerland Ltd. (Zurich, Switzerland; www.abb.com) has won an order from international building materials group CRH to deliver electrical and automation equipment for Podilsky Cement’s…