A newly established Topsoe R&D subsidiary — Haldor Topsoe Science & Technology (Dalian) Co. — has entered a comprehensive collaboration agreement with Dalian Institute for Chemical Physics (DICP). Under the framework of this collaboration agreement Topsoe will select and…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) says its four air-separation-unit (ASU) trains built for Shaanxi Future Energy Chemical Co. in Yulin City, Shaanxi Province, China, have been brought fully onstream. The project, capable of producing 12,000 ton/d of oxygen…
Novasep (Lyon, France; www.novasep.com) is building a new synthesis laboratory and a “kilo lab” for its U.S. facility. This extension will allow Novasep to offer both chemistry and purification services. It will enable Novasep to produce the initial kilogram-scale…
Since January 2016, a reformed management structure takes care of further economic growth at Lewa-Nikkiso Group (Leonberg, Germany; www.lewa.de) and drives forward the integration of the newly arranged Industrial Division. This division consists of the LEWA group, Geveke NV,…
In order to give more importance to the sector Electrical Engineering and Automation and to strengthen it as independent technology, Haver & Boecker OHG (Oelde, Germany; www.haverboecker.com) has founded the company Haver Automation GmbH & Co. KG (Münster, Germany:…
Siemens AG (Munich, Germany; www.siemens.com) and CD-adapco (Melville, N.Y.; www.cd-adapco.com) have entered into a stock purchase agreement for the acquisition of CD-adapco by Siemens. The purchase price is $970 million. CD- adapco is a global engineering simulation company with…
Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.covestro.com) is expanding its production capacity for polycarbonate films at the Dormagen site. The company is investing roughly €20 million in the construction of a new coextrusion plant for high-quality, multilayer flat films, including the…
Amec Foster Wheeler (London, U.K.; www.amecfw.com) announces today the award of a contract to provide project development support and design engineering for an integrated 80,000 metric ton per year anhydrous ammonia production plant and electric power cogeneration facility, through…
Air Products’ (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) PRISM Membranes division in Saint Louis, Missouri, has received PED (Pressure Equipment Directive) certification for two new sizes of membrane separators for biogas upgrading applications. This certification, from DNV GL Business Assurance Italia…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) today announced that GE Aviation (www.ge.com/aviation) and Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc. (www.praxairsurfacetechnologies.com), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Praxair, Inc., have entered into a definitive agreement to form a joint venture (JV) for the development, support…