BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has inaugurated its world-scale production complex for acrylic acid, butyl acrylate and superabsorbent polymers in Camaçari, Bahia, Brazil. These are the first plants for acrylic acid and superabsorbent polymers in South America. The complex…
Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions (Frankfurt, Germany; www. www.airliquide.com), the Engineering and Construction activity of Air Liquide Group, announces it has entered into a global technology licensing agreement with ExxonMobil Research and Engineering. (EMRE; www.exxonmobil.com/refiningtechnologies) Under the terms of…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) demonstrated for the first time in a pilot plant that supported ionic-liquid phase (SILP) catalyst systems can work reliably for about 2,000 h. The high service life is important proof that these economically…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) says it will build a new air separation unit (ASU) supporting its Detroit, Mich., area pipeline system to meet the growing demand for industrial gases from customers in the region as well as rare gas…
Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) has officially started up a new specialty-monomer plant with an annual capacity of 3,800 metric tons (m.t.) at its Burghausen site in Germany. The specialty monomers vinyl neodecanoate and vinyl laurate are key…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has signed a contract to sell its global paper hydrous kaolin (PHK) business to Imerys, a leader in mineral-based specialty solutions for industry, based in Paris, France. In September 2014, BASF announced its plan…
Bayer AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.bayer.com) has announced that the new name of its MaterialScience business will be Covestro. The name change will be effective on September 1, 2015. Bayer intends to float Covestro on the stock market by mid-2016…
KBR Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) has signed an alliance agreement with Exelus, Inc. (Livingston, N.J.; www.exelusinc.com), a leading developer of green chemical technologies, to allow KBR to exclusively license Exelus' Solid Acid Catalyst (ExSact) for KBR's Solid Acid Alkylation Technology…
CD-adapco (London, U.K.; www.cd-adapco.com), the largest privately held CFD-focused provider of computer aided engineering (CAE) software, announced today it is joining the consortium with Particulate Solid Research, Inc. (PSRI; Chicago, Ill.; www.psrichicago.com). CD-adapco will provide state-of-the-art engineering simulation tools…
Following a contract won in Morocco worth more than 500 million euros, the technology and engineering group Sener (Madrid, Spain; www.sener-group.com) is beginning construction of thermosolar plants Noor II and Noor III. Together with Noor I, they comprise the…