Kobe Steel, Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.kobelco.co.jp) announces that its intermediate fluid LNG vaporizers (IFVs) will be used in the regasification facility for the Delimara LNG Regasification Terminal under construction in Malta. Kobe Steel will supply two IFVs. Each unit…
The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W; Charlotte, N.C.; www.babcock.com) announced today that its subsidiary, Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG), and international wear solutions supplier Magotteaux (Vaux-Sous-Chevremont, Belgium; www.magotteaux.com) have formed a strategic alliance to enable B&W…
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company Inc., Mitsubishi Corp. (MC) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; all Tokyo, Japan; (MGC; www.mhi-global.com) have signed an agreement with state-owned National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Ltd. (NGC) and Massy Holdings Ltd. (Massy) for the…
Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com), a world leader in specialty chemicals, has opened a new desiccant manufacturing plant at its site in Zhengjiang, China. Clariant will produce its line of Container Dri II products alongside a full range of desiccant…
The joint venture between plant engineering and construction specialist ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Dortmund, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com) and electrochemical technologies supplier De Nora S.p.A. (Milan, Italy; www.denora.com) was concluded successfully on April 1st, 2015. It will trade under the name ThyssenKrupp…
Sinopec Engineering (Group) Co. (SEG; Beijing, China; www.sinopecgroup.com) and ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co. (EMRE; Fairfax, Va.; www.exxonmobil.com/refiningtechnologies) are participating in a cooperative development agreement (CDA) for the advancement of fluidized-bed methanol-to-gasoline (MTG) technology. The CDA will leverage the two…
Ferrostaal GmbH (Essen, Germany; www.ferrostaal.com), a leading global project developer for industrial plants, and Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com), a world leader in catalysis and related process technologies, have established Ferrostaal Topsoe Projects GmbH, a new joint venture (JV)…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has started up a 180-ton/d, non-cryogenic plant for Owens-Illinois (O-I), the world’s largest glass container manufacturer. O-I has converted a conventional air-fuel glass furnace to oxy-fuel using Praxair’s oxy-fuel combustion technology and, under a long-term…
Fluor Corporation (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) was awarded a contract by Shaanxi Non-Ferrous Tian Hong REC Silicon Materials Co., (TianREC; Shanghai, China) to provide detailed design services and technical support for its new polysilicon plant to be located in Yulin, Shaanxi…
Rentschler Biotechnologie GmbH (Laupheim, Germany; www.rentschler.de), a leading contract manufacturing and development organization (CDMO) for biopharmaceuticals, announced today that its new 2,000-L single-use bioreactor has been put into operation. The new bioreactor, built and commissioned in only six months,…