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Axens and SP3H join forces to develop and commercialize a realtime microanalyzer for liquids

Axens (Rueil Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) and SP3H (Technopole Arbois Méditerranée, France; www.sp3h.com) have signed a strategic partnership to develop and commercialize an industrial application of the microanalyzer developed by SP3H for the refining, biofuel and petrochemical markets. This rugged, smart…

Metso accelerates investments in remote monitoring capabilities in Chile and China

Metso Corp. (Helsinki, Finland; www.metso.com) is expanding its remote monitoring services for the mining industry by opening its first Metso performance center in Santiago, Chile, and by building up capabilities for a second center in Changsha, China. Additional centers will…

Evonik expands capacity for specialty alcohol ITDA

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has expanded its production capacity for the high-purity C13 alcohol isotridecanol (ITDA) at the Marl Chemical Park. This will enable the specialty chemicals group to continue to build on its position as one of…

Fluor Completes Construction Contract for MEGlobal Project in Oyster Creek

Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) has successfully completed its mechanical construction scope of work on MEGlobal’s world-class ethylene glycol (EG) manufacturing facility in Oyster Creek, Texas. The 750,000 metric ton per year EG unit is the first of its kind…

Nahodka Mineral Fertilizer Plant selects Topsoe as licensor for world-scale methanol plant

Nakhodka Mineral Fertilizer Plant has chosen Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) technology for a 5,400 tons-per-day methanol plant near Vladivostok in the Eastern part of Russia. China Chengda Engineering Co., LTD, has been chosen for engineering, procurement and construction…

Climeworks and Antecy are joining forces

Climeworks AG (Zürich, Switzerland; www.climeworks.com) and Antecy B.V. (Hoevelaken, the Netherlands; www.antecy.com) share the same goal of removing climate-relevant amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere and joining forces renders this goal more achievable. The combination of their technologies will result…

SCS Energy Breaks Ground on Indy Landfill Gas to RNG Plant

In August 2019, SCS Energy (Indianapolis, Ind.; www.scsengineers.com) broke ground on construction of a 4,000-scfm landfill gas to renewable natural gas (RNG) plant in Indianapolis. Indy High Btu, LLC engaged SCS Energy to build the RNG plant under an engineering,…

thyssenkrupp to build center of excellence for high-pressure processing of food in Quakenbrück

Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com) is investing in the safety of fresh food products by building Germany’s biggest center for high-pressure processing of food in the town of Quakenbrück, Lower Saxony. Dr. Bernd Althusmann, State Minister for Economic…

Messer invests €34.6 million in America

Six months after expanding to America, the largest family-run industrial gases specialist worldwide, Messer Group GmbH (Bad Soden, Germany; www.messergroup.com), is investing €34.6 million ($38 million) in the construction of a new air separation plant in Indianapolis, Indiana, America. The…

HIMA partners with ECT to expand its rotating machinery business

HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH (Brüh, Germany; www.hima.com) has entered into a partnership with Energy Control Technologies (ECT; Urbandale, Iowa; www.energycontroltechnologies.com), a company focused on the rotating machinery market. The partnership will combine the strength of HIMA’s SIL rated products and…