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 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 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 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…
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 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…
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 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…
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 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…