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European partnership to investigate trans-sector technological potential to reduce carbon emissions

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay), ArcelorMittal S.A. (Luxembourg; www.arcelormittal.com), Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) and LafargeHolcim (Jona, Switzerland; www.lafargeholcim.com) today announce the formation of a new Low Carbon Technology Partnerships Initiative (LCPRi) across the steel, cement and chemicals industries.…

New air-quality control system starts up in China

Zhejiang Feida MHPS High Efficiency Flue Gas Cleaning System Engineering Co., Ltd. (FMH), the environmental equipment engineering joint-venture (JV) established in China by Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS; Yokohama, Japan; www.mhps.com), has completed retrofit project and begun operations for…

Evonik expands production capacity of specialty foams at Darmstadt site

Evonik Resource Efficiency GmbH (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) will invest in a capacity expansion of its Performance Foams business at its production site in Darmstadt, Germany. The investment will increase the output of the facility by about 20% as a first…

Lanxess technology used in Egyptian water-treatment plant

Ion exchange resins and membrane elements from Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany; www.lanxess.com) are being used in the new water treatment plant of Egypt’s leading fertilizer manufacturer, Alexandria Fertilizers Co. (Alexfert) in Alexandria. The brackish water is pre-treated using reverse osmosis…

SNC-Lavalin awarded EPC contract for replacement of effluent treatment plant in Chile

SNC-Lavalin (Montreal, Quebec, Canada; www.snclavalin.com) has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract by Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco), one of the largest copper producers in the world, for the replacement of its effluent-treatment plant at the…

World’s largest HBI plant from Primetals Technologies and Midrex begins operation at voestalpine in Texas

On October 26, the direct-reduction, hot-briquetted-iron (HBI) plant built by Primetals Technologies (London, U.K.; www.primetals.com) and consortium partner Midrex Technologies, Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.; www.midrex.com) was officially started-up in the presence of the voestalpine board after an effective construction phase of…

Siemens to acquire Mentor Graphics

Siemens AG (Munich, Germany; www.siemens.com) is further building its Vision 2020 to shape Digital Industrial Enterprise by expanding its unique portfolio for industrial software. Siemens and Mentor Graphics (Wilsonville, Ore.; www.mentor.com) have entered into a merger agreement under which Siemens…

Chiyoda licenses FGD technology to Larsen & Toubro

Chiyoda Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.chiyoda-corp.com) has concluded a technology license agreement with Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (L&T; Mumbai, India; www.larsentoubro.com) for provision of its proprietary Chiyoda Thoroughbred 121TM (the CT-121TM”) fluegas desulfurization (FGD) technology for promotion in the Indian market.…

Wacker’s new pilot reactor for dispersions begins operations in China

Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) officially started up its new pilot reactor for vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer (VAE) dispersions at its Nanjing site (Jiangsu province) in China today. The new facility will allow Wacker to expand its local research and…

Siemens and Bentley Systems advance strategic alliance including joint investment initiatives

Siemens AG (Munich, Germany; www.siemens.com) and Bentley Systems (Exton, Pa.; www.bentley.com) announced today that they have formalized a strategic alliance agreement to drive new business value by accelerating digitalization to advance infrastructure project delivery and asset performance in complementary business…