Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) was awarded a contract to lead design and provide engineering services, procurement and construction support for Pfizer, Inc.’s new $350 million Global Biotechnology Center investment in the Hangzhou Economic Development Area in China.…
Envergent Technologies LLC, a joint venture of Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) and Ensyn Corp., announced today that it has begun construction on a renewable fuels facility in Port Cartier, Quebec. The project will incorporate Envergent’s proprietary RTP technology…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) was awarded a contract to expand the Novartis Pharma S.A.S. Biotechnology Center in Huningue, France. Under the terms of the agreement, Jacobs is providing engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services to increase…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Toda Kogyo Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; www.todakogyo.co.jp) have announced that they will enter exclusive negotiations to collaborate in cathode active materials (CAM) and its respective precursors in North America. The proposed collaboration would focus on…
Gebrüder Lödige Maschinenbau GmbH (Paderborn, Germany; www.loedige.de) has received the largest order in the history of the company: A Chinese company from the fine chemicals sector has ordered four mixing reactors of the DVT type from the company. The customized…
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS; Yokohama, Japan; www.mhps.com) has received an order for a steam turbine and generator set with a rated output of 49 MW for Chang Chun Petrochemical Co. (Taipei, Taiwan). The machinery on order will become…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) was awarded a contract to provide engineering services and procurement for Alnylam Pharmaceuticals’ new manufacturing facility in Norton, Massachusetts. Under the terms of the agreement, Jacobs is providing engineering services and procurement for…
Linde Engineering, a Division of the Linde Group (Munich, Germany: www.linde.com) and Weil Group Resources, LLC (Richmond, Va.; www.weil-group.com) announced today the formal commencement of operations in Mankota, Saskatchewan. This first-of-its-kind helium purification facility uses a hybrid process of membrane…
Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.; www.bv.com) was selected by MBHE African Power (PTY) Ltd., a local renewable energy developer, to provide technical assistance for the country’s first waste-to-energy (WTE) plant. The energy plant will be located in the Drakenstein…
The Standards & Practices (S&P) Board of the International Society of Automation (ISA; Research Triangle Park, N.C.; www.isa.org) has approved a new committee to be designated ISA112, SCADA Systems. This approval follows widespread support for the idea from a survey…