DSM BioSolutions, part of the DSM Pharma cluster (Parsippany, N.J.; www.dsmbiosolutions.com) has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Laboratoires Mayoly Spindler (Chatou Cedex, France; www.mayoly-spindler.com), for the manufacture of “MS1819” lipase. DSM has completed process development and commenced…
In professional life, the influences that teach us, inspire us and drive us to succeed tend to come more from individuals than corporations. If you would like to bring recognition to someone whose excellence in chemical engineering you admire, consider…
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is seeking input on the approach to use in developing its federal standard for combustible dust. In its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on Combustible Dust, OSHA identified five National Fire…
Myriant Technologies LLC (Quincy, Mass., www.myriant.com) has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to receive up to $50 million for its planned biobased succinic acid facility in Louisiana. According to Myriant, its was the only award focused…
This positive displacement pump (photo) operates without pulsing, and contains several additional technical features, such as a flow range of up to 5,000 gal/min. The self-priming rotary lobe pump has a maintenance-in-place (MIP) design and can be customized with different…
The Chemical Safety Board's (CSB) chairman, John Bresland, released a new video safety message asking jurisdictions across the U.S. to adopt the ASME Pressure Vessel Code to reduce the number of accidents involving catastrophic pressure vessel failures in process industries.…
Dow Corning Corp. (Midland, Mich.; www.dowcorning.com) has acquired two chemical-grade-silicon manufacturing assets from Globe Specialty Metals, in an acquisition valued at approximately $175 million. Dow Corning purchased 100% of Globe Metais Indústria e Comércio S.A., a silicon metal manufacturer in…
DSM Pharmaceutical Products (Parsippany, N.J.; www.dsmpharmaceuticals.com) has announced a manufacturing alliance with Galenix (Saint Jean D'Illac, France; www.galenix.fr), where DSM will be the preferred commercial-scale-manufacturing partner for Galenix on a global basis. DSM and Galenix will collaborate on business development…
Integrated Sensing Systems, Inc. (ISSYS; Ypsilanti, Mich.; www.mems-issys.com) announced that the U.S. Patent Office has granted it a utility patent (US 7,581,429) “Microfluidic Device and Method of Operation.” According to Dr. Doug Sparks, executive vice-president of ISSYS, this patent describes…
In a final draft report released today, U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB; www.csb.gov) investigators said the February 7, 2008, explosion at the Imperial Sugar refinery in Port Wentworth, Ga., resulted from ongoing releases of sugar from inadequately designed and maintained…