The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE; www.aiche.org) welcomed recent recommendations by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) to include reactive chemical safety education for chemical engineering students at U.S. universities. The CSB recommendations were produced following the investigation of…
The massive December 2007 explosion and fire at T2 Laboratories in Jacksonville, Fla. was caused by a runaway chemical reaction that likely resulted from an inadequate reactor cooling system, investigators from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB; www.csb.gov) said in…
Specialty chemical company, Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) has announced its plans to build an ethoxylation plant in Dayabay, situated south of Guangzhou. The plant will be operational in early 2011 and will have a capacity of close to 50,000 metric…
AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) is realigning its Performance Coatings and Specialty Chemicals portfolios, which will result in the launch of two new business units and the merger of two others. Due to come into effect on January 1, 2010, the…
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) has sold its specialty silicones business, including its Gainesville Fla. facility, to SiVance LLC, an affiliate of New York-based GenNx360 Capital Partners. GenNx360 is a private equity firm focused on industrial business-to-business companies. Financial terms of…
For the past year, leaders of five societies representing more than one million engineers and other technical professionals have been meeting to identify steps the U.S. might take toward managing carbon emissions, a key issue in climate change discussions, should…
Honeywell (Morris Township, N.J.; www.honeywell.com) has completed the acquisition of the RMG Group (RMG Regel + Messtechnik GmbH and all of its subsidiaries, together RMG; www.rmg.de) for approximately $400 million. The acquisition strengthens Honeywell’s position in the high-growth clean energy…
Verantis Corp. (Strongsville, Ohio; www.verantis.com), successor in interest to Ceilcote Air Pollution Control, has announced the rebranding of Ceilcote's core pollution-control products and services including its corrosion-resistant FRP fans and engineered scrubber systems. A new corporate website has also been…
DSM Pharmaceutical Products (Parsippany, N.J.; www.dsmpharmaceuticals.com) has announced that their Greenville, N.C. facility has received the Potent Compound Safety Certification from SafeBridge Consultants, Inc. headquartered in Mountain View, Calif. The certification is for competency and proficiency in the safe handling…
Arkema (Colombes, France; www.arkema.com) and The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mic.; www.dow.com) have entered into an agreement for Dow to meet U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) required divestitures related to its acquisition of Rohm and Haas. This comes ahead of…