Brooks Instrument (Hatfield, Penn.; www.brooksinstrument.com) has announced its acquisition of certain assets of Celerity’s Instrumentation Div. Celerity designs and manufactures precision instruments and advanced gas and liquid delivery solutions, including thermal mass flow devices, for the semiconductor industry where it…
Uhde Inventa-Fischer GmbH (Berlin, Germany; www.uhde-inventa-fischer.com) has entered into a contract with the Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC) to provide the technology license and the basic engineering for the second PET (polyethylene terephthalate) resin expansion of its manufacturing affiliate, Arabian…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA; www.epa.gov) has awarded Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.us) its New Chemicals Program P2 Recognition Project Award for the company’s Exolit OP 560, a new-generation non-halogenated flame retardant. The product is made by Clariant’s Pigments &…
Klaus Endress addresses guests and employees at the inauguration ceremony on June 4, 2009. Photo: Dorothy Lozowski During this time of cutbacks, Endress+Hauser (Reinach, Switzerland; www.us.endress.com) showed its confidence in the American market by inaugurating a new multi-million dollar production…
Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.mrc.co.jp) completed its purchase of Lucite International Group Ltd. of the U.K., on May 28, 2009. The total acquisition cost was approximatley $1.6 billion. The acquisition of Lucite International will make Mitsubishi Rayon into…
AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, Netherlands; www.AkzoNobel.com) has agreed to divest its 75% stake in the pure terephthalic acid (PTA) activities of its Chemicals Pakistan business to Korean company KP Chemical Corp. (KPC). The holding in Pakistan PTA Limited — which is listed…
The Department of Homeland Security established the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) to impose mandatory security regulations on high-risk chemical facilities. Interpreting and fulfilling the regulations present challenges to security directors, but finding the right guidance and working with a…
As an expert in thermal, diffusional and membrane separation technology for the separation and purification of aqueous and organic mixtures, Kühni provides process engineering services, designs, manufactures and supplies process equipment and turn-key modular plants to the process industry with…
As an expert in thermal, diffusional and membrane separation technology for the separation and purification of aqueous and organic mixtures, Kühni provides process engineering services, designs, manufactures and supplies process equipment and turn-key modular plants to the process industry with…
Millipore Corp. is unveiling its Mobius FlexReady Solutions to the worldwide community at Achema. These newly launched units represent a significant breakthrough in Millipore’s single-use solutions, enabling biopharmaceutical manufacturers to readily convert to single-use technology. Users can install equipment, configure…