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ADT Commercial Security is now Tyco Integrated Security

Tyco International Ltd. (Schaffhausen, Switzerland; www.tyco.com) has announced that its ADT North America Commercial Security business unit has officially been renamed to Tyco Integrated Security. This name change reflects the company’s exclusive focus and commitment to providing security solutions to…

CSB releases new video on inherently safe design and technology

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB; www.csb.gov) has released a new safety video that examines the concept of inherent safety and its application across industry; “Inherently Safer: The Future of Risk Reduction” stems from the August 28, 2008, explosion that…

Innovations Metals plans centralized rare-earth separation plant

Innovation Metals Corp. (Toronto, Canada; www.innovationmetals.com) has announced the submission of a Project Notice to the Province of Quebec, to start the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process for a new rare-earth-element separation facility. The Becancour Waterfront Industrial Park in Quebec…

CSB to hold a public hearing on the Macondo blowout and explosion in Gulf of Mexico

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB; www.csb.gov) has announced a public hearing to support its continued analysis of effective safety-performance indicators and to release preliminary findings into the agency’s investigation of the Macondo well blowout, explosion and fire in the…

Dyadic Netherlands to develop enzymes for European-funded research consortium

Dyadic International, Inc. (Jupiter, Fla.; www.dyadic.com), a global biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development, manufacture and sale of enzymes and other proteins for the industrial enzyme, bioenergy, and biopharmaceutical industries, has announced that its research and development center in…

Ineos Technologies has been selected by Sibur for four PE units

Ineos Technologies (Lyndhurst, U.K.; www.ineos.com) has licensed its Innovene G and Innovene S processes for the manufacture of linear low density and high density polyethylene (PE) products to the ZapSibNeftekhim production complex of Sibur in Tobolsk, Russia. The two 400,000…

DeZurik to acquire Hilton Valve

DeZurik, Inc. (Sartell, Minn.; www.dezurik.com), a global leader in municipal and industrial valves, has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Hilton Valve, Inc., a producer of fabricated large-diameter and custom knife-gate valves, effective July 9, 2012. The combining of Hilton…

CSB deploys team to investigate fatal hot-work explosion

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB; www.csb.gov) has deployed a four-person investigation team to El Dorado, Ark. to determine the cause of an explosion and fire that severely burned and killed three workers. The accident occurred Monday, May 21, 2012,…

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Dover’s Pump Solutions Group acquires Maag Group

Pump Solutions Group (PSG), a business unit within the Engineered Systems segment of Dover Corp. (Downer’s Grove, Ill.; www.DoverCorporation.com), has completed the acquisition of Maag Group (Maag; Zurich, Switzerland; www.maag.com) for a purchase price of approximately $285 million, subject to normal…

David Weidman receives the 2012 Chemical Industry Medal

David Weidman, chairman and CEO of Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.; www.celanese.com), was honored at a dinner event in New York’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel last night. Stephanie Burns, chairman of the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI), America International Group, presented the…