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Suez wins contract for sludge-to-energy plant in Romania

The city of Bucharest, Romania has selected a consortium composed of SUEZ (Paris, France; www.suez-environnement.fr), FCC - Aqualia to modernize a wastewater treatment plant and to build a treatment and sludge-to-energy plant in Glina, located southeast of the capital. This…

Clariant and Huntsman call off planned merger

Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) and Huntsman Corp. (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.huntsman.com) jointly announced that they have mutually terminated their proposed merger of equals. The decision was unanimously approved by the Boards of Directors of Clariant and Huntsman. In a joint…

Scalable onsite hydrogen generator for chemical processing applications

At the Chem Show's Equipment & Technology Showcase, this company rolled out the newest iteration of its onsite hydrogen-generation solutions — PHG 830 — a larger-capacity version aimed specifically at the chemical process industries (CPI). Tim Lebrecht, industry manager for…

On-demand printing of chemical and hazardous-material labels

This company’s ColorWorks on-demand inkjet label printers deliver labels for chemicals and hazardous materials for compliance with the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of chemical classification. These devices enhance workflow by eliminating the need to manage pre-printed label stock, enabling users…

Kemira to expand production of polymers used for enhanced oil recovery

Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland; www.kemira.com) will initiate an approximately €30 million capital expenditure phase in expanding the manufacturing capacity of polymers for Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery (CEOR). "Kemira can help customers improve their longterm profitability and resource efficiency with fully…

Wacker to establish dedicated laboratory for cyclodextrin products in Michigan

Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) is expanding the service portfolio of its technical center in Adrian, Michigan. For the first time, Wacker is establishing a global laboratory dedicated to developing and commercializing new industrial applications for its cyclodextrin products.…

Novasep installs new cryogenic production line

Novasep (Lyon, France; www.novasep.com), a leading supplier of services and technologies for the life sciences industry, announced a €4-million investment to expand cGMP capacity for clinical and commercial supply of APIs at its Chasse-sur-Rhône (FR) facility. The investment includes the…

Solvay begins production of engineering plastics at new facility in Mexico

  Solvay’s (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) Performance Polyamides business announced the start of production of engineering plastics in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. This new facility is dedicated to the production of the Technyl range and was built within a few months…

BASF inaugurates production plant for biocatalyzed acrylamide in Nanjing

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) celebrated the opening of a new production plant for biocatalyzed acrylamide (BioACM) at its site in Nanjing Chemical Industrial Park, Nanjing, China. With this investment in its wholly owned BioACM plant in Nanjing, BASF is…

Velocys to build first U.S. biorefinery in Mississippi

Velocys Inc. (Plain City, Ohio; www.velocys.com) has announced that it has signed a site option agreement with Adams County in the State of Mississippi for its first U.S. biorefinery to be located in Natchez, Mississippi. Velocys has been offered economic…