GE’s Distributed Power business (Schenectady, N.Y; www.ge-distributedpower.com), Western Energy Systems and San Francisco-based Phoenix Energy announced that they have signed an agreement for GE to provide equipment for an integrated biomass-gasification solution to power a bioenergy plant in North Fork,…
Winning a competition run by the Department for Transport (DfT), Celtic Renewables (Edinburgh; www.celtic-renewables.com) earned an £11million grant to help it build the world’s first plant dedicated to the production of advanced biofuel from the residues of the whisky industry.…
The Lubrizol Corp. (Wickliffe, Ohio; www.lubrizol.com) announces that it has acquired Particle Sciences (www.particlesciences.com), a leading contract drug-development and manufacturing organization with a comprehensive suite of services for the formulation, analysis and production of complex drug delivery solutions. Headquartered in…
Enerkem Inc. (Montreal, Canada; www.enerkem.com), a waste-to-biofuels and chemicals producer, announced that it has raised C$152.6 million and has initiated the production of biomethanol from non-recyclable household garbage at the Enerkem Alberta Biofuels full-scale facility in Edmonton, Canada. "I must say…
W.R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, Md.; www.grace.com) announced that it will provide its Unipol polypropylene (PP) technology and services to Hyosung Corporation of Seoul, Korea for its new facility in Ulsan, which is expected to open in 2017. Hyosung is…
Veolia (Paris, France; www.veolia.com) has signed and closed the acquisition of Dutch company AKG Kunststof Groep, a European market leader in the field of recycling and compounding of polypropylene. With this acquisition, Veolia boosts its development in the field of…
Tosoh Corp. (Tokyo; www.tosoh.com) is increasing its zirconia powder production capacity at its Nanyo and Yokkaichi Complexes by approximately 30% in response to growing global demand, particularly for dental and decorative applications. The investment for this expansion is estimated to…
Perstorp Holding AB (Malmö, Sweden; www.perstorp.com) has announced intent to acquire an existing biodiesel plant in Fredrikstad, Norway. "We have ambitious growth plans for biofuels, now and in the future, and we see how the demand will increase to meet…
BP plc (London; www.bp.com) and Oman International Petrichemical Industries Co. (OMPET), a joint venture between Oman Oil Company, LG International Corp and Takamul Investment Co., have entered into a licensing agreement for BP’s latest-generation purified terephthalic acid (PTA) technology. OMPET…
EuroChem (Moscow, Russia; www.eurochem.ru) announced that its subsidiary Phosphorit has commenced the construction of a new high-tech ammonia plant in Kingisepp, Russia. The Kingisepp ammonia plant will have a design capacity of 1 million metric tons per year (m.t./yr). In…