Novozymes (Copenhagen, Denmark; www.novozymes.com) and Monsanto Company (St. Louis, Mo.; www.monsanto.com) have announced a longterm strategic alliance for the research and commercialization of sustainable microbial products that will provide a new platform of solutions for growers around the world. The…
LIST AG (Arisdorf Switzerland; www.list.ch) is the proud winner of the sixth edition of the Prix SVC (Swiss Venture Club) for northern Switzerland. LIST was cited for its continued commitment to innovative engineering that has resulted in groundbreaking technology, such…
Honeywell (Morristown, N.J.; www.honeywell.com) has announced that investments of approximately $300 million will be made by the company and key suppliers to increase production capacity for HFO-1234yf, a new refrigerant for automobiles with a global-warming potential (GWP) of less than…
Braskem America (Philadelphia, Pa.; www.braskem.com) and Genomatica (San Diego, Calif.; www.genomatica.com) announced an agreement for the joint development of a commercial process technology to make bio-based butadiene from renewable feedstocks. Braskem is the world’s leading producer of biopolymers and the…
The plant engineering and construction company Uhde Inventa-Fischer (Domat/Ems, Switzerland; www.uhde-inventa-fischer.com) and Octal Petrochemicals, the largest PET resin manufacturer in the Middle East and the largest integrated PET sheet manufacturer in the world, successfully commissioned a polycondensation plant for the…
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) has been awarded a contract by JSC Gazprom Neft for front-end engineering and design (FEED) services for a new oil-refining complex at Gazprom Neft's refinery in Omsk, Western Siberia, Russia. The existing refinery is currently…
Renmatix, Inc. (King of Prussia, Pa.; www.renmatix.com) and Virent, Inc. (Madison, Wis.; www.virent.com) have announced a strategic collaboration to convert affordable cellulosic sugars to renewable chemicals and bio-based packaging materials. Under the terms of the multi-phase development project, Renmatix’s Plantrose…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has started up its new carbon dioxide (CO2) purification facility at the Honeywell Resins & Chemicals site in Hopewell, Va. Under a longterm agreement, Praxair will purchase CO2 from Honeywell Resins & Chemicals, one of…
Air Products (Allentown, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) and Takamul Investment Company, a subsidiary of the Oman Oil Company, have announced that they have signed a joint venture agreement to establish an integrated industrial gases venture, which will be a provider for a…
Sonatrach (Algiers, Algeria; www.sonatrach.com) is nearing completion of a new paraxylene crystallization plant at its integrated refinery and petrochemical site in Skikda, Algeria, with startup scheduled during December of 2013. The plant’s core units will utilize CrystPX and GT-IsomPX process technology,…