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A. Schulman acquires thermoplastics manufacturer Perrite for $52 million

A. Schulman, Inc. (Akron, Ohio; www.aschulman.com) has announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire The Perrite Group, a thermoplastics manufacturing business with operations in Malaysia, the U.K. and France, for approximately $52 million. The acquisition is expected to…

Innospec acquires Chemsil Silicones and ChemTec, deepens personal care profile

Innospec Inc. (Littleton, Colo.; www.innospecinc.com) has announced that it has acquired Chemsil Silicones Inc. and the Chemtec Chemical Co., from its private owners. Chemsil develops and markets silicone-based formulations to the personal care industry. Chemtec, which distributes a wide range…

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Haldor Topsøe licensing technology to Azerbaijan’s first ammonia-urea complex  

The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) has decided to build the country’s first combined ammonia-urea complex 30 km north of Azerbaijan’s capital Baku. The plant is going to play a very important role for the economy of Azerbaijan in…

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Solvay and Sadara JV begins construction of H2O2 plant in Saudi Arabia  

Saudi Hydrogen Peroxide Co., a newly created joint venture (JV) between Sadara Chemical Co. (Sadara; Jubail Industrial City; Saudi Arabia) and the Solvay Group (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com), announced today that they have begun constructing one of the world's largest hydrogen…

Connecting at ChemInnovations

Where will you be on September 25 and 26? The Chemical Engineering staff will be in Galveston, Texas at the ChemInnovations Conference and Expo. We hope you will be too. Four years ago, we had the idea to start a…

September Letters

Call for abstracts: AIChE Meeting Professionals working in all areas of chemical engineering and related disciplines are invited to submit abstracts for the AIChE Spring Meeting (New Orleans, La., March 30–April 3, 2014), in a number of subject and topical…

Current economic trends

Preliminary data for the June 2013 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) indicate that the composite index decreased by 0.3% from the final May value. The value for the Heat Exchangers & Tanks subindex rose slightly, while…

Recently published books for September 2013

Materials in Mechanical Extremes: Fundamentals and Applications. By Neil Bourne. Cambridge University Press, 32 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10013. Web: cambridge.org. 2013. 539 pages. $155.00.         Experimental Methods and Instrumentation for Chemical Engineers. By…

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BASF to build new plant for high-performance polyamide, and more business news

Plant Watch Chevron Phillips receives key permits for large Gulf Coast project August 14, 2013 — Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP (The Woodlands, Tex; www.cpchem.com) has received key permits from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and the U.S. Environmental…

Markus Tacke becomes CEO of the Wind Power Div. of Siemens Energy Sector…

Schonemann Camasso Miller Riojas Hill Hans Schonemann becomes president of Phasex Corp. (Lawrence, Mass.), which specializes in supercritical fluid extraction. He replaces Phasex founder Val Krukonis , who becomes director, R&D programs James Camasso becomes plant manager. Netzsch Pumps North…