Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) is expanding its business in Leverkusen with solutions for water treatment. At its largest site worldwide, the company is investing around €10 million in a new production line for weakly acidic cation-exchange resins of the…
John Rolando has been named president of Evonik Corporation, effective April 1. Rolando replaces Tom Bates, who is retiring after more than 15 years — the last five as president — at the North American subsidiary of Evonik Industries (Essen,…
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, announced today that its technology has been selected to produce key petrochemicals in a new complex in Brunei. Brunei Hengyi Industries Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of China’s Zhejiang Hengyi Group Co.,…
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced today that Shell Canada Energy has selected KBR to perform off-site modularization and pipe fabrication at their Edmonton Module Facility. This historic project will use Shell Quest Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technologies to reduce CO2 emissions…
Aimed at the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industry, Interphex 2013 will take place April 23–25 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York. The conference program for the event features 52 sessions organized into five tracks, including supply chain, regulatory…
Plant Watch AkzoNobel Chemical Island starts supply to world’s biggest single-line pulp mill March 7, 2013 — AkzoNobel’s (Amsterdam, The Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) new €90-million Jupiá Chemical Island in Brazil has begun supplying the Eldorado Brasil Celulose pulp mill, which is…
Eichentopf Aust Sesselmann Grenier Allen Ralf Eichentopf is now part of the management team at GEA Bock GmbH (Frickenhausen, Germany), where he will be responsible for manufacturing. Erik Aust is the new director of sales for the market segment Mobile…
The overall CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for 2012 was 0.19% lower than the end-of-year average from 2011. Preliminary data from January 2013 CEPCI (the most recent available) indicate that capital equipment prices declined from December to January, by 0.09%. When…
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp) has been jointly awarded with ENPPI, an engineering company under the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum, a contract to build a 400,000 ton/yr polyethylene (PE) plant as part of Ethydco's petrochemical complex to be…
NORTH AMERICA ACS Rubber Div. 183rd Technical Meeting 2013. American Chemical Society, Rubber Div. (Washington, D.C.). Phone: 330-972-7978; Web: rubber.org/183rd-technical-meeting Akron, Ohio April 22–24 Advancing Green & Sustainable Chemistry. Active Communications International (Chicago, Ill.). Phone: 312-780-0700; Web: wplgroup.com Portland,…