Lindenhayn MacCleary Goodrich Little Exton Archer Daniels Midland Co. (Decatur, Ill.) names Kyle James general manager of glycols. Christian Lindenhayn joins Orion Engineered Carbons (Kingwood, Tex.) as senior vice president of the rubber business line. Jerry MacCleary becomes president for…
The 2013 Corrosion Solutions Conference has issued a call for papers for an event to be held September 15–18, 2013 in San Diego, Calif. The conference will address the specific needs and interests of professionals in materials, application and equipment…
This month, individuals from across the chemical process industries (CPI) and the globe will gather together for the 30th time at Achema, the world’s largest exhibition congress on chemical engineering, environmental protection and biotechnology (June 18–22; Frankfurt am Main, Germany).…
NORTH AMERICA Semicon West. SEMI (San Jose, Calif.). Phone: 408-943-6945; Web: semiconwest.org San Francisco, Calif. July 10–12 Energy Training & Electric Power Classroom Seminars. PGS Energy Training (Hilton Head Island, S.C.). Phone: 412-521-4737; Web: psgenergy.com Seattle, Wash. July 19–20…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with Cristal Global, the second largest titanium-dioxide-pigment producer in the world, on the design and delivery of technology and services for new ilmenite smelting facilities to be located in Jazan Economic City, Saudi…
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) is investing €75 million in the construction of a new plant for high-tech plastics in Antwerp. The world-scale facility for polyamide plastics is designed for an annual capacity of 90,000 metric tons and scheduled to…
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) has signed a long-term contract to provide Bayer MaterialScience with large quantities of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. To meet this customer’s needs, Air Liquide will invest around €100 million in a H2 and CO production…
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo; www.mhi.co.jp) has been awarded a contract to perform the front-end engineering and design (FEED) services for the gasification and power island of the Hydrogen Energy California (HECA) project. Funded in part by the U.S.…
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) is investing in its production site for high-performance rubber in Port Jérôme, France. The Group plans to invest some EUR 30 million by 2015 to further enhance productivity and energy efficiency. Lanxess produces the high-performance…
A new ethylene dimerization unit, using Axens’ (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) AlphaButoltechnology will be installed at the petrochemical complex of GAIL (India) Ltd at Pata. The unit will have a production capacity 20,000 ton/yr of high purity 1-butene. Based on homogeneous…