Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed to acquire all shares in Demil Manutenção Industrial Ltda. (Guarapari, Espírito Santo, Brazil) from Marcos Del Pupo and his children. Demil provides industrial maintenance services for iron-ore pelletizing plants and is located in.…
Spehar Torregrosa Ferreira Maguire Hedden Tim Spehar becomes manager of contract services for Haviland Products Co. (Grand Rapids, Mich.), a provider of chemical formulation, blending and packaging services. Trostel Ltd. (Lake Geneva, Wisc.), a manufacturer of custom seals, precision-molded rubber…
Capital equipment prices, as reflected in the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI), increased 0.4% from January to February. The April 2011 issue of CE released the annual 2011 CEPCI, 585.7, which is an 6.3% increase from 2010 and an 11.4%…
Breaking into the Lab: Engineering Progress for Women in Science. By Sue V. Rosser. New York University Press. Washington Square, New York, NY 10003. Web: nyupress.org. 2012. 249 pages. $35.00. African American Women Chemists. By Jeannette Brown. Oxford University Press…
Quadrum rigid outer containers are designed to offer a square alternative to industry standard cylindrical drums in the pharmaceutical and biomanufacturing sectors. The unique footprint of the Quadrum container maximizes floorspace utilization, and the company says the container’s square base…
Presentation abstract submission for the 3rd Annual ChemInnovations 2012 Conference & Exhibition, presented by Chemical Engineering, is now open. The advisory committee is looking for solutions-based presentations that bridge the knowledge gap through training and technologies. Programming will be separated…
Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cpchem.com) announced yesterday that the two polyethylene facilities planned as part of the company’s U.S. Gulf Coast (USGC) Petrochemicals Project, would be located on a site nearby the Chevron Phillips Chemical Sweeny…
Plant Watch Petrochemicals expansion project in the U.S. awarded to CB&I April 9, 2012 — CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) has been awarded a contract by Williams Olefins, LLC for a petrochemicals expansion project in Geismar, La. Plant capacity…
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, says that it has been selected by Sinochem to provide technology to purify hydrogen at a new petroleum refinery in China. Sinochem Quanzhou Petrochemical Co. — a fully owned subsidiary of…
The Sani-Pallet is designed specifically for handling materials in a sanitary manner. The plastic pallets have no sidewall seams, gaps, holes and other features likely to trap bacteria. These pallets are made with built-in Microban antimicrobial protection to inhibit bacterial…