The Babcock & Wilcox Co. (B&W; Charlotte, N.C.; www.babcock.com) says that its subsidiary Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG) has been awarded a contract valued at more than $30 million to design and supply a selective catalytic…
Ube Industries, Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.ube-ind.co.jp) says it is adding a production facility for battery separators to the Sakai Factory located in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture. The move comes in response to growing demand for separators in lithium-ion batteries used…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS; Washington, D.C.; www.dhs.gov) announced a new series of Safety Act (Support-Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technology) marks that may be placed on marketing materials by authorized companies to identify qualified anti-terrorism technologies. The new…
On March 27, 2012, EPA proposed a Carbon Pollution Standard for new power plants. This step, under the Clean Air Act, would set national limits on the amount of carbon pollution power plants built in the future can emit. The…
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA; Washington, D.C.; www.osha.gov) revised its Hazard Communication Standard (HCS), aligning it with the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals. The revised HCS will be fully implemented…
The purchasing managers index (PMI) increased by 1.0 point to 53.4 in March, but the chemicals industry was one of two industrial segments reporting contraction, according to data from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) that was discussed in the…
Russian oil giant Rosneft has selected Haldor Topsøe A/S’s (Lyngby, Denmaek; www.topsoe.com) technology for two hydrogen units at Kuibyshev and Syzran Refineries. Both units will supply hydrogen for the production of ultra-low sulfur diesel. The diesel produced will meet the…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy; www.mairetecnimont.it) has been awarded contracts for a total amount of approximately €260 million for EPC and engineering services activities. In Bratislava (Slovak Republic), the Group has received the award for an Engineering-Procurement-Construction (EPC) Contract on…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) is jointly developing with Peróxidos do Brasil a new concept of small cost-effective hydrogen-peroxide production units for installation at its customers' sites. This onsite H2O2 production concept is based on Solvay's new proprietary and innovative…
A new plant for the manufacture of oxidized polyethylene (PE) waxes went into operation at the BASF SE (www.basf.com) site in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The plant manufactures high quality oxidized waxes according to BASF’s own process. The new plant will improve…