The new coal-to-SNG plant for the Yinan Substitute Natural Gas (SNG) Project will convert locally mined sub-bituminous coal into SNG with the aim of reducing imports of natural gas for power and heat generation. In its first stage of completion,…
Petronas (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; www.petronas.com.my) and BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) have taken the next steps in the development of the previously announced €1-billion investment that will expand their partnership in Malaysia, involving projects at their existing venture in Kuantan…
Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) is expanding its Chinese polymer activities by investing around €40 million in building two new production facilities at its Nanjing site. Wacker is expanding the site’s existing facilities for vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer (VAE) dispersions…
Freudenberg Filtration Technologies India Pvt. Ltd (Pune, India) has signed an agreement to acquire the business of Pyramid Filters Pvt. Ltd., with effect from 1st April, 2012. Freudenberg Filtration Technologies India provides high-efficient industrial and automotive filter elements and systems,…
Hamworthy Oil & Gas Systems (Poole, Dorset, U.K.; www.hamworthy.com) has secured its first contract for a biogas liquefaction plant with Norwegian company Cambi AS, a specialist in biowaste treatment. The biogas plant will treat 50,000 tons of food waste a…
SGL Group — The Carbon Company (Wiesbaden Germany; www.sglcarbon.com) has further expanded its production in Pune, India, gaining a larger footprint in the Indian growth market. At the new production facility, the manufacture of graphite-based system components (heat exchangers and…
Stamicarbon B.V. (Sittard, the Netherlands; www.stamicarbon.com), the licensing and IP Center of Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (www.mairetecnimont.it), has signed license and process-design and services agreements with China Chengda Engineering Company (CHENGDA) and China National Plant Import & Export Corp. (ComPlant), for…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of DuPont’s (Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com) interest in DuPont Air Products NanoMaterials LLC (DA NanoMaterials; Tempe, Ariz.; www.nanoslurry.com ), the two companies’ 50-50 joint venture serving…
Forsthoffer’s Best Practice Handbook for Rotating Machinery. By William Forsthoffer. Elsevier Inc., 30 Corporate Drive, 4th floor, Burlington, MA 01803. Web: elsevier.com. 2011. 672 pages. $295.00. Reviewed by Amin Almasi, Rotating machinery consultant, Brisbane, Australia Rotating machines require expertise…
Feenan Wallis-Lage Reckmann Toubia Hu Styron (Berwyn, Pa.), which operates plastics, rubber and latex businesses, promotes John Feenan to executive vice president and CFO. Shimadzu Corp. (Columbia, Md.) names Shuzo Maruyama president of Shimadzu Scientific Instruments. Black & Veatch (Kansas…