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…
Chemical Engineering is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for its annual Nicholas P. Chopey scholarship program. Bringing recognition to the value of the chemical engineering profession and striving to continually advance it have been goals…
Plant Watch AkzoNobel invests €80 million to supply new Suzano pulp mill in Brazil February 1, 2012 — AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) plans to invest €80 million in the construction of a new pulp “chemical island” facility in Brazil.…
The Interphex 2012 conference and exhibition, which will bring together a wide range of professionals and companies in the arena of pharmaceutical production equipment and services, takes place May 1–3 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York. The…
Capital equipment prices, as reflected in the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI), decreased 0.34% from November to December. Decreases are typical during the third quarter. Annual CEPCI data will be released in the April 2012 issue, when the December 2011…