Siemens Industry Automation Division (Warrendale, Pa.; www.siemens.com/industryautomation) entered into an agreement to acquire Cambridge Water Technology (Cambridge, Mass.; www.cambridgewatertech.com). With this acquisition, Siemens intends to strengthen its product portfolio with a leading-edge technology. The acquisition of Cambridge Water Technology is…
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded by Lukoil Neftochim Burgas ad, subsidiary of OAO LUKOIL, a lump sum turnkey contract, worth more than €900 million (Technip share around €600 million), for the engineering, procurement and construction of Phase 1 of…
Genomatica (San Diego, Calif.; www.genomatica.com) has obtained the exclusive worldwide rights to Beta Renewables S.p.A.’s (Rivalta Scrivia, Italy; www.betarenewables.com) Proesa process for the production of 1,4-butanediol (BDO) from biomass, through any fermentation-based process, pursuant to a definitive agreement signed with…
On January 1, 2012, Cera System Verschleißschutz GmbH (Hermsdorf, Germany; www.cerasystem.de) — a company specializing in ceramics — became a member of the Samson Group AG (Frankfurt am Main, Germany; www.samson.de). The acquisition supplements the Samson product range to include…
Keyuan Petrochemicals Inc. (Ningbo, China; www.keyuanpetrochemicals.com), an independent manufacturer and supplier of petrochemical products in China, today announced that one of its production lines for styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) copolymers has commenced commercial production after successful trial production and testing late last…
Black & Veatch (B&V; Overland Park, Kan.; www.bv.com) announced today the launch of Smart Analytics, a set of information technology solutions that improve utility performance, reliability and service. It helps clients make better use of the data they receive from…
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp) has been awarded a contract for a caprolactam plant for DSM Nanjing Chemical Co., which is a joint venture company between Royal DSM N.V. (Heerlen, the Netherlands) and Sinopec Group. The project aims…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf) has signed a contract to sell its 50%-share in PEC-Rhin (Ottmarsheim, France), to its joint venture (JV) partner GPN, a member of the French Total Group. PEC-Rhin produces CAN/AN (calcium ammonium nitrate/ammonium nitrate) fertilizers and…
Chemical prices, excluding pharmaceuticals, fell 0.9% in December, while industrial production rose 0.4%, according to data compiled from various sources and discussed in the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). …
Torresol Energy S.A. (Madrid, Spain; www.torresolenergy.com), a joint venture (JV) between Sener IngenierˇËa y Sistemas (Sener; Madrid, Spain; www.sener.es) and Masdar (Abu Dhabi; www.masdaruae.com) says that the Valle 1 and Valle 2 plants — two identical 50-MW parabolic trough plants,…