Solvay Chemicals (Houston, Tex.; www.solvay.com) is collaborating with the EPA under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to gain practical information regarding peracetic acid’s (PAA) usefulness as a green alternative to chlorine-based water disinfectants to reduce disinfection byproducts. PAA…
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) says that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCm) services contract by Total Raffinage-Chimie for the revamp of a hydrodesulfurization unit at…
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, says it will invest $20 million to expand its production facility in Mobile, Ala., to produce adsorbents and catalysts. The investment will expand production of UOP’s Ionsiv Ion Exchange adsorbents, which…
IRPC Public Co., a company specialized in the production of petrochemical and petroleum-refining products in Thailand, has selected Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) to supply technologies for its new Upstream Project for Hygiene and Value Added Product (UHV project). The complex…
The technology group The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) and Sadara Chemical Co. (Sadara) recently signed a long-term contract that will see Linde supply Sadara with carbon monoxide (CO), hydrogen (H2) and ammonia (NH3) at a chemical complex now being…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) and Grupo Mexico have signed a contract for the delivery of process technology to Buenavista del Cobre's new second copper concentrator in Mexico. The contract value booked in the first quarter 2012 order intake is…
When a process plant is set up, an owner has several things in mind; the market demand for his product and hence the plant capacity, the plant cost, the space availability, space for future expansion and so on. Once a…
Plant Watch Wacker invests €40 million to expand polymer site in China March 5, 2012 — Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) is expanding its polymer activities by investing around €40 million to build two new production facilities at its…
NORTH AMERICA Responsible Care Conference & Exhibit. American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.). Phone: 202-249-7000; Web: americanchemistry.com/about/ meetingsconferences Hollywood, Fla. April 29–May 2 103rd AOCS Annual Meeting & Expo. American Oil Chemists Soc. (AOCS; Urbana, Ill.). Phone: 217-359-2344;…
Cassidy Nguer Gutjahr Doornbos Hammer Robert Gulotty becomes technical manager for Applied Catalysts (Doraville, Ga.), a developer of catalysts for chemical processing and pollution-abatement applications. Kevin Cassidy is named chemical and monitoring solutions general manager, water and process technologies,…