Global manufacturing conditions edged back into expansion in December, following four straight months of contraction, according to the latest American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) Weekly Chemistry and Economic report. Citing data from the JPMorgan global manufacturing PMI…
ZeaChem Inc. (Lakewood, Colo.; www.zeachem.com), today announced it has completed construction of the core facility for its new integrated demonstration biorefinery in Boardman, Oregon. The company has developed a cellulose-based biorefinery platform capable of producing advanced fuels and intermediate chemicals.…
Oseco (Broken Arrow, Okla.; www.oseco.com) has announced its newly redesigned website, which is intended to help both new and experienced users of rupture discs and explosion vents select the right products for their needs. The new website (www.oseco.com) is the…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has been awarded a contract by IDEA Soda Ash and Calcium Chloride Company (ISACC) to provide engineering and project management services for the construction of a $300-million soda ash and calcium chloride production…
CNOOC (China National Oil and Off-shore Corp.) has awarded Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) a contract for converting coke oven gas with extra CO2 into substitute natural gas (SNG) and Liquifed natural gas (LNG). At the end of 2011…
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, has established a new business unit dedicated to natural gas processing solutions and hydrogen. The new Natural Gas and Hydrogen business unit will increase Honeywell UOP’s focus on developing technology, equipment and…
DuPont (Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com) and NexSteppe (Malibu, Calif.; www.nexsteppe.com) have entered into a collaboration to develop advanced feedstocks for biofuels, biopower and biobased products. The collaboration will focus on the development of new sweet sorghum and high biomass sorghum hybrids,…
Neste Oil Oyj (Uusimaa; www.nesteoil.com) has selected Neste Jacobs Oy (Porvoo, both Finland; www.nestejacobs.com) as its main partner for a pilot plant designed to produce waste-based microbial oil at its Porvoo refinery. It will be the first pilot plant in…
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp), in consortium with Brazilian UTC Engenharia S.A. and Construtora Norberto Odebrecht S.A., has been awarded a contract from Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) for the construction of utility facilities to be installed in the…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) is participating with $30 million through BASF Biorenewable Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG in the American technology firm Renmatix Inc. (King of Prussia, Pa.; www.renmatix.com). The BASF subsidiary led a $50 million financing round, joined…