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Koch Membrane Systems to install wastewater system in China

Koch Membrane Systems, Inc. (KMS; Wilmington, Mass.; www.kochmembrane.com) has been selected to supply membranes for a large-scale wastewater recycling system for Yingkou Medium Plate Co., in Yingkou City, Liaoning Province, China. The project will recycle the plant’s wastewater to meet…

Air Liquide plans new plant in North Dakota

Air Liquide Industrial U.S. LP (Houston, Tex.; www.us.airliquide.com) has announced that it will build a new air separation unit (ASU) to supply nitrogen to industrial users, particularly those in the oil and gas sector, in northwest North Dakota. The new…

Global chemical production volume up 3.5% in 2011, ACC estimates

Chemistry output globally will increase 3.5% in 2011, as measured by volume, according to the Year-end 2011 Situation and Outlook report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). Released today, the report summarizes the economic trends experienced in…

Allylix enters commercial-scale production of nootkatone

Allylix Inc. (San Diego, Calif.; www.allylix.com) announced today that it has begun production of nootkatone for the flavor and fragrance industry in large-scale commercial quantities, utilizing 200,000-L fermentation tanks.  While nootkatone, a fresh, citrus, woody note, is present in grapefruit…

U.S. wholesale chemicals trade fell slightly in October, ACC report says

Wholesale trade in chemicals in the U.S. fell 0.4% to $9.94 billion in October, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau that was compiled by the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) in its most recent Weekly Chemistry…

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BASF investing $20 million in Vidalia, La., plant improvements  

BASF Corp. (Iselin, N.J.; www.basf.com) will be investing $20 million over the next 18 months to create a world-class manufacturing environment for activated alumina adsorbent products at its existing production facility in Vidalia, Louisiana.  This is a long-term improvement project…

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Jacobs awarded contract from Honeywell and Sinochem  

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) was awarded a contract to provide engineering and procurement services for a newly formed joint venture (JV) between Honeywell and Sinochem. Officials did not disclose the construction value but did announce that production…

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Linde to build hydrogen plant for chemical complex in China  

The technology group The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) is set to build and operate a new hydrogen plant in the Jilin Chemical Industrial Park (JCIP) in Northeast China. The company will be investing around €42 million in the first…

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Qatar Petroleum and Shell to develop a world-scale petrochemicals complex in Qatar  

Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry of the State of Qatar, and Peter Voser, CEO of Shell, signed today a Heads of Agreement that sets the scope and commercial principles for the development of a world-scale petrochemicals…

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Toyo-Canada awarded EDS work of oil sands refinery project  

Toyo Engineering Canada Ltd. (Toyo-Canada)*, a Canadian subsidiary of Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp) has been awarded a contract by North West Redwater Partnership (NWR) a joint venture between North West Upgrading Inc. and Canadian Natural Resources Limited…