CertifiedSafety (Deer Park, Tx.; www.certifiedsafety.net) has opened a new regional office in Whiting, Indiana this month. The company provides third-party safety services to major refineries, chemical, gas and power plants nationwide. The new Whiting office is their third regional facility…
In January, overall chemical production in the U.S. rose by 0.3% to 89.6% of its 2007 average, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data analyzed by the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). In its latest Weekly…
Heliatek GmbH (Dresden, Germany; www.heliatek.com), a global leader in high-end solar photovoltaic (PV) technology, has signed a joint development agreement with Reckli GmbH (Herne, Germany; www.reckli.de), a world leader in the manufacture of elastic molds for concrete building facades. This…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has signed a contract with Chilean Codelco, the leading copper producer in the world, for the delivery of concentration technology for a slag treatment plant to be located in connection with the Potrerillos copper smelter…
DuPont (Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com) and Yingli Energy Co. (Yingli China; Baoding, China; www.yinglisolar.com) have signed a $100-million strategic agreement for photovoltaic materials aimed at accelerating the adoption of solar energy to address one of the world’s biggest challenges — reducing…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract by Joule Unlimited, Inc. (Bedford, Mass. www.jouleunlimited.com), to design and build a biofuels demonstration facility in New Mexico. Fluor booked the undisclosed contract value in…
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) announced yesterday that subsidiaries of its Global Engineering and Construction Group have been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCm) contract by Aramco Overseas Company B.V. (AOC), a subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, and…
The Industry Automation Div. of Siemens AG (Nuremburg, Germany; www.siemens.com) is providing Takreer (Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Co.) with a Zimpro wet air oxidation (WAO) system to treat refinery spent caustic as part of the company's expansion of its refinery…
Caloric Anlagenbau GmbH (Graefelfing, Germany; www.caloric.com) will supply a new hydrogen generation plant in Indonesia. Design capacity of the plant is 1000 Nm3/h hydrogen. The steam reforming process will be initially started with natural gas as feedstock, but is also…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) announced today its purchase of a novel feed enzyme from the industrial biotechnology company Direvo Industrial Biotechnology GmbH (Cologne, Germany; www.direvo.com). Direvo´s tailor-made feed enzyme is an optimized and improved mannanase. It displays superior temperature…