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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Global Chemical Production Regional Index (Global CPRI) fell 0.3% in October, a departure from the average 0.5% monthly gain during the first quarter, according to the American Chemical Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). The figures appear in ACC’s most…
The XpressPDF Label monitors the temperature and time history of perishable products, such as food, vaccines, pharmaceuticals and biologics, during transport and storage. About the size of sugar packet, the XpressPDF labels are flat, with an integrated USB connection point…
North America IFPAC 2012 — International Forum & Exhibition for Process Analytical Chemistry. IFPAC (Grayslake, Ill.). Phone: 847-543-6800; Web: ifpacpat.org Baltimore, Md. January 22–25, 2012 Molding 2012 — 22nd International Conference. Executive Conference Management (Plymouth, Mich.). Phone: 734-737-0507; Web:…