Business & Economics
UOP to expand adsorbents and catalysts production at its Alabama facility
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…
Axens Technologies for IRPC Public in Thailand
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…
Linde to construct onsite plants for Sadara’s major chemical complex in Saudi Arabia
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 provides process technology for the new copper concentrator in Mexico
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…
Revamping Your Process Plant
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…
Wacker invests €40 million to expand polymer site in China and more…
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…
Calendar: May – June 2012
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;…
Thomas Pajonas becomes chief operating officer for Flowserve…
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,…
Current economic trends
Capital equipment prices, as reflected in the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI), increased 0.5% from December to January. This month’s issue presents the annual 2011 CEPCI, 585.7, which is an 6.3% increase from 2010 and an 11.4% increase from 2009.…
Gulotty becomes technical manager for Applied Catalysts….
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,…