Capital equipment prices, as reflected in the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI), increased approximately 0.73% on average from June to July, after increasing approximately 1.2% from May to June. Meanwhile, according to the Current Business Indicators from Global Insight, Inc.,…
Plant Watch Ineos Technologies licenses its technology for a PP plant in China September 1, 2011 — Ineos Technologies (www.ineos.com) has licensed its Innovene PP (polypropylene) Process for the manufacture of homopolymers, random copolymers and impact copolymers to the Shaanxi…
Intelligrated (Cincinnati, Ohio), a provider of automated material- handling solutions, promotes Greg Cronin to executive vice president. René Umlauft becomes CEO of turbomachinery manufacturer MAN Diesel and Turbo (Augsburg, Germany). Terrance Ivers becomes CEO of the Compression and Solutions Business…
North America Interphex Puerto Rico. Reed Exhibitions (Norwalk, Conn.). Phone: 203-840-4800; Web: interphexpuertorico.com San Juan, Puerto Rico October 20–21 Valves & Actuators 101 Course. Valve Manufacturers Assn. (Washington, D.C.). Phone: 202-331-8105; Web: vma.org Rosemont, Ill. October 26–27 SHPE Annual Meeting.…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) and Russian company RusBiotech International have established the joint venture (JV) Russkie Biotechnologii for manufacturing L-lysine in Russia by means of a biotechnological process. Vassily Golubev, governor of the Rostov-on-Don region, and Vadim Varshavsky,…
Certified Safety Specialists today announced that it has simplified the company name to reflect customer preferences. They now will be known as CertifiedSafety. The company also will be changing its web and e-mail addresses to reflect the change. The old www.gocss.net…
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; www.mhi.co.jp) and Mitsubishi Corp. (MC; both Tokyo, Japan; www.mitsubishicorp.com) have agreed with the Indonesian government to collaborate in a large-scale substitute natural gas (SNG) synthesis project utilizing Indonesia's abundant low rank coal (LRC) which is…
The hydrogen demand for a new polysilicon facility being built in Taiwan will be covered with units from Caloric Anlagenbau GmbH (Gräfelfing, Germany; www.caloric.com). With this contract Caloric establishes itself as a competent and reliable partner for this growing industry,…
The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA; Washington, D.C.; www.usda.gov) today announced five major grants that focus on developing biomass-derived fuels, in part for aviation. The research and development awards, which total $136 million over five years, are part of the…
The Dow Chemical Co. ((Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) and K2 Pure Solutions (K2 Pure; Pittsburgh, Calif.; www.k2pure.com) today celebrated the successful start-up of a new chlor-alkali plant at Dow’s Pittsburg, Calif. site. The new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility will produce bleach to…