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…
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…
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,…
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 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…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has signed a contract with EuroChem (Moscow, Russia; www.eurochem.ru), to sell its fertilizer activities in Antwerp, Belgium. BASF also plans to sell its 50% share of the joint-venture (JV) PEC-Rhin (Ottmarsheim, France) to EuroChem. The…
In today’s economy, businesses have become more cash-conscious. The focus on expenses has become increasingly important to the bottom line. Typically, the top three business expenses are wages, raw material costs and taxes. If jobs are cut, or raw material…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with Mintal Group Co., a large manufacturer of ferrochrome and stainless steel, on the design and delivery of a new ferrochrome plant to Baotou, in the Inner Mongolia, China. The contract value is…