The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT; Cambridge, Mass.; www.mit.edu) today announced the creation of the MIT/MTL Center for Graphene Devices and Systems (MIT-CG). This interdepartmental center, part of the Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL), brings together MIT researchers and industrial partners…
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract for the basic engineering design of a new hydrogen production unit, based on Foster Wheeler Terrace-Wall steam-reforming…
Exhibitors and attendees alike are getting geared up for the 2nd annual ChemInnovations Conference and Expo (www.cpievent.com), which runs from September 13–15 at the George Brown Convention Center in Houston. Focused on breakthrough ideas, emerging technologies and game-changing solutions in…
Capital equipment prices, as reflected in the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI), increased approximately 1.2% on average from May to June, after decreasing approximately 0.10% from April to May. Meanwhile, according to the American Chemistry Council’s (Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) latest…
The 84th annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference (Weftec 2011) will take place at the Los Angeles Convention Center from October 15–19 (the exhibition runs from October 17–19). The largest annual water quality event in the world…
Griffiths Heintzelman Lipetzky Harris Park Carbogen Amcis AG (Bubendorf, Switzerland), a pharmaceutical process developer and manufacturer of active pharmaceutical ingredients, names Mark Griffiths CEO. GE Energy (Atlanta, Ga.), names Dan Heintzelman CEO of GE Oil & Gas. He is currently…
Plant Watch Solvay to form JV with Sadara to build H2O2 plant in Saudi Arabia July 28, 2011 — Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) intends to create a 50:50 joint venture (JV) with Sadara Chemical Co. (itself a planned JV…
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KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) was awarded a contract by Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL) — a Jaypee Group company — to provide license and engineering design services for JAL’s brownfield 2,200 metric tons (m.t.) per day ammonia plant in Kanpur, India. KBR…
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, has begun construction in Hawaii of a biofuels demonstration unit that will convert forest residuals, algae and other cellulosic biomass into green transportation fuels. Backed by a $25-million U.S. Dept. of…