UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, says that it has been selected by Zhejiang Julong Petrochemical Co. (ZJLPC) to provide key technology for a new unit to produce propylene at its facility in Pinghu City, Zhejiang Province,…
Capital cost assessment is an integral part of process design when building or expanding a chemical process plant. It is required to provide project analysis and evaluation, to select among alternative designs, to plan the appropriation of funds and to…
Lopes Brodersen Lewis Comerford Lopes Ton Büchner, president and CEO of Sulzer AG, will become CEO of AkzoNobel NV (Amsterdam) in January 2012, when current CEO Hans Wijers steps down. Sönke Brodersen, head of research…
Capital cost assessment is an integral part of process design when building or expanding a chemical process plant. It is required to provide project analysis and evaluation, to select among alternative designs, to plan the appropriation of funds and to…
NORTH AMERICA ACS Fall National Meeting & Exposition. American Chemical Soc. (Washington, D.C.). Phone: 202-872-4600; Web: acs.org Denver, Colo. August 28–September 1 ChemInnovations 2011 Conference and Exhibition, co-located with ISA’s Houston Section Annual Conference & Exhibition, the Texas A&M Turbomachinery…
Plant Watch Outotec to deliver the world’s largest iron-ore pelletizing plant in Brazil June 30, 2011— Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed to deliver an iron-ore pelletizing plant to Samarco Mineração S.A. The new plant will be installed at…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Purac (www.purac.com), a subsidiary of CSM N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.csmglobal.com), today announce the start of negotiations to form a joint venture (JV) for the production of bio-based succinic acid. The companies have been…
The second annual ChemInnovations Conference and Expo will take place at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston from September 13–15. Billed as the ultimate venue to discovering breakthrough ideas, emerging technologies and game-changing solutions in the chemical process…
Capital equipment prices, as reflected in the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI), decreased approximately 0.10% on average from April to May, after increasing approximately 1.14% from March to April. Meanwhile, according to the American Chemistry Council’s (Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) mid-year…