Fuel cells from Nedstack (Arnhem, the Netherlands; www.nedstack.com) will soon produce one megawatt (1 MW) of electricity for Solvay’s chlorine plant in the harbor of Antwerp. On July 26th, the hydrogen power plant will be transported to Solvay, in Lillo,…
NexLube Tampa LLC plans to begin construction of a used oil re-refinery and blending plant in Tampa, Florida using Axens’ (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) and Viscolube S.p.A.’s (Pieve Fissiraga, Italy;www.viscolube.it) Revivoil technology. The facility is expected to process 24 million gallons…
GEA Group AG (Düsseldorf, Germany; www.geagroup.com) has acquired Nu-Con Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand), a major global supplier of powder handling components, complete powder handling systems and bulk filling lines. With 167 employees, Nu-Con generated some €27 million in revenues during…
Praxair, Inc. (Danburz, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has signed a multi-year contract with Hemlock Semiconductor, L.L.C. to supply high-purity hydrogen to Hemlock Semiconductor, L.L.C.’s new $1.2-billion polysilicon manufacturing facility under construction in Clarksville, Tenn. Praxair will build and operate an on-site hydrogen…
A subsidiary of Foster Wheeler AG’s (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by YPF S.A. for the delayed coker heater for the new delayed coking unit at YPF's Complejo Industrial La Plata in…
Shell Global Solutions (Amsterdam; www.shell.com/globalsolutions) and Paques Holding B.V. (Balk, both the Netherlands; www.paques.nl) have agreed upon the formation of a 50-50 joint venture, Paqell B.V. (www.paqell.com), to focus their efforts on the marketing of biological desulphurization in the oil…
The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) and Ube Industries, Ltd. (Ube; Tokyo, Japan; www.ube-ind.co.jp) have agreed to form a joint venture (JV) to manufacture and market formulated electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) in energy storage applications. The 50-50 JV,…
Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) and General Technology & Systems Company Ltd. (Gentas) of the Shoaibi Group (www.shoaibigroup.com), announced today they have signed a Letter of Intent to build a world-scale hydroprocessing catalyst production plant in Saudi Arabia. The plant will…
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, announced today that China’s Wison (Nanjing) Clean Energy Company Ltd. has selected UOP technology to convert methanol into building blocks for chemical products at an existing coal chemical complex in China.…
Ube Industries, Ltd. (Ube; Tokyo, Japan; www.ube-ind.co.jp) has reached agreement with Amperex Technology Ltd. (ATL; Hong Kong; www.atlbattery.com) to license several Ube-owned patents on lithium-ion rechargeable batteries and electrolytes to ATL. The agreement will serve to strengthen the business relationship between…