Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Karlsruhe, Germany; www.thermoscientific.com) today announced a collaboration with integrated process technology provider Glatt Process Technology GmbH (Binzen, Germany; www.glatt.com) to deliver continuous twin-screw granulation and drying solutions for the pharmaceutical industry. Together, the two companies provide…
The M&G Group (Tortona, Italy; www.gruppomg.com), a major producer of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), has announced that it will build a next-generation-technology PET plant in the U.S., co-located and fully integrated with a new PTA (purified terephthalic acid) plant at the…
Honeywell (Morris Township, J.J.; www.honeywell.com) has tripled production capacity for its low-global-warming-potential (GWP) product HFO-1234ze to meet the growing need for the material, which is used in multiple foam and aerosol applications. The production expansion was made at Honeywell’s small-scale…
The technology group The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) and Sapphire Energy, Inc. (San Diego, Calif.; http://www.sapphireenergy.com) have entered into a multi-year agreement to co-develop a low-cost system to deliver carbon dioxide (CO2) to commercial-scale, open-pond, algae-to-fuel cultivation systems. Linde, the…
Huber Engineered Materials (HEM; Atlanta, Ga.; www.hubermaterials.com) is renaming its Alumina Trihydrate (ATH) business unit Fire Retardant Additives. The new name more accurately reflects the variety of non-halogen fire retardant and smoke suppressant technologies, brands and products now offered for…
DuPont (Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com) announced a comprehensive titanium dioxide expansion plan that will add about 350,000 metric tons (m.t.) of global capacity and strengthen the company’s capability to meet the increasing demand from its customers. The expansion includes new production…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) announced today that the Fluor SKM Joint Venture (FAST JV) received new awards from BHP Billiton to execute the company's Iron Ore Expansion Program in Western Australia. The focus of new awards will be primarily…
WorleyParsons Ltd. (North Sydney, Australia; www.worleyparsons.com) has been awarded an engineer, procure and construction management (EPCM) services contract for the expansion of Fortescue Metal Group’s (FMG) Anderson Point port facilities in Port Hedland Western Australia. The project will increase iron…
By way of an internationally attended groundbreaking ceremony, TransGas Development Systems, LLC, has begun construction of America’s largest coal-to-gasoline complex, the Adams Fork Energy plant in Mingo County, W.V. The ceremony was conducted today on the project site at Wharncliffe,…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with Tech Talk company of Dubai on the delivery of flash smelting technology for the expansion of National Iranian Copper Industries Co.'s copper smelter located in Sarcheshmeh, Iran. Outotec's scope of delivery includes…