The Dow Chemical Co. (Midlands, Mich.; www.dow.com) has been recognized for its excellence in energy efficiency by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE; Washington, D.C.; www.energy.gov). The DOE awarded two Superior Energy Performance certifications to the company for achievements in…
CB&I ((The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) announced today that Lummus Technology, a CB&I company, has been awarded a contract from Kazakhstan Petrochemical Industries Inc. LLP (KPI) for the license and basic engineering of a propane dehydrogenation unit and a polypropylene plant.…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif; www.jacobs.com) announced today that the 6.5-MW cogeneration facility it designed and built for Oregon State University (OSU) has been awarded the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum certification. This rating is the…
Sulzer Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland; www.sulzer.com) and Assa Abloy AB (Stockholm, Sweden; www.assaabloy.com), the new majority owner of Cardo AB (Malmö, Sweden) after a public offer concluded in March 2011, have signed an agreement for the acquisition of Cardo’s Flow Solutions…
Lonza (www.lonza.com) and Roche (both Basel, Switzerland; www.rochemengonline.com) have entered into a co-exclusive distribution agreement for the commercialization of Roche’s MycoTOOL mycoplasma Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) assays. PCR is a commonly used molecular biology technique that amplifies a single copy…
JGC Indonesia, JGC Corp.’s (Yokohama, Japan; www.jgc.co.jp) Indonesian subsidiary, has been awarded a contract for the construction of a lubricants production plant in Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia by PT. JX Nippon Oil & Energy Lubricants Indonesia, a local joint venture…
DuPont Protection Technologies (DPT) recently launched SafeSPEC 2.0, a comprehensive, interactive online tool that helps safety professionals make informed decisions about selecting chemical protective apparel. SafeSPEC 2.0 offers new customizable product selection and search features for the full portfolio of…
Praxair Argentina, a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) will build a new plant in Argentina to supply oxygen, nitrogen and argon. Praxair will install state-of-the-art technology that will improve production reliability and also increase liquid product capacity in…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is setting up its first project house outside Germany. Light & Electronics, a research and development unit established on April 1, is located in the Hsinchu Technology Park in Taiwan. The focus of its…
Styron LLC (Midland, Mich.; www.styron.com) plans to expand its latex capacity at its Zhangjiagang, China production facility. The projected additional capacity of latex will help to better serve the growing demand for latex in China’s paper and paper board industry,…