A newly launched front-end design tool from this company allows for rapid development and evaluation of capital project options in the process industries. The software tool integrates flowsheet development, 3-D layout, factored cost estimation and design deliverables generation. Its simple…
This company recently introduced an expanded services department to complement its software products. Supporting the petroleum and gas, power, pulp and paper, chemical and aerospace industries, the service department offers plant design and analysis, piping design, data translation, as well…
PSI-Plot Version 9.5 for Windows is designed for technical plotting and data processing in science and engineering fields. Version 9.5 builds on previous editions, but adds features, including built-in mathematical functions, matrix decomposition and maximum likelihood estimation for generalized linear…
With the increase of biotech products, more and more drug formulations result in slightly turbulent forms. For the distinction of the different levels of turbidity, this firm has released a new series of inspection modules. The S-Turb Module monitors the…
Zoneworks Zoneworks enclosures (photo) are designed to provide enclosure to rooms or individual instruments for control of environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity, sound, odor, dust fumes and more to protect plant employees. Constructed of modular vinyl panels, the enclosures…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf) has received approval for a 400,000 metric tons per year MDI (diphenylmethane diisocyanate) project in Chongqing, China. The investment will total RMB 8 billion (approximately €860 million). The facility, which will produce a core component…
KSB AG (Frankenthal, Germany; www.ksb.com) has bought the South Korean valve specialist Seres Co. Ltd. The company was founded in 1982 and has a total workforce of over 130 employed at its Seoul headquarters and its production site in Busan,…
Ethane supplies from shale formations in North America could boost investment and chemical manufacturing in the U.S., according to an analysis by the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). In a report released released this week, ACC explains how…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has signed a contract with Sandfire Resources to deliver key process technologies and services for the DeGrussa copper/gold concentrator in Western Australia. The contract value exceeds €15 million. Outotec's scope of delivery comprises SAG and…
AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) is to invest more than €60 million in boosting production capacity for its Bermocoll cellulose derivatives (paint and building material thickeners), providing additional momentum for the company's accelerated growth strategy which includes doubling revenue in…