Eric Byres, CTO of Byres Security Inc. (British Columbia, Canada; www.tofinosecurity.com), Andrew Ginter, CTO of Abterra Technologies (www.abterra.ca) and Joel Langill, CSO of SCADAhacker.com announce today the release of their joint White Paper “How Stuxnet Spreads — A Study of…
ASTM International (West Conshohocken, Pa.; www.astm.org) has been selected to provide certification for the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA; Washington, D.C.; www.usda.gov) bio-based labeling program, a voluntary initiative to identify bio-based products and to promote their sale among consumers seeking…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has announced that it signed a contract in Dec. 2010, with the Saudi Industrial Investment Group (SIIG) and Arabian Chevron Phillips Petrochemical Co. (ACP) to provide engineering, procurement and construction management services for…
LanzaTech (Auckland, New Zealand; www.lanzatech.co.nz) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Posco (Seoul, South Korea; www.posco.com), one of the largest steel producers in the world, covering the implementation of its gas fermentation technology (CE, December 2010, p. 12;…
The Flexitallic Group (Flexitallic; Houston) has launched its new website www.flexitallic.com. The company specializes in the design, manufacturing and global distribution of high performance industrial sealing products that operate in process industries including oil, power, petrochemical, chemical, pharmaceutical and nuclear…
Myriant Technologies (Quincy, Mass.; www.myriant.com) and Davy Process Technology (DPT; London; www.davyprotech.com), a Johnson Matthey company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) covering the use of succinic acid as a bio-derived feedstock for the production of butanediol, tetrahydrofuran and gamma-butyrolactone.…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with Eesti Energia, the leading oil shale-to-energy company in the world, to design and deliver a new oil-shale preparation plant to be built in Narva, Estonia. The contract value exceeds €20 million. Outotec…
Overall prices for chemicals rose 1.8% in January, according to an analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics that was included in the American Chemistry Council’s (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report. The…
Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) is planning to acquire the controlling majority in Süd-Chemie AG. As part of the planned transaction, still subject to clearance by competent merger control authorities, Clariant has come to agreements with the majority shareholder One…
Nanostart AG (Frankfurt, Germany; www.nanostart.de) has taken an investment position in Membrane Instruments and Technology Pte Ltd. (MINT; Singapore: www.mintmembranes.com). MINT, founded in 2009 as a spin-off from the country’s renowned Nanyang Technological University, is a producer of next-generation technology…