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Celanese develops advanced technology for producing industrial-use ethanol

Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.; www.celanese.com) plans to construct manufacturing facilities in China and the U.S. to utilize recently-developed advanced technology for the production of ethanol for chemical applications and other industrial uses. Celanese’s innovative process technology builds on the company’s…

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Lanxess buys businesses from Flexsys

Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has agreed to acquire two businesses from Flexsys, a division of Solutia Inc. (St. Louis, Missouri) to strengthen the portfolio of its Rubber Chemicals business unit. Lanxess will acquire the primary accelerator business as well…

BASF to market molecular sieve products

BASF Catalysts LLC (Iselin, N.J.; www.basf.com) has entered into an original equipment manufacturing (OEM) agreement with Chemiewerk Bad Köstritz (Thüringen, Germany; www.cwk-bk.de) to market molecular sieve products targeted at the natural gas, petroleum refining, petrochemical and air-drying markets. BASF commented…

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Air Liquide invests in Turkey

Turkey is currently undergoing very dynamic development; the Turkish economy saw growth of more than 10% in the first half of 2010. High technology and energy sectors have seen accelerated growth for a number of years. In this context, Air…

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Total and CPI to study coal-to-olefins petrochemical project in China

Total S.A. (Paris, France; www.total.com) and the Chinese energy group China Power Investment Corp. (CPI) announced their intention to build a coal-based petrochemical plant in China. The two companies signed a letter of understanding (LOU) today in Paris during the…

 IDEX Corp. acquires The Fitzpatrick Co.

IDEX Corp. (Lake Forest, Ill.; www.idexcorp.com) has acquired The Fitzpatrick Co., a designer and manufacturer of customized size-reduction, roll compaction and drying systems to support product development and manufacturing processes. Fitzpatrick will expand the capability of IDEX's Quadro Engineering by…

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SNC-Lavalin to revamp H2SO4 plants in Jordan

SNC-Lavalin Inc. (Montreal, Canada; www.snclavalin.com) has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Jordan Phosphate Mines Co. (JPMC) to upgrade and increase the capacity of two sulfuric acid plants in Aqaba, Jordan. SNC-Lavalin’s revenues from the project…

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Yulin selects Unipol PE Process

Univation Technologies LLC (Houston; www.univation) announced that Yulin Energy and Chemical Ltd. of Yanchang Petroleum Group Co. (Yulin) has selected Univation’s Unipol PE Process for a 300,000 metric ton per year polyethylene (PE) plant. The facility will be located in…

Dow Corning names Robert Hansen as new president   

Dow Corning Corporation’s (Midland, Mich.; www.dowcorning.com) board of directors elected Robert D. Hansen, president of Dow Corning Corp., effective immediately. Stephanie A. Burns remains chairman and CEO. Hansen has been employed by Dow Corning for 28 years and most recently…