Alfa Laval AB (Lund, Sweden; www.alfalaval.com) has expanded its mixing portfolio with the launch of magnetic mixers with a revolutionary magnetically coupled levitating impeller. Alfa Laval magnetic mixers feature a patented design that delivers friction-free mixing, unparalleled cleanability and the…
Siemens Energy (Erlangen, Germany; www.siemens.com) has successfully completed the first test phase with its CO2 capture process in a pilot facility at the Staudinger power plant operated by E.ON. With its innovative and particularly ecofriendly process the company is setting…
Production of chemicals declined by 0.1% in October, as overall industrial production was flat, according to data from the U.S. Federal Reserve Board, as analyzed by the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) in its most recent Weekly Chemistry…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has begun supplying BP’s petroleum-refinery complex in Whiting, Indiana, with hydrogen from its new, state-of-the-art hydrogen facility. The two steam-methane reformers have a total capacity of 200 million standard cubic feet per day. BP uses…
After four years of construction, Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) and Dow Corning Corp. (Midland, Mich; www.dowcorning.com) today officially inaugurated their joint integrated silicone-manufacturing site in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu province, China. The facility will serve fast-growing demand for silicone materials…
The technology group The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) is set to further expand its gas supply infrastructure for GCL-Poly Energy Holdings, China’s largest producer of highly purified polycrystalline silicon (polysilicon). Building on the existing contract with GCL, this deal…
In Elyria, Ohio, BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has commenced construction of a more than $50-million production facility for innovative cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries used to power hybrid and full-electric vehicles. The facility is being built with the help…
The Global Power Group of Foster Wheeler AG’s (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) has been awarded a contract to design and supply a solar steam generator system (preheaters, drum-type evaporators, and superheaters) including interconnecting piping, valves, primary I&C, steel structures, and site…
The signing of a deal in Essen on November 11, 2010, sees SKC (Seoul, Korea) acquiring a 45% share in Evonik Degussa Peroxide Korea Co. (Ulsan), a subsidiary of Evonik Degussa GmbH (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com). Evonik Degussa Peroxide Korea is…
The trade balance in the chemicals industry improved to a surplus of $3.4 billion, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau that was included in the most recent American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) Weekly Chemistry and Economic…