Applied Analytics, Inc. (AAI; Concord, Mass.; www.a-a-inc.com) and Aber Ahmed Equipment Est. (Sharjah, United Arab Emirates) have established Applied Analytics Middle East FZE. This new subsidiary expands and restructures AAI operations in the Gulf region, serving both as an administrative…
In a recent statement, Dr. Rafael Moure-Eraso, chairperson and CEO of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB, Washington, D.C.; www.csb.gov) expressed that he was saddened by news of the death of a Colorado welder on July 8, while performing what…
Süd-Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.sud-chemie.com) is investing approximately EUR 60 million in the production of lithium iron phosphate (LFP), a high performance energy storage material used in batteries for electric vehicle drives and other applications. On the new site of…
Evonik Industries (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is reorganizing its carbon black activities. On July 1, Evonik Carbon Black GmbH was founded as a legally independent management company under the umbrella of Evonik Industries. Jack Clem is CEO and Rainer Wobbe will…
Fuel Tech, Inc. (Warrenville, Ill.; www.ftek.com) has received a number of air-pollution-control (APC) orders valued at $6.4 million. The largest of these orders, placed by a major U.S. power producer, for reducing oxides of nitrogen (NOx) reduction projects on three coal-fired…
Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) bestowed its annual Alexander Wacker Innovation Award on Georg Pietsch and Michael Kerstan yesterday for the development of a novel grinding process for semiconductor wafers. Their innovation will allow ultra-flat silicon wafers to be manufactured…
Total production by the chemical industry rose 0.2% in May, but the pace of the economic recovery is slowing, the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Arlington, Va.; www.americanchemistry.com) says in recent reports. One recent ACC Weekly Chemistry and Economic Trends…
GEA PHE Systems (Sarstedt, Germany; www.gea-phe.com), part of the GEA Heat Exchangers Segment, received an order for a South American grassroots petroleum refinery project. The multimillion-euro order covers design and manufacturing of GEABloc welded plate heat exchangers. The new refinery…
Caloric Anlagenbau GmbH (Gräfelfing, Germany; www.caloric.com) has won a contract for the second hydrogen-generation plant in for a client from the chemical industry in France. After successful operation of the first plant delivered by Caloric and started up in 2009…
The US Dept. of Energy (DOE; Washington, D.C.; www.energy.gov) announced today the selection of ten projects aimed at developing advanced technologies for capturing carbon dioxide from coal combustion. The projects, valued at up to $67 million over three years, focus on…