ABB (Houston; www.abb.com) has agreed to acquire company K-TEK Corp. (Prairieville, La.; www.ktekcorp.com), which will join the Measurement Products business unit within ABB’s Process Automation division. The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals. Terms were not disclosed. ABB expects the…
GEA Group AG (Bochum, Germany; www.geagroup.com) recently received a €14-million order for insulin processing equipment from Gulf Pharmaceutical Industries Julphar (United Arab Emirates). Julphar’s new plant will make the life-saving drug more widely available to patients in the United Arab Emirates…
KBR Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a contract by FPR Inc. (Houston) to provide Design and Early Engineering Services for the development of the Araromi Refinery Project in the OK Free Trade Zone (OKFTZ) in Nigeria. KBR will execute…
PEMEX Refinación (Mexico; www.ref.pemex.com) has selected Axens Prime-D technology for the production of ultralow sulfur diesel (ULSD) at its Salina Cruz, Minatitlan and Madero refineries. The scope of work will include license, pilot studies, optimization studies, basic and extended basic…
The Supervisory Board of BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has appointed Dr. Kurt Bock to succeed Dr. Jürgen Hambrecht as chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF. Dr. Martin Brudermüller will become vice chairman of the Board of…
Aker Solutions (www.akersolutions.com) has signed a contract with Ilim Group to supply an integrated chlorine dioxide plant for Ilim's pulp mill project in Bratsk, Russia. The contract value to Aker Solutions is approximately $18 million. Aker Solutions will supply technology, engineering,…
The Dow Corning Corp. (Midland, Michigan; www.dowcorning.com) has announced that it will invest up to $13 million to expand its European capabilities to innovate with silicon-based materials and technologies. The investment in a Solar Energy Exploration / Development Center (SEED)…
AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) has completed its acquisition of The Dow Chemical Co.’s (Dow; Midland, Michigan; www.dow.com) powder coatings activities, which was purchased by Dow in 2009 as part of its acquisition of Rohm and Haas. The deal was…
NORTH AMERICA Hydraulic Institute 2010 Spring Meeting. Hydraulic Institute (HI; Parsipppany, N.J.). Phone: 973-267-9700; Web: pumps.org Fort Worth, Tex. June 9–12 Recycling Metals from Industrial Waste. Colorado School of Mines. (Golden, Colo.). Phone: 303-273-3321; Fax: 303-273-3314; Web: outreach.mines.edu/cont_ed/heavy.shtml Golden, Colo.…
Evonik plans to shut down polyethylene waxes production May 21, 2010 — Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) intends to shut down its production of polyethylene waxes in Heme, Germany at the end of December, 2010. This step was taken as…