GEA Niro (Soeborg, Denmark; www.niro.com) has recently won a contract worth several million Euros with Dao Heuang Group in Laos for the delivery of a complete instant coffee processing line. When in full production the processing line will produce 3,000…
Dr. Henrik Topsøe has been selected as the winner of the 2010 Distinguished Researcher Award from The Petroleum Chemistry Division of American Chemical Society (ACS). The award recognizes Dr. Henrik Topsøe for his outstanding research contributions to the understanding of…
Cegelec (Paris, France; www.cegelec.com), an international group providing technological services to companies and public authorities, has signed a turnkey contract (EPCC) with Cameroon’s Société Nationale de Raffinage (Sonara) to upgrade the management system and replace the instrumentation and control systems…
Energy crop company Ceres, Inc. (Thousand Oaks, Calif.; www.ceres.net) and Novozymes (Franklin, N.C.; www.novozymes.com), the world’s largest enzyme provider, have entered a research collaboration to co-develop customized plant varieties and enzyme cocktails for the production of cellulosic biofuel. The companies expect…
Global chemical industry production rose by 0.6% in April, the 13th gain in the past 14 months, according the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Arlington, Va.; www.americanchemistry.com). ACC's Weekly Chemistry and Economic Trends report for May 21 states that production gains…
GEA Group AG (Bochum, Germany; www.geagroup.com) received an order for the design, supply and erection of an indirect dry Heller cooling system for Gazprom’s new 360-MW combined-cycle power plant in the Sochi District, Russia. The order value is within the double…
Alstom (Paris, France; www.alstom.com) says it will complement its strong portfolio in renewables through a partnership with BrightSource Energy, Inc. (Oakland, Calif.; www.brightsourceenergy.com) to enter the high-growth solar energy market. Alstom today announces it is investing up to $55 million in…
Honeywell (Morristown, N.J.; www.honeywell.com) and DuPont (Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com) today announced a manufacturing joint venture (JV) to produce a new refrigerant for use in automotive air conditioning systems. The new refrigerant has 99.7% lower global warming potential (GWP) than the…
The German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU; Berlin; www.bmu.de) and the German Chemical Industry Assn. (VCI; Frankfurt, both Germany; www.vci.de) have started their cooperation in human biomonitoring, in order to improve the knowledge of…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with Minera Lumina Copper S.A. on the delivery of a copper solvent extraction and electrowinning plant for the Caserones project, located in high mountains in northern Chile. The contract value is approximately EUR 65…