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…
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp) has been awarded a contract from Cuvenpeq S.A. — a petrochemical and fertilizer joint venture between the Cuban government and Pequiven S.A from Venezuela — for a urea production and granulation plant in…
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…
Production of chemicals in the U.S. rose by 0.6% in April amid wider growth in industrial output, according to the latest American Chemistry Council (ACC) Weekly Chemistry and Economic Trends report. After April, the level of U.S. chemical production stood at…
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) is today officially starting work on construction of its first production facility in Russia. In the future, Lanxess subsidiary Rhein Chemie will produce rubber chemicals in Dzerzhinsk in the Nizhny Novgorod region for the markets…
GTC Technology US, LLC (Houston; www.gtctech.com) was selected by Holly Corp. (Dallas, Tex.; www.hollycorp.com) and two subsidiaries to provide process design engineering and its licensed GT-BenZap technology for benzene management and reduction. The licensed technology will support Holly’s efforts for…
Messer Group GmbH (Sulzbach/Frankfurt, Germany; www.messergroup.com) has commissioned a new CO2 liquefaction plant with a production capacity of 150,000 ton/yr of carbon dioxide on the site of the British company Ineos Oxide in Zwijndrecht near Antwerp, Belgium. The Messer Group…