Additional polycrystalline-silicon production facilities officially came on stream at Wacker Chemie AG’s (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) Burghausen, Germany, site today. All “Expansion Stage 8” deposition reactors are already up and running. The plant’s full nominal capacity of 10,000 metric tons (m.t.)…
Alkim Alkali Kimya A.S. (Alkim; Istanbul, Turkey), one of the world’s largest producers of sodium sulfate, has selected HPD (Plainfield, Ill.; www., a Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies company (www.veoliawater.com), to supply evaporation and crystallization process equipment for their new…
Lurgi, Inc. (Memphis, Tenn.; www.lurgi.com), a member of the Air Liquide group of companies announces the successful completion and start-up of a state-of-the-art ethanol facility for Calgren Renewable Fuels, LLC (Calgren; Pixley, Calif.; www.calgren.com). The Calgren plant incorporates industry leading…
Bayer Technology Services (BTS; Leverkusen; www.bayertechnology.com) and the Technical University of Dortmund (both Germany; www.tu-dortmund.de) have established the Invite GmbH research company, which will operate a new research center at Chempark Leverkusen, Germany. Flexible and efficient production concepts that help…
Intergraph Corp.’s (Atlanta, Ala.; www.intergraph.com) CADWorx 2010, the newest version of its plant design solution for smaller projects, is now compatible with AutoCAD 2011, the latest AutoCAD release from Autodesk, Inc. (San Rafael, Calif.; usa.autodesk.com) to offer users the improved capabilities…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with Bhushan Power & Steel Plant Ltd. (BPSL) on the delivery of pelletizing technology for BPSL’s steel plant expansion at Jharsuguda, located in Orissa state of India. The parties have agreed not to…
Global industrial production, as measured by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)'s composite leading indicator (CLI), rose in February, and continues to point to economic expansion, the American Chemistry Council (ACC) says in its latest Weekly Chemistry and…
Evonik Degussa Corp. (Parsippany, N.J.; www.evonik.com) has purchased a controlling interest in Harris & Ford Silco, LLC of Portland, Ore., from Indianapolis, Ind.-based Harris & Ford, LLC, for an undisclosed sum. The company has been renamed Evonik Silco Materials, LLC…
Teijin Ltd. (Tokyo; www.teijin.co.jp) announced today that it has signed a business collaboration agreement with Yixing City Water Works & Construction Investment Co., which manages water supply and sewage systems for the city of Yixing, Jiangsu Province, to co-develop wastewater…
International provider of testing and certification services TÜV SÜD AG (Munich, Germany; www.tuev-sued.de) has taken over Mechanical Integrity Inc. (Humble, Tex.; www.mi-nde.com). By acquiring the non-destructive testing and mechanical integrity specialists, TÜV SÜD is extending its range of global services…