Business & Economics
ChemInnovations 2010 Show Preview
The first ChemInnovations 2010 Conference and Expo (www.cpievent.com) is designed to provide engineers in the chemical process industries (CPI) with tools and knowledge for solving today’s complicated processing challenges. Scheduled to take place at the Reliant Center in Houston October…
WefTec 2010 Show Preview
The Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.; www.wef.org) will host the 83rd annual Weftec technical exhibition and conference October 2–6 at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. The largest water-quality conference in North America, Weftec 2010 features 112 technical…
Wolfgang Sautter becomes managing director at Voith Turbo BHS Getriebe GmbH…
Pagenkemper Roller Tutin Sautter Muzyka James Diamantis becomes director of strategic accounts for Wayne Chemicals (Fort Wayne, Ind.). Bernhard Pagenkemper becomes sales director for the machinery div. of Haver & Boecker (Oelde, Germany). Colfax Corp. (Richmond, Va.), a manufacturer of…
Selecting Laboratory Exhaust Systems
As components of chemical research facilities, fume-hood exhaust systems for laboratory workstations are often taken for granted. Yet the choice of exhaust system, when designing or specifying a laboratory workstation, can have a tremendous impact on the safety of the…
Recover Waste Heat From Fluegas
Adding an organic Rankine cycle system to generate power onsite can help operators optimize the overall economics of combustion-related systems and emissions controls The ever-increasing cost of fuel and relentless push for environmental responsibility are constant factors in the profitability…
Dow Corning considers biomass plant to produce steam and electricity; and more business news
Dow Corning considers biomass plant to produce steam and electricity August 20, 2010 — Dow Corning’s (Midland, Mich.; www.dowcorning.com) Midland manufacturing site is considering the installation of a biomass-powered energy facility to provide a renewable, reliable and cost-effective supply of…
ABB wins three-year maintenance-partnership agreement in Oman
ABB (Houston; www.abb.com) has announced that its local company in Oman, ABB Oman LLC has signed a three-year maintenance agreement for Vale’s (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; www.vale.com) state-of-the-art iron-ore pellet plant and distribution center in Oman. This maintenance partnership agreement…
KBR lands contract for LiOH-operation expansion
KBR Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced that its Downstream business unit has been awarded a contract to provide engineering and procurement services to Chemetall Foote Corp. (www.chemetalllithium.com) — a subsidiary of Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (www.rocksp.com) — for the addition of lithium…
Lonza acquires Vivante GMP Solutions
Lonza (Basel, Switzerland; www.lonza.com) enters the viral based-manufacturing market today with its purchase of Vivante GMP Solutions, Inc. (Houston; www.vivante-gmp.com) The acquisition advances Lonza’s strategy to broaden its biologics custom service offering for the growing viral vaccine and gene therapy…
Axens’ Revivoil technology at PDVSA Intevep
PDVSA Intevep (www.pdvsa.com) — the technological division of Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) — has selected Axens’ (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) and Viscolube Revivoil technology for its waste oil re-refining plant to be located in San Juan de los Morros (Guárico…