Specialty chemicals group Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has acquired the Nipacide PTAP product line from Clariant (www.clariant.com) effective January 1, 2010. The active ingredient p-tert-amylphenol (PTAP) complements the phenolic active ingredients portfolio of Lanxess’ Material Protection Products (MPP) business…
Synthetic heat transfer fluid from Solutia Inc. (St. Louis, Mo.; www.solutia.com) will be used at Solnova 4, a new 50-MW concentrating solar power plant in Sevilla, Spain. The Solnova 4 power plant is managed by Abener Energia SA (Sevilla, Spain; www.abener.es), and is…
Intergraph (Atlanta, Ga.; www.intergraph.com) has acquired COADE Holdings Inc. (Houston; www.coade.com), provider of CAESAR II, PV Elite and TANK products, the industry’s most widely used software for pipe stress, pressure vessel and storage tank analysis, as well as its popular…
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) has been awarded, by Polimerica, a reimbursable contract to perform the front-end engineering design (FEED) for a new ethylene plant. The plant, which will have a capacity of 1.3-million ton/yr, will be part of a new petrochemical…
On January 1, 2010, specialty chemicals supplier Cognis (Monheim, Germany; www.cognis.com) opened an affiliate in Selangor, Malaysia. Cognis Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Cognis Group. The aim is to accelerate the group’s growth in the…
Brooks Instrument (Hatfield, Penn.; www.brooksinstrument.com), a provider of advanced flow measurement, control and level solutions, has launched the redesign of its website to provide visitors with information about Brooks Instrument’s products, as well as access to experts who can help…
To convert carbon dioxide into microbial biomass or biomolecules: such is the goal of a cooperative research agreed between RWE Power AG (Essen; www.rwe.com) and Brain AG (Zwingenberg, both Germany; www.brain-biotech.de). The power-generation firm and the biotech company want to…
December 14, 2009 — Borealis (Vienna, Austria; http://www.borealisgroup.com) has announced plans for a €75-million investment in Linz, Austria for a new semi-commercial catalyst plant to develop and scale up new catalysts for the production of innovative new polymers. Borealis has…
In professional life, the influences that teach us, inspire us and drive us to succeed tend to come more from individuals than corporations. If you would like to bring recognition to someone whose excellence in chemical engineering you admire, consider…
The chemical process industries (CPI) invest large amounts of capital each year and spend even more to produce the goods they sell. In 2007, CPI companies large enough to be in the Fortune 500 list invested more than $100 billion…