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DSM BioSolutions enters into agreement with Laboratoires Mayoly Spindler

DSM BioSolutions, part of the DSM Pharma cluster (Parsippany, N.J.; www.dsmbiosolutions.com) has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Laboratoires Mayoly Spindler (Chatou Cedex, France; www.mayoly-spindler.com), for the manufacture of “MS1819” lipase. DSM has completed process development and commenced…

Powerspan carbon-capture pilot test meets performance goals

Test results from a pilot unit equipped with Powerspan Corp.'s (Portsmouth, N.H.; www.powerspan.com) ECO2 carbon-dioxide-capture technology met performance goals, the company announced today. Set up in a real-world operating environment at FirstEnergy Corp.'s (Akron, Ohio; www.firstenergycorp.com) plant in Shadyside, Ohio,…

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Launch of a 2nd-generation biofuel project in France

In light of the growing scarcity of oil resources, biofuels constitute an alternative solution, since they can serve as a complement to fossil fuels. As part of its policy aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the European Union is requiring…

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AkzoNobel’s Ningbo plant starts production

This week, production will start at AkzoNobel’s (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) chelates facility located at the company’s new €275 million multi-site in Ningbo, China. The startup of the first activities in Ningbo means that AkzoNobel is now the only major…

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Süd-Chemie and GTC Technology form strategic alliance

Süd-Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.sud-chemie.com) and GTC Technology Inc. (Houston, Tex.; www.gtchouston.com) have reached agreement on a strategic alliance. As part of this alliance agreement, Süd-Chemie has acquired a 25% share in GTC. The partnership significantly strengthens Süd-Chemie‘s position in…

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An integrated processes to produce nanostructured functional materials

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT; Karlsruhe, Germany; www.kit.edu) and BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) have founded “IP3” (innovative products, intelligent particles, integrated processes), a joint laboratory for process technology in Karlsruhe (www.ip3.de). JointLab is run by the two partners on…

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New MTP process modeled dynamically

Bayer Technology Services (BTS; Leverkusen; www.bayertechnology.com) collaborated with Lurgi GmbH (Frankfurt, both Germany; www.lurgi.com) to implement an operator training simulator (OTS) for a Lurgi’s new methanol-to-propylene (MTP) process. At the core of the MTP process is a complex, heterogeneously catalyzed reaction…

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GEA supplies Air Cooled Condenser to Israel

GEA Group AG (Bochum, Germany; www.geagroup.com) received the order to design, manufacture and supply the Air Cooled Condenser — worth €10 million — for the extension of the 250-MW, gas-fired power plant Tzafit in Israel. The extension will increase the capacity…

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gPROMS to include SAFT advanced thermodynamics

Process Systems Enterprise (PSE; London, U.K.; www.psenterprise.com) has announced an exclusive agreement with Imperial College London (ICL; www3.imperial.ac.uk) to provide the SAFT-VR advanced thermodynamic technology within its world-leading gPROMS advanced process modeling software. The Statistical Associating Fluid Theory (SAFT) approach…

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Borealis invests in catalyst plant

After investing €50 million in the expansion of the international Innovation Headquarters in Linz, Borealis AG (Vienna, Austria; www.borealisgroup.com) plans an additional investment of €75 million in Upper Austria, setting the next milestone in the development of the plastics region.…