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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has taken further steps to streamline its global production network and thus reduce operating costs in the face of the economic crisis and competitive business environment. The specialty chemicals group has sold its 55% stake…
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Tokyo; www.toyo-eng.co.jp has been awarded a project for methionine production facilities that will be constructed in the Dalian Economic and Technological Development Zone in China by Sumitomo Chemical Co. and Dalian Jingang Group Co. The facilities will produce…