Foster Wheeler AG’s (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) Global Engineering and Construction Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with PetroAlgae (Melbourne, Fla.; www.petroalgae.com) for engineering services to be performed in conjunction with PetroAlgae's micro-crop biomass technology, which allows for the production…
The Process Technology Segment of GEA Group AG (Bochum, Germany; www.geagroup.com) has received an order for a complete milk powder factory. The customer is the leading Australian Dairy Group Burra Foods and the total order is in excess of €23…
Dow Water & Process Solutions (www.dowwatersolutions.com), a business unit of The Dow Chemical Co. (Dow; www.dow.com), and Bayer Technology Services GmbH (BTS; Leverkusen, Germany; www.bayertechnology.com), announced a licensing agreement for the worldwide marketing of BayFAME technology, a continuous process developed…
Myriant Technologies LLC (Quincy, Mass., www.myriant.com) has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to receive up to $50 million for its planned biobased succinic acid facility in Louisiana. According to Myriant, its was the only award focused…
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is seeking input on the approach to use in developing its federal standard for combustible dust. In its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on Combustible Dust, OSHA identified five National Fire…
Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG Asslar, Germany; www.pfeiffer-vacuum.net) has signed a contract to acquire Trinos Vakuum-Systeme GmbH (Göttingen, Germany). Under the terms of the agreement, Pfeiffer Vacuum will acquire 100% of the shares in Trinos effective January 1, 2010. The purchase…
Air Liquide (www.us.airliquide.com) has acquired the Hydrogen Generation Module (HGM) technology from H2Gen Innovations Inc. (Alexandria, Va.), a designing, manufacturing and marketing company for on-site hydrogen generators and gas purification units. The agreement took effect November 19, 2009. The HGM…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has been awarded a contract by Minera Chinalco Perú for the supply of a thickening technology for Toromocho’s greenfield copper project in Peru. The contract value is approximately €11 million. Outotec’s scope includes design, fabrication and…
Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea; www.samsungengineering.co.kr) has commissioned Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany; www.uhde.eu) to provide extensive licensing, engineering and supply services within the scope of a large plant contract, which Ruwais Fertilizer Industries (FERTIL; Abu Dhabi) has awarded…
Solutia Inc. (St. Louis, Mo.; www.therminol.com) announced today that it has supplied Therminol D12 and Therminol 66 synthetic heat transfer fluids to a new state of the art, 15,000 metric ton per year (m.t./y) solar-grade high-purity polysilicon manufacturing plant in…