Telvent (Madrid, Spain; www.telvent.com) announced it is partnering with Longwatch, Inc. (Norwood, Mass.; www.longwatch.com) to integrate components of the Longwatch Surveillance System with the Telvent OASyS DNA supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system. This alliance provides oil, gas, electric,…
The Technical University of Denmark (DTU; www.dtu.dk), the Technische Universität München (TUM; www.tum.de) and Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e; www.tue.nl) are starting a graduate school in Sustainable Energy Technologies. All three have a strong international reputation in this field. It…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and F.A.R. Fabbrica Adesivi Resine S.p.A (F.A.R.; Cologno Monzese, Italy;www.gruppofar.it/far/eng/index.htm), have agreed to cooperate for the production, marketing and sale of the polyalcohol trimethylolpropane (TMP). This cooperation is expected to take effect in July 2009.…
Dresser Masoneilan (Houston, Tex.; www.dresser.com) was chosen by Saipem SpA (Milan, Italy) to supply control valves for the Qatar Fertilizer Co. (Qafco). Located south of Doha, Qatar, the Qafco industrial complex is quickly growing into the world’s largest ammonia and…
Polaris (Quimper, France; www.polaris.fr). global leading expert in nutritional lipids, has selected Seventure (Paris; www.seventure.fr) to increase its capital and fund its growth. Polaris was founded and is still led by Stephane Lozachmeur, CEO and Gildas Breton, CSO, two bright…
Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany; www.uhde.biz) has been awarded a lump-sum turnkey contract by Qatar Petrochemical Co. (QAPCO), a subsidiary of Industries Qatar and Total Petrochemicals of France, to build a 300,000 tonne-per-year low-density polyethylene (LDPE) plant within the scope of…
Specialty chemicals group Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) is underpinning its long-term growth strategy in the BRIC countries with two acquisitions in Asia. Lanxess subsidiary Lanxess India Private Ltd will acquire the chemical businesses and assets of stock market listed…
Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG in (Reinach, Switzerland; www.endress.com) and Integrated Sensing Systems, Inc. (ISSYS; Ann Arbor, Mich.; www.mems-issys.com) today announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership. The objective of this agreement is to collaboratively develop and commercialize advanced sensing…
Klaus Endress addresses guests and employees at the inauguration ceremony on June 4, 2009. Photo: Dorothy Lozowski During this time of cutbacks, Endress+Hauser (Reinach, Switzerland; www.us.endress.com) showed its confidence in the American market by inaugurating a new multi-million dollar production…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels; www.solvay.com) announced today that Solvay Indupa successfully concluded its three-year, $150-million investment program to upgrade and expand the operations at its Santo André plant in Brazil by starting up a new membrane chlor-alkali unit (MCA) associated with…