Business & Economics
Solvay starts up RDF cogeneration plant
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) announces today that the construction of the Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) cogeneration plant at its industrial site in Bernburg, Germany, has been completed by the Tönsmeier Group and that the plant is now supplying energy for…
AkzoNobel to add new plant at Ningbo site
AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands;www.akzonobel.com) is to build an additional plant at its Ningbo multi-site for its Functional Chemicals business. The new €17 million project — part of a total investment of €275 million — will further expand the company’s rapidly…
CDTech awarded gasoline desulfurization contract
Catalytic Distillation Technologies (CDTech; Pasadena, Tex.; www.cdtech.com) has been awarded a contract by TAIF-NK OAO for the license and basic engineering of an FCC- (fluid catalytic cracking) gasoline-treatment unit, as part of an upgrade at its refinery in Nizhnekamsk in the…
CSB requests public comment on methyl isocyanate study
In a Federal Register notice published April 23, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB, Washington, D.C.; www.csb.gov) announced it is seeking public comment on the design of a Congressionally mandated study on the use of methyl isocyanate (MIC) in the…
Biotage acquires MIP Technologies
Biotage AB (Uppsala, Sweden; www.biotage.com) and the owners of MIP Technologies AB (Lund, Sweden: www.miptechnologies.com) today announced that the parties have signed a definitive agreement under which Biotage will acquire all outstanding shares in MIP Technologies, a privately held leading…
ChemInnovations Conference & Exhibition Announces Partnership with ISA Houston Section
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ChemInnovations, the only major CPI show in North America in 2010, announced today that the International Society of Automation (ISA) Houston Section, www.houstonisa.org, will be hosting its annual exhibition in conjunction with the ChemInnovations Conference & Exposition, presented…
U.S. Chemical Production Shows Continued Growth, ACC Report Says
Chemical production in the U.S. rose 0.5% in March, and was up from the previous month in all seven geographic regions, the American Chemistry Council reported in its Weekly Chemistry and Economic Trends report for April 23. It is…
ZeaChem validates its core biorefining technology
ZeaChem Inc. (Lakewood, Col.; www.zeachem.com today announced it has produced commercial grade ethyl acetate, thereby proving its core technology platform. Ethyl acetate is a widely-used chemical intermediate that can be sold directly to chemical manufacturers or converted into ethanol. The achievement…
Borouge inaugurates its first manufacturing plant in China
Borouge (Abu Dhabi, UAE; and Singapore; www.borouge.com) — a joint venture between Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. and Borealis (Vienna, Austria; www.borealisgroup.com) — inaugurated its first manufacturing plant in China at a ceremony held at the plant in Shanghai on…
BASF’s Catalysts division strengthens its capabilities
BASF SE’s (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) Catalysts division has completed a number of capital investment projects to strengthen the company’s manufacturing and testing capabilities at its operating facilities in Nienburg and Hannover, Germany. The company today started up a third belt…