State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology Jochen Homann handed Dr. Hans-Jürgen Kress, head of the Operational Excellence unite (OPEX) at Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) the award for taking third place in the International Energy…
Bayer MaterialScience AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.bayermaterialscience.com) has invested 2.3 million euros in a new production line for its Baycusan range of waterborne polyurethane dispersions (PUD) for the cosmetics and medical segments. The new facility, which forms part of the PUD…
The Shaw Group Inc. (Baton Rouge, La.; www.shawgrp.com) says that its Energy & Chemicals Group has been selected by Sasol to provide basic engineering support for two Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) units. Shaw is providing the basic engineering package for the Fischer-Tropsch…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its catalysts-manufacturing facility in Nanjing, China, to Süd-Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.sud-chemie.com). The facility is independent from BASF’s main Verbund site in Nanjing. Both…
BASF Catalysts LLC (Iselin, N.J.; www.basf.com) has completed a significant debottlenecking and expansion project to meet the growing global demand for its current and new polypropylene catalysts. The increased capacity is specifically targeted for producing the company’s breakthrough LYNX polypropylene…
EDSA Micro Corp. (San Diego, Calif.; www.edsa.com), and OSIsoft, Inc. (San Leandro, Calif.; www.osisoft.com) have completed and validated the technical integration between EDSA’s Paladin power analytics platform, and OSIsoft’s PI System for high-performance data integration in a live customer environment.…
Today, SGL Group (Wiesbaden, Germany; www.sglgroup.com) announced commissioning of its integrated carbon and graphite plant in Banting, Malaysia. Operations will begin in modular form with the graphitization of semi-finished graphite electrodes and machining. By 2011, the site will be developed…
Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX; Mexico City; www.pemex.com) Petroquímica Morelos has awarded GTC México (Queretaro;) an EPC contract to revamp its ethylene oxide plant. GTC was chosen based on proven solutions, plant operation reliability, and safety. As part of the agreement, GTC…
Sener Ingeniería y Sistemas, S.A. (Madrid, Spain; www.sener.es) has been awarded the supply contract for high accuracy two axes drives for the 2,650 heliostats in the Gemasolar central tower concentration solar energy plant that is being built in Seville, Spain.…
Brooks Instrument (Hatfield, Pa.; www.brooksinstrument.com), a flow measurement and control provider, has acquired Key Instruments, Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Key Instruments is a flowmeter manufacturer that offers precision-machined acrylic, molded-plastic, glass-tube and electronic flowmeters, as well…