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Lummus Technology wins cracker-heater contract

Lummus Technology, a CB&I company (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $40 million by CTCI Corp. (Taipei; www.ctci.com.tw) for the material supply of eight cracking heaters. The heaters, with a capacity of 720,000 metric…

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GEA wins major pharmaceutical order from China

0 0 0 GEA Group AG (Bochum, Germany; ) has won a milestone order from the Zheiiang Hisun Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Taizhou Zheiiang, China) for the supply of pharmaceutical freeze dryers with automatic load and unload systems (ALUS). The order…

Solutia awarded solar projects in Morocco and Algeria

Solutia Inc. (St. Louis, Mo.) announced today that it will be supplying Therminol VP-1 synthetic heat transfer fluid to a new 470 MW, hybrid solar plant in Ain-Ben-Mathar, Morocco and a 170 MW, hybrid solar plant in Hassi R'Mel, Algeria.…

Engineering societies join forces to manage carbon emissions

For the past year, leaders of five societies representing more than one million engineers and other technical professionals have been meeting to identify steps the U.S. might take toward managing carbon emissions, a key issue in climate change discussions, should…

Honeywell completes acquisition of RMG Group

Honeywell (Morris Township, N.J.; www.honeywell.com) has completed the acquisition of the RMG Group (RMG Regel + Messtechnik GmbH and all of its subsidiaries, together RMG; www.rmg.de) for approximately $400 million. The acquisition strengthens Honeywell’s position in the high-growth clean energy…

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Univation to build catalyst manufacturing facility in China

Univation Technologies, LLC (Houston, Tex.; www.univation.com) has begun construction of a new polyethylene (PE) catalyst-manufacturing facility in China with a scheduled 2011 startup. The facility will be located in Zhangjiagang within the Jiangsu province of the People’s Republic of China. …

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Remmers’ paint to coat sea-link bridge

Remmers Baustofftechnik GmbH (Löningen, Germany; www.remmers.de) was awarded the contract to supply coatings for the Bandra Worli Sea Link Bridge in India.  It is estimated that 120,000 L of Remmers’ Funcosil Betonacryl will be required to cover the 5.6-km long…

Fluor extends contract for AVEVA Plant

AVEVA Group plc (Houston),  a leading provider of plant design and engineering lifecycle solutions, today announced that Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.), one of the world's largest publicly owned engineering, procurement, construction, maintenance (EPCM), and project management companies, has extended its…

HIMA selected by Lanxess AG for ESD system upgrades

HIMA (Brühl, Germany and Houston, Tex.), a designer and manufacturer of safety automation solutions, has been selected by Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany) to upgrade an existing ESD (emergency shut-down) system in its hexane oxidation plant located at the Krefeld-Uerdingen Chemical…

Verantis-Environmental Solutions Group is announced

Verantis Corp. (Strongsville, Ohio; www.verantis.com), successor in interest to Ceilcote Air Pollution Control, has announced the rebranding of Ceilcote's core pollution-control products and services including its corrosion-resistant FRP fans and engineered scrubber systems. A new corporate website has also been…