Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.; www.celanese.com) has announced that it will rename its AT Plastics Inc. business, an ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymer and low density polyethylene (LDPE) resin producer, Celanese EVA Performance Polymers Inc. The name change is expected to…
Honeywell (Morristown, N.J.; www.honeywell.com) has signed a definitive agreement valued at approximately $400 million to acquire the Kassel, Germany-based RMG Group (RMG Regel + Messtechnik GmbH and all of its subsidiaries, together RMG; www.rmg.de). RMG will be integrated into Honeywell…
The first major pieces of equipment have arrived at Duke Energy’s integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) plant in Edwardsport, Indiana. Using GE IGCC technology, the plant is expected to be the largest cleaner coal IGCC facility of its type in the…
Siemens Energy (Erlangen, Germany; www.siemens.com/energy) and the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO; Delft, Netherlands; www.tno.nl) , have signed an exclusive cooperation agreement aimed at the further advancement of amino-acid salt-based carbon capture technology. Carbon capture technologies in the…
TU Dortmund (www.tu-dortmund.de) is among the winners of the competition “Bio.NRW” of the NRW-Ministry of Innovation. With the Chair of Technical Biochemistry (headed by Professor Andreas Schmid) in charge, TU-scientists together with their colleagues from the Research Center Jülich are…
ProSim (Labège; www.prosim.net) and the French Petroleum Institute (IFP; Rueil-Malmaison, both France; www.ifp.fr) and announce the signature of a partnership agreement aimed at integrating the PC-SAFT thermodynamic model in ProSim software thermodynamic component. IFP has recognized competencies in complex mixtures…
SNF Holding Co. (Riceboro, Georgia; www.snf.us) has announced its plans to construct a new waterâ€soluble polymers manufacturing facility in Iberville Parish, Louisiana. The proposed facility is expected to be built in phases over five years, with a total capital investment…
GEA Ibérica, a Spanish subsidiary of GEA Group Bochum, Germany; www.geagroup.com) has received an order to design, manufacture and supply seven surface condensers for new solar thermal power plants in Spain with an aggregate capacity of 350 MW. Worth about…
Mustang (Houston), part of international energy services company John Wood Group PLC, has received Chevron’s (San Ramon, Calif.) Gold Star Award for Safety Excellence, which recognizes contractors with outstanding safety records. To receive the award, Mustang had to meet strict…
Total (Courbevoie, France; www.total.com), the majority shareholder (55%) of the Vlissingen refinery, exercised its pre-emptive rights over the shares (45%) of this asset that were offered for sale by Dow Chemical Co. Concurrently, Lukoil submitted a binding purchase offer to Total…