Arnhem/The Hague, 8 December 2008, Essent Business Development B.V. (Essent) and Shell Gas & Power Developments B.V. (Shell; The Hague; www.shell.com) agreed to study the feasibility of a 1,000-megawatt, low-CO2 power plant. Most of the CO2 produced by the plant…
In the coming year, Messer Group GmbH (Sulzbach, Germany; www.messergroup.com) will be delivering helium to Siemens Healthcare in Erlangen, Germany, for use in the production of magnetic resonance imaging equipment. Siemens is one of the leading producers of magnetic resonance…
Alstom (www.power.alstom.com) and PGE Elektrownia Belchatow S.A. have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the development and implementation of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology at the Belchatow power plant in Poland. In a first phase, Alstom will design…
AkzoNobel (www.Akzonobel.com) has acquired Nippon Paint's 25% minority shareholding in their joint-venture (JV) company in Europe, Akzo Nobel Nippon Paint Holding B.V. The former 75/25 JV — which was first established in 1993 between Courtaulds and Nippon Paint — involved…
The Mechanical Separation Division of GEA Group AG (Bochum, Germany; www.geagroup.com) has received two major orders from the Middle East with an aggregate volume of 16-million euros. The contracts are for the supply of complete fuel-treatment systems for power generation…
In nearly every issue of this magazine, a majority of the content focuses on the roles that technologies — and the companies that supply them — play in the chemical process industries (CPI). Indeed, products and services bond the CPI…
North America ProMat 2009. Material Handling Industry of America. (Charlotte, N.C.). Phone: 704-676-1190; Fax: 704-676-1199; Web: promatshow.com Chicago, Ill. Jan. 12 – 15 1st Fertilizer Latino Americano Conference & Exhibition 2009. FMB Consultants Ltd. (Hampton Hill, U.K.). Phone: +44 20…
This puzzle is primarily based on information from this and the October issues. Across 1. Fluid controls 5. Aka Teflon 8. ___ point, upon cooling a vapor mixture, this is the point at which droplets of liquid first appear 10.…
The winners are Brian W. S. Kolthammer, Research Fellow at The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) and Shyam Lakshmanan, group general manager at See Sen Chemical Bhd & Malay-Sino Chemical Industries Sdn Bhd (Perak, Malaysia; www.taikogroup.net). Their careers are…
Oliver Prato becomes managing director of Beumer Sarl (Paris, France). David Allen, a chemical engineering professor at the University of Texas (Austin), is appointed to the Environmental Protection Agency (Washington, D.C.) Science Advisory Board. Iriss, Inc. (Sarasota, Fla.) elects Tim…