Business & Economics
Solvay Solexis plans to introduce a substitute for PFOA
Solvay Solexis (Bollate, Italy; www.solvaysolexis.com) announces today its plan for the production of a substitute of PFOA (Perfluorooctanoate ammonium). PFOA is a chemical used up to now by Solvay Solexis and other companies as surfactant in the production process of…
Dow Corning acquires U.S. and Brazilian silicon-metal-manufacturing assets
Dow Corning Corp. (Midland, Mich.; www.dowcorning.com) has acquired two chemical-grade-silicon manufacturing assets from Globe Specialty Metals, in an acquisition valued at approximately $175 million. Dow Corning purchased 100% of Globe Metais Indústria e Comércio S.A., a silicon metal manufacturer in…
Air Liquide to invest in an ASU in China
China owns the world’s third largest coal reserves, and naturally looks into ways of valuing them in order to reduce its growing dependency on foreign energy sources and feedstock. Several technologies based on coal gasification allow the transformation of coal…
DSM Pharmaceutical Products forms manufacturing alliance with Galenix
DSM Pharmaceutical Products (Parsippany, N.J.; www.dsmpharmaceuticals.com) has announced a manufacturing alliance with Galenix (Saint Jean D'Illac, France; www.galenix.fr), where DSM will be the preferred commercial-scale-manufacturing partner for Galenix on a global basis. DSM and Galenix will collaborate on business development…
Another Unipol PE plant slated for China
Univation Technologies LLC (Houston; www.univation.com) announced that Yulin Energy and Chemical Ltd. of Yanchang Petroleum Group Co. (Yulin) has selected Univation’s Unipol PE Process for a 300,000 metric ton (m.t.) per year polyethylene (PE) plant. The facility will be located…
Envergent biomass pyrolysis process will power new facility in Europe
A new biomass-to-oil power plant in Europe will use a process developed by Envergent Technologies (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.envergenttech.com), a Honeywell (Morris Township, N.J.; www.honeywell.com) company. Plans for the facility, which is projected to begin operation in 2012, followed an…
Linde to supply specialty gases to two Thai petrochemical producers
Linde Gases (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) today announced agreements with two large Thai petrochemical companies to supply high-purity gases for product development and process control. The first agreement, with the Thai state-owned PTT Group (Bangkok, Thailand; www.pttplc.com), is being touted as the…
Kim Ann Mink becomes president and CEO of Dow Chemical subsidiary, Angus Chemical Co.; and more
Barlow Mink LaSelle Fowler Mayhew GE Water (The Woodlands, Tex.) names Buzz Barlow global general manager — hydrocarbon processes. Kim Ann Mink becomes president and CEO of Dow Chemical subsidiary Angus Chemical Co. (Buffalo Grove, Ill.). She also serves as…
Chem Show 2009 Preview
Boerger This rotary lobe pump features pulsation-free operation This positive displacement pump (photo) operates without pulsing, and contains several additional technical features, such as a flow range of up to 5,000 gal/min. The self-priming rotary lobe pump has a maintenance-in-place…
De-emphasize Capital Costs For Pipe Size Selection
Piping represents a major cost for projects in the chemical process industries (CPI). Larger pipe diameters increase upfront capital costs for a project, but the lower pressure drops afforded by large pipes mean less power is required to move the…