Invensys Process Systems (IPS; Plano, Tex.), a global technology, software and consulting firm, today announced that it has been selected by The Arkema Group, a leading multinational chemical manufacturer, to provide a wireless alarm-management, handheld solution for hazardous industrial areas.…
Bentley Systems, Inc. announced that it has acquired Struc-Soft Inc., a Montreal-based reseller and developer of 2-D and 3-D engineering, construction, and fabrication products for analysis, design, and drawing production. Struc-Soft has been the exclusive North American reseller of Bentley’s…
Kazakhstan Petrochemical Industries Inc. LLP, in which LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com) is holding a minority interest, has selected LyondellBasell’s polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) technologies for three new plants that will have a combined capacity of 1,300,000 metric tons (m.t.)…
During the course of this year Bayer MaterialScience (BMS; Leverkusen, Germany; www.bayermaterialscience.com) plans to start construction of a state-of-the-art, world-scale facility for producing the polyurethane raw material toluene diisocyanate (TDI) at the integrated production site in Shanghai. The relevant Chinese…
Wassertechnik Essen GmbH, a subsidiary of the Austrian EVN AG, has commissioned Chemieanlagenbau Chemnitz GmbH (CAC; Chemnitz, Germany; www.cac-chem.de) to plan and erect a sodium hypochlorite plant on the basis of chlorine membrane electrolysis. Designed to have an annual capacity…
Konica Minolta licenses Universal Display's proprietary UniversalPHOLED and other OLED technologies to make and sell energy-efficient white OLED lighting products with novel design features and environmental benefits Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc. (Konica Minolta), a company that leads the way…
Following clearance from the European Commission on August 1, 2008, Ineos Nitriles has successfully completed its agreement to purchase the Seal Sands site on Teesside, U.K. from BASF plc, a subsidiary of the German chemical company BASF. The acquisition includes…
Siemens’ (Erlangen, Germany; www.siemens.com/energy) coal gasification technology has been selected for Canada’s first low-CO2 IGCC power plant. EPCOR Power Generation is planning to build an integrated gasification combined cycle power plant (IGCC) featuring carbon capture and storage in Genesee near…
Plant Watch Metso to supply mining equipment to Anglo American-MMX in Brazil July 1, 2008 — Metso Minerals will supply crushing, screening and feeding equipment to Anglo American-MMX for its Minas Rio Project located in the Minas Gerais state in…
An organizational lessons-learned system facilitates the transfer of knowledge from one project team to another Lessons learned is a method of collecting the unique and important knowledge gleaned from experience. While most engineers have heard of this often cited, even…