The Rubber division of the American Chemical Society (www.rubber.org) is now accepting online abstract submissions for the 176th technical meeting being held during the Rubber Expo, October 13 – 15, 2009, Pittsburgh, Pa. Scheduled symposia include the following: Automobile Elastomers…
Stephen Weinberg joins Audubon Engineering Solutions (Houston, Tex.) as director of process technology. Haws Corp. (Sparks, Nev.) names William O’Keefe corporate marketing manager. Honeywell Process Solutions (Phoenix, Ariz.) appoints Normal Gilsdorf president. Bill St. Thomas becomes sales manager of North…
The world’s largest pharmaceutical conference and exhibition, Interphex, will be held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York from March 17 – 19, 2009. On the show floor, attendees will find equipment and solutions for drug manufacturing,…
Advanced Diamond Technologies Inc. (ADT; Romeoville, Ill.; www.thindiamond.com) announces it has been awarded the first phase of a three-year, $4.8-million contract from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA; www.dtra.mil) to develop diamond-based sensors for the realtime detection of water-based chemical…
hte — the high throughput experimentation company (Heidelberg, Germany; www.hte-company.com) and BP Chemicals Ltd. (Sunbury on Thames, U.K.; www.bp.com) celebrate the fourth consecutive year of a successful working relationship. Over the past four years, hte has helped BP Chemicals…
SulphCo Inc.(Houston, Tex.; www.suphco.com) a technology company with a patented ultrasound process designed to desulphurize crude oil, announced that commercial scale field trials with its European testing partner are scheduled to commence this week. These trials follow the successful completion…
Saltigo GmbH (Langenfeld; www.saltigo.com) , a wholly owned subsidiary of specialty chemicals group Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, both Germany; www.lanxess.com), has demonstrated its wide-ranging expertise in the fields of synthesis optimization and process development. The global specialist for exclusive custom synthesis…
At the end of 2008, Rotex Europe (Wavre, Belgium; www.rotex.com) has signed with Tenova Takraf Italy a contract for two machines Megatex XD. The new urea plant these two machines are dedicated to will be the largest single train ammonia-urea…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has been awarded a hydrogen supply contract from Dynamic Fuels, LLC, a joint venture between Tyson Foods, Inc. and Syntroleum Corp. Dynamic Fuels will use H2 supplied by Praxair to produce renewable fuels from non-food-grade…
The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich; www.dow.com) and Süd-Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.sud-chemie.com) today announced an agreement to research alternative routes to produce chemicals to help reduce dependence on traditional sources of oil and gas. The collaborative research aims to…