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…
Plant Watch Wacker and Dow Corning start production at integrated silicone site November 14, 2008 — Wacker Chemie AG and Dow Corning Corp. started production in the first stage of their new pyrogenic silica and siloxane plants in Zhangjiagang, China.…
Edwards (Crawley, U.K.; www.edwardsvacuum.com) today announced that it will jointly develop a perfluorocarbon (PFC) gas-abatement system with Tokyo Electron Limited (TEL; www.tel.com) — the PA-01E for etch equipment. The new gas abatement system will be available mid-year 2009. The PA-01E…
Hoerbiger Holding AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.hoerbiger.com), plans to acquire Altronic, Inc. (Girard, Ohio) — a leading provider of ignition systems for gas engines. Hoerbiger is active throughout the world in the fields of compression technology, automation technology and drive technology;…