Business & Economics
Arkema to buy certain assets from Dow
Arkema (Colombes, France; www.arkema.com) and The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mic.; www.dow.com) have entered into an agreement for Dow to meet U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) required divestitures related to its acquisition of Rohm and Haas. This comes ahead of…
Pieter Schoehuijs becomes chief information officer for AkzoNobel NV; and more
Brandmeier Mueller Shott Hook Lee Michael Brandmeier becomes senior vice-president of Toray Plastics (America) Inc. (North Kingstown, R.I.) and joins its board of directors. Codexis, Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.) promotes David Anton to senior vice-president, research and development, and John…
Dow plans to shut down its ethylene oxide and glycol plant in the U.K…and more
Dow plans to shut down its ethylene oxide and glycol plant in the U.K... July 08, 2009 — The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.) has announced its intention to close its ethylene oxide and glycol (EOEG) production facility at Wilton,…
Keeping Cooling Water Clean
Cooling water systems that rely on cooling towers are a critical component at chemical process industries (CPI) facilities. However, during operation, these open recirculating systems concentrate the contaminants in the makeup water, and as a result, scale formation and biological…
Dow to divest ownership in Optimal Group of Companies to Petronas
The Dow Chemical Co. (Dow; Midland Michigan; www.dow.com) and Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) have announced that they have reached an agreement for Dow’s Union Carbide Corp. subsidiary to sell its entire shares of ownership in the Optimal Group of Companies…
DSM to sell urea-licensing business to Maire Tecnimont
Royal DSM N.V. (Heerlen, Netherlands; www.dsm.com) and Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Rome, Italy; www.mairetecnimont.it) announce today that they have reached an agreement for the sale of DSM’s urea-licensing subsidiary Stamicarbon B.V. to Maire Tecnimont for a total consideration of 38-million euros…
BASF extends joint R&D program with IMEC
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and IMEC (Leuven, Belgium; www2.imec.be), Europe's leading independent nanoelectronics research center, have announced today that they are extending their joint development program. The process chemicals which the two partners plan to develop as part of…
GEA builds automatic dairy plant in Chile
The Process Technology Segment of GEA Group AG (Bochum, Germany; www.geagroup.com) has received an order for about 9-million euros from Nestlé to build the liquid processing part of a Growing-Up Milk plant in Chile. The new plant will be located…
CSB releases new safety video on dust explosions
Aerial view of Imperial Sugar following 2008 dust explosion and fire (photo courtesy of CSB) The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released a new safety video depicting how accumulations of combustible dust at worksites can provide the fuel…
Agilent acquires Varian for $1.5 billion
Agilent Technologies, Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.; www.agilent.com) and Varian, Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.; www.varianinc.com) have signed a definitive agreement for the acquisition by Agilent of Varian, a leading worldwide supplier of scientific instrumentation and associated consumables for life science and…