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Wacker Schott Solar to expand in Jena

After commissioning a new wafer production facility at the so-called “Jena Site 2” in mid-April, Wacker Schott  Solar GmbH (Jena, Germany; www.wackerschott.de) is continuing its production-site expansion. The company announced this today during a visit by Jena mayor Albrecht Schröter.…

Veolia wins Sines Plant environmental project

La Seda de Barcelona (LSB; Spain; www.laseda.es) has awarded the project of environmental services for the industrial plant Artenius Sines, a subsidiary of the Spanish multinational located in Portuguese city of Sines, to the French company Veolia Environnement (www.veolia.com). The…

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S-Oil selects ParamaX technologies

S-Oil Corp. (Seoul, Korea; www.s-oil.com/eng) has selected Axens’ (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) ParamaX Technology Suite for the No.2 Aromatics complex at the Onsan refinery in South Korea. The new 1,180,000-m.t./yr plant will add capacities of 900,000 m.t./yr paraxylene and 280,000 m.t./yr…

CAC builds underground storage facility for natural gas

Chemieanlagenbau Chemnitz GmbH (CAC; Germany; www.cac-chem.de) draws on its longstanding collaboration with Rohöl-Aufsuchungs AG (RAG; Vienna, Austria) and lands two new contracts for erecting underground storage facilities for natural gas. The one contract envisages the expansion of the existing Haidach…

Invensys to build a portable OTS for BP Chemicals

Invensys Process Systems (Plano, Tex.; www.ips.invensys.com) has been awarded a contract from BP Chemicals Ltd. to build an Operating Training Simulator (OTS) to be used for the transfer of process knowledge to operators of their chemical manufacturing facilities. The training…

Water industry leaders launch Water Policy Institute to address current challenges

A consortium of water leaders announced the formation of The Water Policy Institute.  Chaired by former EPA administrator and New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman, the Institute will address water-related issues and provide information to the public through its website. …

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Saudi Aramco and Total select Axens Technologies

Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France www.axens.net) has been awarded a design package for the new, 400,000 bbl/d, world class, full-conversion refinery in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The refining and petrochemical complex is scheduled to start-up in 2012. Among the units that are being…

Utz Tillmann becomes director general of VCI

Dr. Utz Tillmann is now director general of the German Chemical Industry Assn. (VCI; Frankfurt, Germany; www.vci.de). He is starting in his new role on June 1. Tillmann has an industry background, combined with wide experience in association work in…

The Chemical Heritage Foundation unveils a new museum

The Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF; www.chemheritage.org) — a library, museum and center for scholars — is expanding its headquarters with the opening of a $20-million integrated museum and conference space in Philadelphia's historic First National Bank. Ten years in the…

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Lurgi Zimmer wins PA6 contract in China

Lurgi Zimmer GmbH, a company of Lurgi GmbH (Frankfurt, Germany; www.lurgi.de), has been awarded a contract to supply its state-of-the-art polyamide 6 (PA6) technology for Tianjin Haijing Polymerization Co., Ltd., P.R. China. Polyamide is a widely used polymer for sophisticated…