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…
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 (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…
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…
Ekato Fluid Misch- ind Dispergiertechnik GmbH (Lörrach, Germany; www.fluidmix.de), a company of the Ekato Group (Schopfheim, Germany; www.ekato.de), has recently received an order for over 300 mixers from AKW Apparate + Verfahren GmbH (Hirschau, Germany). Wth a volume of nearly 1…
After opening its new offices last autumn in the United States, the Pieralisi Group (Jesi, Italy; www.pieralisi.com) has added another new piece to its worldwide jigsaw by inaugurating a commercial branch office in Tunisia. The Pieralisi North America offices, based…
Swagelok Co. (Solon, Ohio; www.swagelok.com) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of the assets of Coreflex LLC (Bowie, Md.), a manufacturer of high-quality hose products used mostly in semiconductor, biopharmaceutical, and other demanding applications. Terms of the agreement…
After a production period of only 18 months, Siemens Energy (Erlangen, Germany; www.powergeneration.siemens.com) is to deliver the first two of five coal gasifiers to Shenhua Ningxia Coal Industry Group Co. Ltd. (SNCG) in China. The coal gasifiers, each with a thermal…
BASF S.E. (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) is planning to construct a production plant for sodium methylate in Guaratinguet‡, Brazil, its largest site in South America. The plant, which will have a capacity of 60,000 m.t./yr, will be the first such plant…
AkzoNobel Functional Chemicals (Amersfoort, Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) is relocating the headquarters of its chelates business from the Netherlands to China. The move has been prompted by the growing importance of the Asian market. “It is extremely important for us to be…