2008 Perkin Medal Honors a Pioneer in CFC and HCFC Aternatives On the 18th of this month, the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI; London; www.soci.org) awards its 2008 Perkin Medal to Dr. Ian Shankland, director of technology for Honeywell’s Fluorine…
ABB (Zurich, Switzerland) appoints Joseph Hogan CEO. Cal Dooley becomes president and CEO of the American Chemistry Council (Arlington, Va.). The Automation Federation (Research Triangle Park, N.C.) names Paul B. Goodson managing director. Judy Nabers is elected CFO of Container…
Plant Watch Emerson wins contract to automate water-treatment-chemicals plant in China August 20, 2008 — Nalco Industrial Services Co. has selected Emerson Process Management to be the main instrument vendor for a new water-treatment-chemicals plant in the Nanjing Chemical &…
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com), through Lummus Technology, has been awarded contracts with an overall value in excess of $45 million by Essar Gujarat Petrochemicals Ltd. for technology licenses and basic engineering related to a major grassroots petrochemicals complex in…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) announces today that its Thai affiliate Vinythai has increased its polyvinyl chloride (PVC) production capacity in its plant in Map Ta Phut (Thailand) by 70,000 metric tons (m.t.) to 280,000 m.t./yr, to accompany the growth…
The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) has entered into a joint venture (JV) with Sinopec Fujian Petrochemical Company Ltd. (FPCL), a subsidiary of China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec), for the long-term supply of industrial gases to customers in the…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has signed a contract for the sale of its U.S. and Canadian cyanide activities with Oaktree Capital Management. The cyanide business constitutes a part of the CyPlus Group owned by Evonik. The parties have…
The Dow Chemical Co. announced that it has received a request for additional information, commonly referred to as a “Second Request,” from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regarding Dow's proposed acquisition of Rohm and Haas, which was announced on…
Evonik Industries is expanding the capacity of the hydrogen peroxide plant at its Umbogintwini site in South Africa. “In the first half of 2009, we expect a 50 percent capacity increase to 15,000 metric tons,” announced Thomas Rieche, head of…
The Linde Engineering Division (Pullach, Germany; www.linde) announced that on-spec ethylene production of the Tasnee ethylene plant in Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia, was achieved on August 23, 2008 following mechanical completion on July 15, 2008, which is six weeks ahead of…