Alstom (Paris, France; www.alstom.comwww.alstom.com) and Reliant Energy, Inc. have announced the contract signing for the purchase of Alstom’s advanced mercury removal system, Mer-Cure. The deal follows the successful launch of Alstom’s Mer-Cure product line in 2007, marking Alstom’s entry into…
In an announcement made today, Foster Wheeler Ltd. (Hamilton, Bermuda; www.fwc.com) reported that its Madrid-based subsidiary, Foster Wheeler Iberia, S.A.U., has been awarded a contract to provide the basic design and estimating services for the expansion of a delayed coker…
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) announced today that it has formed an alliance with Rentech, Inc. (Los Angeles, Calif.; www.rentechinc.com) to jointly offer technology for the production of clean fuels, specialty waxes and chemicals. The non-exclusive agreement between UOP…
Siltronic Samsung Wafer Pte. Ltd. (www.siltronic-samsung-wafer.com), a joint venture (JV) of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (www.samsung.com) and Siltronic AG (www.siltronic.com), today commissioned a new fab in Singapore for the production of 300 mm wafers. After only 18 months of construction,…
The European Fine Chemicals Group (EFCG; Brussels, Belgium; www.efcg.cefic.org) has launched its new “Voluntary Guidelines for ISO-regulated Fine Chemical Manufacturers.” The Voluntary Guidelines were originally developed by the Agrochemical Intermediates’ Manufacturers in Europe (AIME) — a sub-section of EFCG —…
The Chemicals Business Area of Germany-based Evonik Industries AG, Essen, has expanded the silica capacity of its joint venture Egesil AS in Adapazari, near Izmit, Turkey. With the new capacity of 40,000 ton/year, Evonik Industries is keeping pace with the…
Lukoil Neftochim Burgas AD, a subsidiary of the Russian oil major Lukoil (Moscow; www.lukoil.com), has selected Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) to design and license technologies to convert Urals blend vacuum residue and gasoil (VGO) at its 165,000-bbl/d petroleum refinery in…
Larox Corp. (Lappeenranta, Finland; www.larox.com) will deliver two gas-tight Pannevis vacuum belt filters to Chempolis Biorefining Park, CBP, 3rd generation biorefining research and demonstration plant in Oulu, Finland. Chempolis Ltd. (www.chempolis.com) is a leading-edge company in the development and delivery…
Alstom (Paris, France; www.power.alstom.com) signed with Dutch utility Essent a series of contracts worth up to 1-billion euro for the repowering of Claus B and the construction of Claus C, resulting in a 1,280 MW GT26-based combined-cycle (CC) power plant.…
Aquionics Inc. (Erlanger, Ky.) appoints Kevin Shannon vice-president of sales and marketing. Pierre Patrick Crevier is named senior technologist for the Claus business of Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France). Colibrys (Neuchatel, Switzerland) elects Don Stoops vice-president, global operations. Chris Stevens becomes general…