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Venture Global LNG selects Honeywell technology for export facility in Louisiana

Honeywell announced today that Venture Global LNG, Inc. will use a series of technologies from Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) to remove various contaminants from natural gas prior to liquefaction at its Calcasieu Pass liquefied natural gas (LNG) export…

Archroma opens Global Competence Center for Automotive and Synthetic Dyeing

Archroma (Reinach, Switzerland; www.archroma.com), a global leader in color and specialty chemicals towards sustainable solutions, has officially inaugurated its new Global Competence Center for Automotive & Synthetic Dyeing in Korschenbroich, Germany. The site is part of former M. Dohmen, an…

Bayer to build new cell-culture technology center in California

Bayer AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.bayer.com) announced today it will invest $150 million in its Berkeley, Calif. pharmaceutical development and manufacturing site to build a Cell Culture Technology Center that will be used to accelerate the development of biological therapies. Once…

Perstorp will construct new plant for sodium formate deicer product

Perstorp AB (Perstorp, Sweden; www.perstorp.com), a global leader in the specialty chemicals market, has announced a decision to construct a new plant in Perstorp, Sweden. The plant will increase capacity for Pergrip Run NF, the sodium formate deicer product for…

Sphera acquires chemical data management software company SiteHawk

Sphera (Chicago, Ill.; www.sphera.com) the largest global provider of Integrated Risk Management software and information services with a focus on Environmental Health & Safety, Operational Risk and Product Stewardship, announces the acquisition of SiteHawk, a leading software and services provider…

Bio-based aromatics plant achieves commercially targeted yields, Anellotech says

The viability of Anellotech’s (Pearl River, N.Y.; www.anellotech.com) Bio-TCat technology has now been proven by achieving commercially-targeted yields of aromatic chemicals, such as benzene, toluene and xylenes, in its TCat-8 pilot unit in Silsbee, Texas during six months of continuous…

Reduce the Risk of Corrosion in Fertilizer Production

Protect Your Turbines from Silica with a Low Maintenance Analyzer Silica in boiler feedwater can lead to unplanned shutdowns and extra maintenance. A major Spanish fertilizer producer has switched to a METTLER TOLEDO silica analyzer. Its accuracy, low maintenance, and…

Recently Published Books for the CPI: May 2019

The following titles are selected recently published books relevant for professionals in the chemical process industries (CPI) . . . Chemical Engineering in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Drug Product Design, Development, and Modeling 2nd ed. Edited by Mary Am Ende, and David…

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Technology Profile: Polyethylene Furanoate Production

This column is based on “Polyethylene Furanoate Production — Cost Analysis,” a report published by Intratec. It can be found at: www.intratec.us/analysis/polyethylene-furanoate-production-cost. Polyethylene furanoate (PEF) is a polymer synthesized from the copolymerization of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) with monoethylene glycol (MEG).…

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Business News – May 2019

Plant Watch Arkema starts up photocure resin expansion in China April 11, 2019 — Arkema (Colombes, France; www.arkema.com) started up the 30% capacity extension of its photocure liquid-resin production plant in Nansha, located near Canton, China. This new production line…