QuantumSphere, Inc. (Santa Ana, Calif.; www.qsinano.com) has filed a key patent for technology it has…

Last month, what is claimed as the first pilot plant in the world to demonstrate…

Genencor, a div. of Danisco A/S (Copenhagen, Denmark; www.danisco.com) and The Goodyear Tire and Rubber…

Last month, Donaldson Torit (Minneapolis, Minn.; www.donaldson.com) launched the Torit PowerCore dust collectors, which are…

Cutler Technology Corp. (San Antonio, Tex.; www.cutler-tech.com) has launched ADMC 64, its most-advanced model-predictive controller…

Launched at ISA Expo 2008 this month (Houston, Tex.; October 14 – 16), the ELDS…

As part of the European BioDME project, Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) and Chemrec…

Last month, Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) launched Levotan X-Cel, an polymer mixture based on…

A method for identifying less-expensive catalysts, compared to commercial, precious-metal-based ones, is starting to deliver…

The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBL; Berkeley, Calif.; www.lbl.gov) has developed a new xenobiotics bioremediation…

In order to make ethanol from cellulose, the polysaccharide must first be broken down into…

A new activated-sludge-treatment process that promises to slash energy consumption is being developed by Sanki…

Since the original invention of the steady-stream eyewash over 50 years ago, the accepted practice…

UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) will form a joint venture (JV) with Ensyn Corp.…

Liberty Engineering (Hamburg, N.Y.; www.libertypsa.com) has developed a bioremediation system that fully removes carcinogens from…

Azotobacter are nitrogen-fixing bacteria that do a useful job in soil by converting N 2…

GEA Procomac, a company of GEA Group AG (Bochum, Germany; www.geagroup.com) specialized in aseptic filling…

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) plans to build a new facility for producing hydrogen…

UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, announced that it was awarded a…

The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com), via its Swiss subsidiary PanGas AG (Dagmersellen, Switzerland; www.pangas.ch),…

The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) has entered into two new contracts for the on-site…

Honeywell has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Callidus Technologies (Tulsa, Oklahoma; www.callidus.com), a manufacturer…

Invensys Process Systems (IPS; Plano, Tex.; www.invensys.com), a global technology, software and consulting firm, today…

Petrochemical Holding GmbH (Vienna, Austria), has chosen eight proprietary process technologies of GTC Technology (Houston,…

Metso Corp. (Helsinki, Finland; www.metso.com) will deliver comprehensive automation and safety solutions for two greenfield…

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has entered into a final agreement for the acquisition of…

Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany) plans to construct a new polysilicon production plant at its…

Plant Watch LyondellBasell grants license for new plant in the Slovak Republic September 23, 2008…

GEA Group AG (Bochum, Germany; www.geagroup.com) has decided to implement a multi-year investment program for…

The DuPont cellulosic ethanol joint venture (JV), DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol LLC (DDCE; Itasca, Ill.;…

In an effort to increase its operational flexibility, Oxea GmbH (Oberhausen, Germany; www.oxea-chemicals.com) has decided…

BASF Catalysts LLC (Iselin, N.J.; www.basf.com) has completed a significant debottlenecking project that has increased…

Caloric Anlagenbau GmbH (Munich, Germany; www.caloric.com) has won the contract for another Hydrogen Generation Plant…

IDEX Corp. (Northbrook, Ill.; www.idexcorp.com) today announced the acquisition of Richter Chemie-Technik (Kempen, Germany), a…

ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co. (Fairfax, Va.; www.exxonmobil.com/refiningtechnologies) has entered into an agreement with Synthesis…

Shintech Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. of Japan, has selected…

Evonik Degussa GmbH (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com), has granted an exclusive license to Solvias AG (Basel,…

OTTO Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) has commissioned Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany; www.uhde.biz) to provide comprehensive engineering…

At its petrochemicals complex in Feluy, Belgium, Total S.A. (Paris; www.total.com) today inaugurated a demonstration…

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