Strategies for extracting more distillate from petroleum to meet the growing demand for diesel fuel…

Cast parts, such as engine blocks, are typically made by pouring molten metal into so-called…

On March 31, U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE; Washington, D.C.) Secretary Steven Chu announced $6…

SynGest, Inc. (San Francisco, Calif.; www.syngest.com) plans to commercialize a process for the production of…

Researchers at United Environment & Energy (UE&E; Horseheads, N.Y.) have developed a catalyst for the…

A new procedure for making uniform, metallic nanoparticles has been developed by the research group…

The exceptional properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), such as high tensile strength and high thermal…

Salts of alkaline-earth metals have been shown to catalyze reactions for the selective formation of…

Wireless add-on ABB Instrumentation (Warminster, Pa.; www.abb.com/instrumentation) has made its entry into wireless communications technology…

Caloric Anlagenbau GmbH (Gräfelfing, Germany; www.caloric.com) has won a contract to supply a hydrogen plant…

The Hemlock Semiconductor Group (HSC; Hemlock, Mich.; www.hscpoly.com), which includes two Dow Corning joint ventures,…

WackerSchott Solar GmbH (Jena, Germany; www.wackerschott.de), a joint venture between Wacker Chemie AG (Munich) and…

Caloric Anlagenbau GmbH (Gräfelfing near Munich, Germany; www.caloric.com) has signed the second contract for the…

Bayer MaterialScience (BMS; Leverkusen, Germany; www.bayermaterialscience.com), a global leader in high-value polymers, announced an alliance…

BASF SA (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) is building a new plant for the production of methylamines…

Cognis GmbH (Monheim, Germany; www.cognis.com) has opened an affiliate in Mumbai, India. As of today,…

Siemens Energy (Erlangen, Germany; www.powergeneration.siemens.com) has built a large ground-based photovoltaic (PV) plant in Italy…

HPD (Plainfield, Ill.), a Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies company (www.veoliawater.com), has been awarded the…

Süd-Chemie AG (www.sud-chemie.com) The Linde Group (Both Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) have started up a pilot…

Solutia Inc. (St. Louis, Mo.;www.solutia.com) will be supplying Therminol synthetic heat transfer fluid to a…

ESK Ceramics GmbH & Co. KG (Kempten, Germany; www.esk.com) and Ceratec Technical Ceramics BV (Geldermalsen,…

Sarlink (Sittard, Netherlands; www.sarlink.com) has officially opened a new production facility in Genk, Belgium. The…

As it is with all chemical processors, the current economic climate is forcing batch processors…

Plant Watch Bayer MaterialScience builds polyurethane raw materials facility March 27, 2009 — Bayer MaterialScience…

Evaporation of moisture or volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from bulk solids usually takes place in…

By continuously monitoring for abnormal situations, such as a fire, and combustible or toxic gas…

Because temperature control is important in any process, a water-cooling system is a common component…

In recent years, a growing number of projects throughout the chemical process industries (CPI) have…