A process that is expected to produce high-octane gasoline from non-food biomass for an average…

Last month, Southwest Research Institute (SWRI; San Antonio, Tex.; www.swri.org) was awarded $1.5 million by…

A typical fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCC) generates about 200 tons/d of dry gas —…

  Anti-hydrolysis agent Teijin Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.teijin.co.jp) has developed a new carbodiimide anti-hydrolysis agent…

JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp. (JX_NOE; Tokyo, Japan; www.noe.jx-group.co.jp) has demonstrated enhanced propylene and…

New technology developed for air-operated, double-diaphragm (AODD) pumps can reduce consumption of compressed air by…

Scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing; www.cas.ac.cn) have found a way to transform…

Japanese researchers from the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO; Kawasaki City; www.nedo.go.jp),…

Technology originally developed for harvesting oil from algae has now been applied to sanitize water…

Sapphire Energy, Inc. (San Diego, Calif.; www.sapphireenergy.com) and The Linde Group (Munich; www.linde.com) have signed…

CSIRO Minerals Down Under Flagship (Perth, Western Australia; www.csiro.au/MDU) has developed a method that uses…

Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin (www.utexas.edu) and the University of Marburg (Germany;…

Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) will supply the latest flash-smelting technology improvements to the upgrade…

JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.jgc.co.jp) announced today that, together with Marubeni Corp. and Aljomaih Holding…

R.C. Costello & Assoc., Inc. (Redondo Beach, Calif.; www.rccostello.com) and Zeton Inc. (Burlington, Ontario, Canada;…

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) was awarded a contract by CMPC Group’s Celulose…

Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has received orders from ETI Alüminyum A.S. a division of…

Stamicarbon B.V. (Sittard, The Netherlands; www.stamicarbon.com), the Licensing and IP Center of Maire Tecnimont S.p.A.…

Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) today announced that its Business Unit Catalysts has signed long-term cooperation…

The technology company —The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) has been awarded a contract to…

Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com)  and Sasol (Johannesburg, South Africa; www.sasol.com) announce that they have established…

JGC Indonesia, a wholly-owned subsidiary of JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.jgc.co.jp), has received a contract…

Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has been awarded a contract by Philippine Associated Smelting and…

Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) announced today that it has started up a second nitrogen…

Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.; www.bv.com) and Kiewit (Omaha, Neb.; www.kiewit.com) have completed the front-end…

Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com), in consortium with its construction partner Performance Contractors Inc., was awarded…

Siemens Energy (www.siemens.com) has received a contract from Indonesia to deliver a Zimpro wet-air-oxidation system.…

GranBio (São Paulo; www.granbio.com.br), a Brazilian biotechnology company, and Rhodia, a Solvay Group (Brussels, Belgium;…

Edwards Group Ltd.  (Crawley, U.K.; www.edwardsvacuum.com), a leading manufacturer of sophisticated vacuum products and abatement…

Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) and Tasnee (www.tasnee.com), one of the largest industrial conglomerates in Saudi…

Endress+Hauser (Reinach BL, Switzerland; www.endress.com) is manufacturing more and more flowmeters in Suzhou, China, with…

Nanostart AG’s ItN Nanovation AG (Saarbrücken, Germany; www.itn-nanovation.de) has bindingly received via its local agent…

The specialty chemicals group Altana (Wesel, Germany; www.altana.com) has acquired the specialty coatings business of…

The Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) will be utilizing ammonia technology from ThyssenKrupp Uhde GmbH…

SNC-Lavalin Inc. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada; www.snclavalin.com) has been awarded a contract by MEG Energy to…

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has received a three-year contract from Nexen Energy…

Johnson Matthey Davy Technologies (JM Davy; London, U.K. www.davyprotech.com) and The Dow Chemical Company (Midland,…

Rive Technology (Princeton, N.J.; www.rivetechnology.com), a provider of innovative materials-based solutions for catalytic and separations…

Messer (Bad Soden/Frankfurt, Germany; www.messergroup.com), the largest owner-managed industrial gas specialist worldwide, continues to drive…

As an industry sector, bio-based chemicals have seen significant expansion over the past year, with…

Plant Watch Sasol awards integrated complex contract to WorleyParsons July 11, 2013 — WorleyParsons Ltd.…

Propylene has been established as an important part of the global olefins business, trailing only…

The scaleup of liquid mixing systems does not have to be a mystery. The principles…

Raw materials and energy represent two of the largest expenses in the chemical process industries…

Manufacturers face seasonal supply-and-demand variations in their production cycle due to fluctuations in both market…