When coal-derived synthesis gas (syngas) is converted to liquid fuel by the Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) process,…

Researchers at the University of California Irvine (UCI, Irvine CA; www.chem.uci.edu) have taken a cue…

A highly active nickel catalyst for performing cross-coupling reactions has been developed by the research…

  Strength with stress Shear forces usually break bonds in polymer materials, but a research…

A process from Dow Water & Process Solutions (DW&PS; Edina, Minn.; www.dowwaterandprocess.com) uses a unique…

Lactose has been widely used as a pharmaceutical excipient, where the size and morphology of…

A continuous fermentation process for making biologically derived butanol from a variety of sugar feedstocks…

Iron ore is traditionally pelletized using the binding agent bentonite to facilitate transport and handling.…

The research group of Yasuhiro Uozumi and Yoichi Yamada at Riken (Saitama, Japan; www.riken.jp), in…

A pilot plant will be established at the University of Newcastle (Newcastle, Australia; www.newcastle.edu.au) to…

Fermenting sugar is at the heart of many bio-based chemical and biofuel processes, but obtaining…

Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) is today officially opening its new €100-million Clariant Innovation Center (CIC)…

Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) plans to sell its Leather Services business to Stahl Holdings B.V.…

Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) says that Qinghua, the largest substitute natural gas (SNG)…

BASF New Business GmbH (Luswigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has entered into an agreement with the Dutch…

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has opened a new production facility for organic specialty…

Honeywell (www.honeywell.com) says it will establish a new manufacturing campus in Zhangjiagang, China, to support…

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) :JEC) announced today that it was awarded a…

EuroChem (Moscow, Russia; www.eurochem.ru), one of the world's largest fertilizer companies, today announces the launch…

WorleyParsons Ltd. (North Sydney, Australia; www.worleyparsons.com) announces the recent award of an engineering, procurement and…

Teijin Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.teijin.com) has established Teijin Corporation (Thailand) Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary…

Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) says that subsidiaries of its Global Engineering and Construction…

Neste Jacobs Oy (Porvoo, Finland; www.nestejacobs.com) and Quangang Petroleum and Chemical Industry Park Management have…

White Martins, the Brazil-based subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com), has started up a…

CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) has been awarded a contract by GS Caltex Corporation for…

UOP LLC (UOP; Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, and ExxonMobil Research and Engineering…

Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded a contract by Sasol to supply its proprietary ethylene…

Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com), and its subsidiary Air Products Canada Ltd., today announced…

Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) says that its ICA Fluor industrial engineering-construction joint venture (JV)…

Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) has signed an agreement to divest its Detergents & Intermediates business…

Wison Engineering Services Co. Ltd. (Shanghai, China; www.wison.com), the largest private sector chemical engineering, procurement…

Cooper Valves (Stafford, Tex.; www.coopervalves.com) says it has acquired Accuseal (Houston), the leading manufacturer of…

Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) and E.ON, one of the world’s largest power and…

Belarus-based Grodno Azot has placed an order with plant engineering specialists ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG…

Technology, engineering and project-management company Neste Jacobs Oy (Porvoo, Finland; www.nestejacobs.com) and dairy company Valio…

Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has been awarded minerals-processing-technology orders by Grupo Peñoles for four…

Advent International www.adventinternational.com), one of the largest and most experienced global firms dedicated solely to…

Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) has successfully expanded production capacity for Houdry dehydrogenation catalysts at its…

Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has commissioned a new CO2 concentration unit at its Newcastle…

Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) announced plans to build, own and operate a new…

As part of its ongoing transformation, Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has signed an agreement…

Ethanol is a widely used commodity chemical with several applications, including use as a solvent…

Chemical, pharmaceutical and related industries produce large amounts of wastewater in their production and cleaning…

Boilers generate steam using different methods to circulate the steam-water mixture through the evaporator tubes.…

Avoid delays, cost overruns and more with significant owner involvement   It is well known…