Solvay SA (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has acquired a fluorspar mine in Chiprovtsi, Bulgaria from the N&N Group. This strategic acquisition reinforces the vertical integration of Solvay’s high added-value fluorinated specialty polymers and fluorinated special chemicals production at a competitive cost.…
Eric Byres, CTO of Byres Security Inc. (British Columbia, Canada; www.tofinosecurity.com), Andrew Ginter, CTO of Abterra Technologies (www.abterra.ca) and Joel Langill, CSO of SCADAhacker.com announce today the release of their joint White Paper “How Stuxnet Spreads — A Study of…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has announced that it signed a contract in Dec. 2010, with the Saudi Industrial Investment Group (SIIG) and Arabian Chevron Phillips Petrochemical Co. (ACP) to provide engineering, procurement and construction management services for…
LanzaTech (Auckland, New Zealand; www.lanzatech.co.nz) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Posco (Seoul, South Korea; www.posco.com), one of the largest steel producers in the world, covering the implementation of its gas fermentation technology (CE, December 2010, p. 12;…
The Flexitallic Group (Flexitallic; Houston) has launched its new website www.flexitallic.com. The company specializes in the design, manufacturing and global distribution of high performance industrial sealing products that operate in process industries including oil, power, petrochemical, chemical, pharmaceutical and nuclear…
Myriant Technologies (Quincy, Mass.; www.myriant.com) and Davy Process Technology (DPT; London; www.davyprotech.com), a Johnson Matthey company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) covering the use of succinic acid as a bio-derived feedstock for the production of butanediol, tetrahydrofuran and gamma-butyrolactone.…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with Eesti Energia, the leading oil shale-to-energy company in the world, to design and deliver a new oil-shale preparation plant to be built in Narva, Estonia. The contract value exceeds €20 million. Outotec…
Siemens AG (Munich, Germany; www.siemens.com) has revealed plans to establish a manufacturing and service facility in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The manufacturing facility will include the local production of gas turbines and rotating equipment, a repair workshop and service…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has strengthened its portfolio of environmental technologies by acquiring the technologies, trademarks and patents of ASH DEC Umwelt AG (Vienna, Austria). The Austrian company has developed a process to extract recycled phosphorus fertilizer from ash,…
Nanostart AG (Frankfurt, Germany; www.nanostart.de) has taken an investment position in Membrane Instruments and Technology Pte Ltd. (MINT; Singapore: www.mintmembranes.com). MINT, founded in 2009 as a spin-off from the country’s renowned Nanyang Technological University, is a producer of next-generation technology…