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Applied Analytics: New subsidiary in UAE

Applied Analytics, Inc. (AAI; Concord, Mass.; www.a-a-inc.com) and Aber Ahmed Equipment Est. (Sharjah, United Arab Emirates) have established Applied Analytics Middle East FZE. This new subsidiary expands and restructures AAI operations in the Gulf region, serving both as an administrative…

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Süd-Chemie invests €60 million in LFP production

Süd-Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.sud-chemie.com) is investing approximately EUR 60 million in the production of lithium iron phosphate (LFP), a high performance energy storage material used in batteries for electric vehicle drives and other applications. On the new site of…

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Evonik establishes independent carbon black company

Evonik Industries (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is reorganizing its carbon black activities. On July 1, Evonik Carbon Black GmbH was founded as a legally independent management company under the umbrella of Evonik Industries.  Jack Clem is CEO and Rainer Wobbe will…

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Fuel Tech lands air-pollution-control orders

Fuel Tech, Inc. (Warrenville, Ill.; www.ftek.com) has received a number of air-pollution-control (APC) orders valued at $6.4 million. The largest of these orders, placed by a major U.S. power producer, for reducing oxides of nitrogen (NOx) reduction projects on three coal-fired…

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GEA PHE Systems receives refinery order

GEA PHE Systems (Sarstedt, Germany; www.gea-phe.com), part of the GEA Heat Exchangers Segment, received an order for a South American grassroots petroleum refinery project. The multimillion-euro order covers design and manufacturing of GEABloc welded plate heat exchangers. The new refinery…

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Caloric wins 2nd H2 plant for French client

Caloric Anlagenbau GmbH (Gräfelfing, Germany; www.caloric.com) has won a contract for the second hydrogen-generation plant in for a client from the chemical industry in France. After successful operation of the first plant delivered by Caloric and started up in 2009…

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Metathesis catalysts license agreement

Evonik Industries AG (Essen,Germany; www.evonik.com) and Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc., Bolingbrook, Ill.; www.elevance.com) have entered into a license agreement regarding Evonik’s U.S. Patents Nos. 7,738,528 and 7,652,145, directed to metathesis technology excluding Evonik’s catMETium RF product portfolio. The companies also…

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Borouge: $2.6-billion contracts for Borouge 3

Borouge (Abu Dhabi, UAE; wwwborouge.com), a joint-venture (JV) between the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. and Borealis (Vienna, Austria; www borealisgroup.com), formally signed three major engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts valued at approximately $2.6 billion for its Borouge 3…

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Waste-to-cellulosic-ethanol demonstration

CleanTech Biofuels, Inc. (St. Louis, Mo.; www.cleantechbiofuels.net), an early stage provider of cellulosic biomass feedstock derived from municipal solid waste (MSW) for energy and bio-based chemical production, announced an agreement with Fiberight LLC. (Catonsville, Md.; www. fiberight.com), to install its…

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Fluor wins $1.3-billion mining contract in Chile

Fluor Corporation (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) was awarded a contract by Minera Lumina Copper Chile S.A. (Santiago) deliver engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for the company's new Caserones copper mine project in central Chile. Minera Lumina Copper Chile is…