Foster Wheeler AG’s (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) Global Engineering and Construction Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with PetroAlgae (Melbourne, Fla.; www.petroalgae.com) for engineering services to be performed in conjunction with PetroAlgae's micro-crop biomass technology, which allows for the production…
The Process Technology Segment of GEA Group AG (Bochum, Germany; www.geagroup.com) has received an order for a complete milk powder factory. The customer is the leading Australian Dairy Group Burra Foods and the total order is in excess of €23…
Dow Water & Process Solutions (www.dowwatersolutions.com), a business unit of The Dow Chemical Co. (Dow; www.dow.com), and Bayer Technology Services GmbH (BTS; Leverkusen, Germany; www.bayertechnology.com), announced a licensing agreement for the worldwide marketing of BayFAME technology, a continuous process developed…
Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG Asslar, Germany; www.pfeiffer-vacuum.net) has signed a contract to acquire Trinos Vakuum-Systeme GmbH (Göttingen, Germany). Under the terms of the agreement, Pfeiffer Vacuum will acquire 100% of the shares in Trinos effective January 1, 2010. The purchase…
Air Liquide (www.us.airliquide.com) has acquired the Hydrogen Generation Module (HGM) technology from H2Gen Innovations Inc. (Alexandria, Va.), a designing, manufacturing and marketing company for on-site hydrogen generators and gas purification units. The agreement took effect November 19, 2009. The HGM…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has been awarded a contract by Minera Chinalco Perú for the supply of a thickening technology for Toromocho’s greenfield copper project in Peru. The contract value is approximately €11 million. Outotec’s scope includes design, fabrication and…
Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea; www.samsungengineering.co.kr) has commissioned Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany; www.uhde.eu) to provide extensive licensing, engineering and supply services within the scope of a large plant contract, which Ruwais Fertilizer Industries (FERTIL; Abu Dhabi) has awarded…
Last month at the Chem Show, Chemical Engineering (CE) had the pleasure of honoring this year’s finalists and the winner of the 2009 Kirkpatrick Chemical Engineering Achievement Award, a biennial prize that the magazine has bestowed continuously since the early…
The power of osmosis Last month, Statkraft (Oslo, Norway; www.statkraft.com) opened what is claimed to be the world's first osmotic power plant. Although the prototype is very small (designed for 10 kW), the company believes data gained from the…
Siemens gasification technology selected for Taylorville Energy Center November 10, 2009 — Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Fla.; www.siemens.com) has been chosen to provide the coal gasification technology for the Taylorville Energy Center (TEC), the 730-MW (gross) advanced clean-coal generating plant…