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…
Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; www.sabic.com) and The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) announced today the first successful commercialization of Linear Alpha Olefins (LAO), using α-SABLIN technology developed jointly by SABIC and Linde. Discussions began in 1998…
Honeywell (Morris Township, N.J.; www.honeywell.com) will establish a new technology center in Gurgaon, India, to expand its global research capabilities in refining, petrochemical and other technologies in order to better serve customers in the region. The company will invest $34…
The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) and Algenol Biofuels LLC (Bonita Springs, Fla.; www.algenolbiofuels.com) have agreed to collaborate in a joint development project in order to identify the optimum management of carbon dioxide and oxygen for Algenol’s unique algae and…