Süd-Chemie AG (www.sud-chemie.com) The Linde Group (Both Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) have started up a pilot plant for processing lignocellulosic biomass (straw) into biofuels. The facility — officially opened at Süd-Chemie’s research center in Munich-Obersendling on April 27 — will be…
Solutia Inc. (St. Louis, Mo.;www.solutia.com) will be supplying Therminol synthetic heat transfer fluid to a new 50-MW, solar-thermal power plant in Lebrija, Spain, which will start up in spring 2010. Iberese, a Spanish company dedicated to building and managing plants…
ESK Ceramics GmbH & Co. KG (Kempten, Germany; www.esk.com) and Ceratec Technical Ceramics BV (Geldermalsen, Netherlands; www.ceratec.nl), have deepened their already 20-year-old, successful business relationship. At the end of 2008, the two partners signed a contract focusing on intensifying joint…
Sarlink (Sittard, Netherlands; www.sarlink.com) has officially opened a new production facility in Genk, Belgium. The new plant will double Sarlink’s global capacity and provide the company with a timely expansion as Thermoplastic Vulcanisate (TPV) material solutions are becoming more popular…
As it is with all chemical processors, the current economic climate is forcing batch processors to produce more saleable product at a better profit margin from the same assets. Increasing flexibility, reliability and visibility while decreasing batch cycle times via…
Plant Watch Bayer MaterialScience builds polyurethane raw materials facility March 27, 2009 — Bayer MaterialScience (Leverkusen, Germany) is to invest 20 million euros in a new aromatic and aliphatic polyisocyanate manufacturing facility in India. The new plant in Ankleshwar, in…
Emerson Process Management (St. Louis, Mo.; www.emersonprocess.com) has joined the Profibus Nutzerorganisation e.V. (PNO; www.profibus.com) to expand technology that will improve asset and machinery health management for its customers. Process manufacturers use several buses to digitally integrate their facilities. Foundation…
Bayer MaterialScience AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.bayermaterialscience.com) has invested 2.3 million euros in a new production line for its Baycusan range of waterborne polyurethane dispersions (PUD) for the cosmetics and medical segments. The new facility, which forms part of the PUD…
The Shaw Group Inc. (Baton Rouge, La.; www.shawgrp.com) says that its Energy & Chemicals Group has been selected by Sasol to provide basic engineering support for two Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) units. Shaw is providing the basic engineering package for the Fischer-Tropsch…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its catalysts-manufacturing facility in Nanjing, China, to Süd-Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.sud-chemie.com). The facility is independent from BASF’s main Verbund site in Nanjing. Both…