BASF Corp. (Iselin, N.J.; www.basf.com) has announced that it will start-up a new multi-million euro fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalysts testing and research laboratory at the hte AG (the; www.hte-company.com) facility in Heidelberg, Germany. hte is a wholly owned subsidiary…
Davy Process Technology Ltd. (Davy; London, U.K.; www.davyprotech.com), a Johnson Matthey company, and SEKAB (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.sekab.com), a leading player in the field of the ethanol based chemicals and biofuels, today announced at World Biofuels Markets that they are…
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp) recently formed a business alliance with Middough Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio; www.middough.com), an engineering company with expertise in pharmaceuticals. The alliance will strengthen business development in bio-pharmaceuticals, which have particularly high market growth potential…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) was awarded a contract by Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemical Co. for the design of a sulfuric acid regeneration plant in Lianyungang, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China. Officials did not disclose the contract value. Under…
Today, international chemical group Solvay SA (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) is announcing an agreement to significantly increase the usage of renewable raw materials (or biobased chemicals) within AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) formulations of paints and coatings. The first of a…
The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com), has acquired the remaining shares of its partner Volker Wessels Stevin Deelnemingen in the OCAP joint venture (Organic CO2 for Assimilation by Plants). With immediate effect, the supplier of industrial gases is thus the…
Pöyry Oyj. (Helsinki, Finland; www.poyry.com) has been awarded an assignment by CMPC Celulose Riograndense for the expansion of the company's Guaiba pulp mill in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. The assignment consists of engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM)…
Ineos Phenol (www.ineosphenol.com) and Sinopec Yangzi Petrochemical Co. (Sinopec YPC) have today initialled joint venture (JV) agreements for the design, build and future operation of a 1.2-million metric ton (m.t.) cumene, phenol and acetone complex at the Nanjing Chemical Industrial…
AkzoNobel's (Amsterdam, The Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) new €90-million Jupiá Chemical Island in Brazil is now operational and has started supplying the Eldorado Brasil Celulose pulp mill, which is the biggest in the world. Operated by the company's Pulp and Performance Chemicals…
The Babcock & Wilcox Co. (B&W; Charlotte, N.C.; www.babcock.com) announced today that its subsidiary, Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG), has reached an agreement with the FutureGen Industrial Alliance to begin initial engineering and preparation for full…