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Dow: $100 million to reduce energy use
The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) says it will accelerate energy efficiency and conservation improvements within its operations through an investment of $100 million in projects that will reduce energy usage and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The $100 million…
Invista: New nylon 6,6 intermediates and polymer plant in Shanghai
Invista (Wichita, Kan.; www.invista.com) is moving forward on its plans to construct a manufacturing facility at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in China to meet the region’s demand for nylon 6,6 intermediates and polymer. The company is currently engaged in…
B&W: Renewable energy contract in Finland
The Babcock & Wilcox Co.'s (B&W; Charlotte, N.C.; www.babcock.com) Denmark-based subsidiary, Babcock & Wilcox Vølund A/S (B&W Vølund), has been awarded a $35-million contract with Finland-based EkoKem OY to supply key equipment for a 36-MW waste-to-energy, combined heat-and-power plant in…
BMS inaugurates new polyisocyanates unit in India
Bayer MaterialScience (BMS; Leverkusen, Germany; www.bayerbms.com) has inaugurated a manufacturing facility for polyisocyanates at Ankleshwar, in the state of Gujarat, India. Polyisocyanates are used as raw materials for the production of polyurethane coatings and adhesives. With the investment of approximately…
Oxea extends specialty ester capacity
Oxea GmbH (Oberhausen, Germany; www.oxea-chemicals.com) announces significant capacity expansion for specialty esters to keep up with growing demand. The capacity of the existing Ester unit in Oberhausen will be extended by 40%, effective second half 2011. Additionally, Oxea plans to build…
Micronics: Contract for extracting & dewatering tailings at North American gold mine
Micronics, Inc. (Portsmouth, N.H.; www.micronicsinc.com), manufacturers of filter presses, filter plates, and filter cloths used for gold, silver, and mineral processing in the mining industry, has been awarded a $14-million contract to provide Lasta MC Filter Presses to a north…
Eastman expands capacity for a plasticizer
Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.; www.eastman.com) has successfully completed a further expansion of its manufacturing capacity for Eastman 168 non-phthalate plasticizer at its Kingsport, Tenn., USA, facility. A versatile non-phthalate plasticizer for PVC, Eastman 168 has a long and growing…
KBR JV: FEED contract for Australian LNG project
KBR Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced today that KLH Australia-Browse Joint Venture (KLH Australia), a joint venture (JV) between KBR, Leighton Contractors and John Holland, has been awarded a FEED contract by Woodside for the company’s Browse Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)…
Solvay acquires a Bulgarian fluorspar mine
Solvay SA (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has acquired a fluorspar mine in Chiprovtsi, Bulgaria from the N&N Group. This strategic acquisition reinforces the vertical integration of Solvay’s high added-value fluorinated specialty polymers and fluorinated special chemicals production at a competitive cost.…
White Paper: Stuxnet infection pathways and how to protect SCADA systems
Eric Byres, CTO of Byres Security Inc. (British Columbia, Canada; www.tofinosecurity.com), Andrew Ginter, CTO of Abterra Technologies (www.abterra.ca) and Joel Langill, CSO of SCADAhacker.com announce today the release of their joint White Paper “How Stuxnet Spreads — A Study of…