Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) exits from the solar wafer business and will transfer its shares in its joint venture Wacker Schott Solar GmbH (WSS) to its former partner Schott Solar AG. Wacker and Schott Solar have reached agreement…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and CSM N.V. (Diemen, the Netherlands; www.csm.nl) today announced the cooperation between their respective subsidiaries BASF Future Business GmbH and Purac for the development of the production of biobased succinic acid. Both partners have been working…
KBR (Houston, Tex.; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a contract by Beijing Guoneng Yinghui Clean Energy Engineering Co. (Beijing Guoneng) to provide licensing, engineering services and proprietary equipment for the implementation of KBR's and Southern Company's Transport Integrated Gasification technology (TRIG)…
Outotec Oyi (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has received two orders from Iran with the total value of approximately €10 million. Sarcheshmeh Copper Investment Co. has ordered engineering work and converter hoods from Outotec for its copper smelter located in Sarcheshmeh. The…
Teijin Ltd. (Osaka and Tokyo; www.teijin.co.jp/english) announced that it has begun producing its proprietary heat-resistant bioplastic Biofront a demonstration plant in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture. The plant was originally Toyota Motor Corp.’s polylactic acid demonstration plant. Following the acquisition of the plant…
Cytec Engineered Materials (CEM; Tempe, Ariz.,), a business unit of Cytec Industries Inc. (www.cytec.com) and Mitsubishi Rayon Co. (MRC; Tokyo)) have entered into a strategic business collaboration to advance carbon-fiber-reinforced composite-materials technology. Both CEM and MRC will have the opportunity…
The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) has inaugurated a research and development (R&D) center in Shanghai, taking the lead in the development of new high-tech industrial gas applications and solutions in China and the Asia Pacific region. It is also…
CST Industries, Inc. (Kansas City, Mo.; www.tanks.com), a global leader in the design, manufacture, and installation of storage tanks and covers, has acquired Temcor, Inc. (Gardena, Calif. Temcor designs, manufactures and erects clear span aluminum domes and specialty covers for…
GEA Group AG (Bochum, Germany; www.geagroup.com) received in its Energy and Farm Technology Segment orders worth EUR 46 million for efficient power plant cooling equipment from China. The orders consist of an Alex Air Cooled Condenser for the 2 x…
Bartec GmbH (Bad Mergentheim, Germany; www.bartec.de) has taken over Vodec Ltd. (Nottingham, U.K.), a provider of communication and security systems. This acquisition is another milestone within the growth strategy of the internationally operating group of companies whose products and services…