Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has taken further steps to streamline its global production network and thus reduce operating costs in the face of the economic crisis and competitive business environment. The specialty chemicals group has sold its 55% stake…
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Tokyo; www.toyo-eng.co.jp has been awarded a project for methionine production facilities that will be constructed in the Dalian Economic and Technological Development Zone in China by Sumitomo Chemical Co. and Dalian Jingang Group Co. The facilities will produce…
Foster Wheeler AG’s (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) Global Engineering and Construction Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with PetroAlgae (Melbourne, Fla.; www.petroalgae.com) for engineering services to be performed in conjunction with PetroAlgae's micro-crop biomass technology, which allows for the production…
The Process Technology Segment of GEA Group AG (Bochum, Germany; www.geagroup.com) has received an order for a complete milk powder factory. The customer is the leading Australian Dairy Group Burra Foods and the total order is in excess of €23…
Dow Water & Process Solutions (www.dowwatersolutions.com), a business unit of The Dow Chemical Co. (Dow; www.dow.com), and Bayer Technology Services GmbH (BTS; Leverkusen, Germany; www.bayertechnology.com), announced a licensing agreement for the worldwide marketing of BayFAME technology, a continuous process developed…
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…
Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) has signed a design contract with an undisclosed client in China for a new plant that will produce substitute natural gas (SNG). When the plant comes on stream in 2011, it will produce close…