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Kobe Steel opens large compressor-test facility
Kobe Steel, Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.kobelco.com) announces that its new large-capacity compressor test facility has begun operations at the company’s Takasago Works in Hyogo Prefecture in western Japan. Test facilities are essential to confirm the mechanical stability and design performance…
BASF & Niro: cGMP spray drying for custom synthesis
BASF’s Business Unit Pharma Ingredients & Services (Evionnaz, Switzerland; www.pharma-ingredients.basf.com ) has entered into a cooperation with GEA Niro (Søborg, Denmark; www.niro.com), which will allow BASF to make cGMP (current good manufacturing practice) spray drying tests and pilot productions of active…
Solvay launches three RD&T centers in Asia
The Solvay Group (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) announces today it is progressively creating a cluster of three research, development and technology (RD&T) centers in Asia. The centers will be set up in India, Korea and China. The investment program will be completed…
Air Liquide: two contracts for China steel
Air Liquide (Paris; www.airliquide.com) has signed long-term contracts with two steel producers in China, and will invest €75 million overall to meet the needs of these new customers. This investment strengthens the Group’s leading position in the Chinese steel market. China…
Solvay to build 1-MW fuel cell at Antwerp site
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) says it will invest over €5 million in the construction of a test fuel cell with a total electric power of 1 MW at the SolVin plant in Lillo, Antwerp, Belgium. The investment is part of…
M+W acquires Global Automation Partners
The global engineering and construction company M+W Group (formerly M+W Zander; Stuttgart, Germany; www.mwgroup.net) strengthens its business in the U.S. and in Canada. Today, the company announced that its subsidiary, M+W Americas, Inc. purchased 100% of Global Automation Partners (GAP;…
GTL: Smaller hardware brings big benefits
The gas-to-liquids (GTL) process offers a promising option for producing valuable liquid fuels from gas resources that would otherwise be wasted. These include associated gas (the gas produced along with oil, which is now frequently disposed of by flaring or…
DuPont Opens PV-application facility in Geneva
To address the needs for the fast-growing photovoltaic (PV) market, DuPont (Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com) opened the Meyrin Photovoltaic Application Laboratory at its European Technical Center – adding new capabilities to this leading R&D hub by developing next-generation products. Over 50…
Pöyry awarded board-mill engineering for SAICA
Pöyry Plc. (Helsinki; www.poyry.com) has been awarded an engineering contract by SAICA Containerboard UK Ltd. for one of the world’s most advanced recycled paper mills to be built at Partington Wharfside, near Manchester, U.K. The value of Pöyry’s assignment is…
Brain and Bayer Schering Pharma cooperation
Brain AG (Zwingenberg; www.brain-biotech.de) Bayer Schering Pharma AG (Bergkamen, both Germany; www.bayerscheringpharma.de) are cooperating in the field of production process optimization of steroid compounds. The goal of the collaboration is the energy-efficient and thus sustainable fermentative production of steroid compounds…