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Choren supplies coal-burner technology to China
Choren Components GmbH, a part of the Choren Group (Freiberg, Germany, www.choren.com) is currently supplying modern burner technology and pressure-bearing equipment for coal processing to the People’s Republic of China. The burners, each weighing up to 1.6 metric tons (m.t.),…
AspenTech launches release 7.1 of aspenONE
Aspen Technology, Inc. (Burlington, Mass.; www.aspentech.com), a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, today introduced batch process development innovations for the pharmaceutical and specialty chemical industries. The innovations in the new 7.1 release of aspenONE software…
Bosch to take over boiler manufacturer Loos
The Bosch Thermotechnology division (Stuttgart, Germany; www.bosch.com) plans to take over Loos Deutschland GmbH (Gunzenhausen, Germany), as well as its subsidiaries and investments outside Germany. The agreement to acquire 100% of the shares was signed in Stuttgart on April 7,…
Fluor selected for SaskPower carbon capture engineering
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) announced today that it was awarded front-end engineering for CO2 capture for the SaskPower Boundary Dam Integrated Carbon Capture and Sequestration Demonstration project in Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada. The contract value for the first quarter award…
Anhydro biofuel technology for Dong Energy
When the United Nations convenes its 2009 climate summit in Copenhagen, Inbicon A/S (Fredericia, Denmark; www.inbicon.com) — the technology company of Dong Energy — will showcase its biomass-to-ethanol conversion and energy-integration at the new 1.4 million-gallon-per-year demonstration plant. Anhydro (Søborg, Denmark;…
Lonza awarded ‘Potent Compound Safety Certification’
Lonza Group Ltd.’s (Basel, Switzerland; www.lonza.com) facility for antibody drug conjugates (ADC) in Visp, Switzerland, was recently certified by SafeBridge Consultants, Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.; www.safebridge.com) as competent and proficient in the safe handling of highly potent active pharmaceutical ingredients…
Chementator: Sonopolymerization as a means to manufacture composite nanoparticles
Many methods have been developed for the encapsulation of "active" materials within a carrier nanoparticle, such as a polymer. These composite structures can be used in many biomedical, cosmetics, and food processing applications for the controlled release of pharmaceuticals, neutraceuticals,…
Reduce process consumables with this new separator
Aqueous Recovery Resources, Inc. (ARR; Bedford Hill, NY; www.suparator.com), has developed the Suparator, an oil/water separation system that involves no moving parts or media, for low operational costs and minimal maintenance. The separator (diagram) is based on the Bernoulli effect,…
Chementator: A less expensive way to make conductive coatings
Cambrios Technologies Corp. (Sunnyvale, Calif.; www.cambrios.com) has formed a strategic partnership with Chisso Corp. (www.chisso.co.jp) and Sumitomo Corp. (both Tokyo; www.sumitomocorp.co.jp) for commercialization of Cambrios’ first product, ClearOhm coating material. Targeted for the liquid crystal display (LCD) market, ClearOhm is…
Chementator: A new standard for viscosity measurement
The American Society of Testing Materials (Conshohocken, Pa.; www.astm.org) has developed a new standard for measuring viscosity: ASTM D 7483-08, Determination of Dynamic and Kinematic Viscosity of Liquids by Oscillating Piston Viscometer (OPV). The new ASTM method is part of…