Global Bioenergies (Evry, France; www.global-bioenergies.com) have reached the first milestone of the BioMA+ project, which is financed by the French “Investissements d’ Avenir” State program. The project aims at developing a renewable value chain to methacrylic acid, a key constituent…
Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.; www.bv.com) announced that Ann Bui has been named Managing Director for water services in the company's Management Consulting business. She is based in Los Angeles. Bui will guide sales, marketing and performance management. Bui…
DuPont’s (Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com) announced that it has appointed Edward D. Breen and James L. Gallogly as independent Directors to its Board, effective immediately. The appointments of Breen and Gallogly have been made in anticipation of two current DuPont directors,…
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Waltham, Mass.; www.thermofisher.com), the world leader in serving science, announced that it has acquired Advanced Scientifics, Inc. (ASI), a global provider of single-use technologies for customized bioprocessing solutions, for $300 million in cash. ASI designs, manufactures…
W.R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, Md.; www.grace.com) has announced that its Board of Directors has approved a plan to separate into two independent, publicly traded companies. The two companies, to be named prior to closing, will be “New Grace,” comprised…
Styrolution Group GmbH (Frankfurt, Germany; www.styrolution.com) recently launched a pilot styrene-butadiene copolymer (SBC) plant in Antwerp. The new plant will produce all of Styrolution's SBC grades and includes capabilities for the processing of other polymer types. An identical but scaled-down…
PAS, Inc. (Houston; www.pas.com) announced a new multi-year contract with BP Downstream. BP will use PAS inBound to help manage critical operational limits in their refineries and petrochemicals assets. PAS inBound captures, visualizes, analyzes, and alerts operators on boundary data…
A consortium consisting of Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com), the German company Ferrostaal Industrial Projects GmbH, and the Pakistani industrial enterprise Fauji Fertilizer Company Ltd., is going to develop a large-scale fertilizer complex in Tanzania together with the state-owned Tanzania…
Tronox Ltd. (Stamford, Conn.; www.tronox.com) announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with FMC Corp. (Philadelphia, Pa.; www.fmc.com) to acquire its Alkali Chemicals business for $1.64 billion. Tronox will fund the acquisition through existing cash and new debt pursuant…
Anellotech Inc. (Pearl River, N.Y.; www.anellotech.com) and Johnson Matthey (London; www.matthey.com) Process Technologies have announced an alliance to co-develop advanced catalyst systems for Anellotech’s Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis (CFP) Process for production of bio-based benzene, toluene and paraxylene for the chemical…