GT Strudl 2018 R1 software offers fully integrated and database-driven software for general finite element analysis (FEA) and comprehensive structural engineering design. The solution includes 10 functional areas that operate seamlessly with one another. This release includes new capabilities that…
Momentive Performance Materials Inc. (Waterford, N.Y.; www.momentive.com) celebrated the official opening of its new NXT silane production facility in the Leverkusen Chempark in Germany. The city of Leverkusen and Chempark officials joined Momentive’s CEO and other leaders to officially cut…
GE Power (www.ge.com/power) announced that it has been selected to provide technology for NTPC and Tata Chemicals to upgrade two coal-fired boilers in India with GE’s low-NOx firing system. This is the first installation of this technology in India and…
Borealis Group AG (Vienna, Austria; www.borealisgroup.com) announced a new strategic alliance with Bockatech, a U.K. early-stage Greentech and provider of EcoCore technology for sustainable packaging. This new material and technology partnership will advance the circular economy by developing low-cost, high…
Versalis (San Donato Milanese, Italy; www.versalis.eni.com) has won the bidding process ordered by the Court of Alessandria for Mossi & Ghisolfi's Group’s “green” activities. The transfer of the related business units will be formally agreed in the coming weeks, in…
ExxonMobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.exxonmobil.com) said that a new unit at its integrated Beaumont, Texas facility has started operations, increasing production of ultra-low-sulfur fuels by about 45,000 barrels per day (bbl/d). The new unit relies on a proprietary catalyst system…
The Supervisory Board of GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft (Düsseldorf, Germany; www.gea.com) has appointed Stefan Klebert to the company’s Executive Board with effect from November 15, 2018. On February 18, 2019, he will succeed the long-serving CEO, Jürg Oleas (60), who is…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and LetterOne signed a definitive transaction agreement to merge their respective oil-and-gas businesses in a joint venture (JV), which will operate under the name Wintershall DEA. “With Wintershall DEA we create the leading independent European…
Johnson Matthey (JM; London; www.matthey.com) and BP plc (London; www.bp.com) have signed an agreement to license the companies’ Fischer Tropsch (FT) technology to support biofuels producer Fulcrum BioEnergy and their drive to convert municipal solid waste into biojet fuel. The…
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced that it has been awarded contracts for a technology license, basic engineering design services and proprietary catalyst supply by Lihuayi Lijin Refining & Chemical Co., Ltd., for a new olefins production unit in Dongying, China.…