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Comprehensive monitoring for heat-trace circuits

The TraceNet Genesis control and monitoring system (photo) manages heat-trace circuit performance on process lines, tanks and instrumentation. The TraceNet Genesis system gives instant access to comprehensive heat-trace circuit information, including circuit performance history, fault analysis and circuit drawings. Using…

This agitator avoids fibrous buildup

The Chemineer RL-3 impeller (photo) has been specifically engineered to prevent fibrous material buildup on the rotating impeller. This rag-shedding impeller also provides a strong axial flow for efficient blending and solids suspension. The design allows for a safer process…

New release of this structural analysis software

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 opens new silane production plant in Leverkusen

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 to deliver India’s first low-NOx boiler systems for Tata Chemicals and NTPC

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 and Bockatech to develop foam-injection molding solutions for recyclable packaging

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 acquires four bio-based chemicals companies in Italy

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 starts producing ultra-low-sulfur fuels at new Beaumont unit

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…

GEA Group names new CEO

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 and LetterOne sign agreement to merge Wintershall and DEA

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…