A new plant for the manufacture of oxidized polyethylene (PE) waxes went into operation at the BASF SE (www.basf.com) site in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The plant manufactures high quality oxidized waxes according to BASF’s own process. The new plant will improve…
Solvay Chemicals (Houston, Tex.; www.solvay.com) is collaborating with the EPA under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to gain practical information regarding peracetic acid’s (PAA) usefulness as a green alternative to chlorine-based water disinfectants to reduce disinfection byproducts. PAA…
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) says that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCm) services contract by Total Raffinage-Chimie for the revamp of a hydrodesulfurization unit at…
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, says it will invest $20 million to expand its production facility in Mobile, Ala., to produce adsorbents and catalysts. The investment will expand production of UOP’s Ionsiv Ion Exchange adsorbents, which…
IRPC Public Co., a company specialized in the production of petrochemical and petroleum-refining products in Thailand, has selected Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) to supply technologies for its new Upstream Project for Hygiene and Value Added Product (UHV project). The complex…
The technology group The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) and Sadara Chemical Co. (Sadara) recently signed a long-term contract that will see Linde supply Sadara with carbon monoxide (CO), hydrogen (H2) and ammonia (NH3) at a chemical complex now being…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) and Grupo Mexico have signed a contract for the delivery of process technology to Buenavista del Cobre's new second copper concentrator in Mexico. The contract value booked in the first quarter 2012 order intake is…
Production of major plastic resins in the U.S. was 6.2 billion lb in February, a total that is 11.9% higher than the same month last year, according to an analysis by the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). In…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed that companies be required to report to the agency all new uses, including domestic or imported products, of five groups of potentially harmful chemicals. The chemicals have been used in consumer products…
On March 13, 2012, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA; Washington, D.C.; www.epa.gov) issued a “No Action Assurance (NAA) Letter” to area source facilities required to conduct boiler tune-up by March 21, 2012, under the Area Source Rule. This means…