The Huafon Group — the biggest producer of polyurethanes in China — has chosen Uhde Inventa-Fischer (Berlin, Germany and Domat/Ems, Switzerland; www.uhde-inventa-fischer.com) as supplier for its latest project, a PA-66 plant to be built in Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China.…
Huber Engineered Materials (Atlanta, Georgia; www.hubermaterials.com), a division of the J.M. Huber Corp., has announced plans to expand silica production capacity at its manufacturing facility in Jhagadia, India. The expansion more than doubles the current capacity to a new rate…
KSB AG (Frankenthal, Germany; www.ksb.com) has acquired a majority interest in Italco/REEL s.r.l. (Vicenza, Italy; www.reel.it). The Italian company can look back on 25 years of successfully supplying customized automation and drive solutions for the international market. KSB has been…
MAN Diesel & Turbo SE (Augsburg; www.mandieselturbo.com) and MTU Aero Engines GmbH (Munich, both Germany; www.mtu.de) have completed their preparations for the first test run of a new MAN axial compressor at MTU's Munich test stand. This opens the way…
The HART Communication Foundation (Austin, Tex.; www.hartcomm.org) is pleased to announce that the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) has approved the WirelessHART specification as a European National Standard (EN 62591). CEN released the standard to CENELEC, the European Committee for…
Economic reports out this week point to further weakness in the economy, the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Arlington, Va.; www.americanchemistry.com) says in its latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Trends report. “Storm clouds are gathering,” writes ACC, pointing out that data…
IDEX Corp. (Northbrook, Ill.; www.idexcorp.com) has acquired OBL, S.r.l. (Milan, Italy; www.obl.it), a leading provider of mechanical and hydraulic diaphragm pumps. OBL provides polymer blending systems and related accessories for a diverse range of global industries, including water, waste water, oil-and-gas,…
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been appointed to an alliance that will design and build one of the world’s largest advanced tertiary wastewater treatment plants for Melbourne Water in Melbourne, Australia. The plant, which will use an advanced treatment process,…
Xebec Adsorption Inc. (Xebec; Montreal, Canada; www.xebecinc.com), a provider of biogas-upgrading, natural-gas and hydrogen-purification solutions for the clean energy market, announced today that it has received its first order for a landfill gas upgrading system from Huiming EP&CE Co., Ltd,…
Sulzer Metco AG (Winterthur, Switzerland; www.sulzermetco.com) has acquired the DLC activities of Bekaert (Kortrijk, Belgium; www.bekaert.com). The acquisition, which includes Bekaert’s diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings and racing activities, will deliver significant technological benefits to Sulzer and Bekaert customers, as both…