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SNC-Lavalin wins EPCM contract for aluminum smelter in Abu Dhabi
SNC-Lavalin, Inc. (Montreal, Canada; www.snclavalin.com) has been awarded an engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) services contract by Emirates Aluminum Company Ltd. PJSC (EMAL) for Phase ll of its smelter in Al Taweelah, in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The…
KBR: FGD and SCR equipment for large coal-fired power plant in the U.S.
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a contract by Southern Co. (Atlanta, Ga.; www.southernco.com) for the installation of flue gas desulfurization (FGD) and selective catalytic reduction (SCR) equipment, related ductwork, and auxiliaries at two 880,000-kW coal-fired units at Georgia Power’s…
Ferrostaal reorganizes and reduces the size of its Executive Board
As part of the strategic reorientation of Ferrostaal AG (Essen, Germany; www.ferrostaal.com), a global provider of industrial services in plant construction and engineering, the company is streamlining its organization. The Executive Board will be reduced from five to four members.…
BASF increasing production capacity for copper and copper-chrome catalysts
BASF’s Catalyst Div. (Iselin, N.J.; www.basf.com) has announced a new round of capital investment projects to increase its production capacity and further enhance its global manufacturing operations for copper and copper-chrome catalysts. These investments are aimed at improving catalyst-manufacturing efficiency…
Start up of PET MTR plant in Kaliningrad, Russia
In the spring of 2011 Uhde Inventa-Fischer (Domat/Ems, Switzerland; www.uhde-inventa-fischer.com) and Alco-Naphtha JSC started up the first state-of-the-art, energy-efficient MTR plant for the production of high-quality PET (polyethylene terephthalate) to be built on European soil. The production plant is located…
NDC Infrared acquires IRM Group
NDC Infrared Engineering (Irwindale, Calif.; www.ndcinfrared.com), a leading manufacturer of web gauging equipment for the plastics, rubber, nonwoven and extrusion-coated businesses, has acquired the IRM Group (Alleur, Belgium; www.irmgroup.info), a leading manufacturer of high-technology measuring systems for the metals industries.IRM will become…
U.S. wholesale chemical sales up in June, but global recession fears rise, ACC report says
Wholesale sales of chemical rose by 2.3% in June, following a 0.9% decline in May, the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) says in its most recent Weekly Chemical and Economic Trends report. Compared to a year ago, wholesale…
Lonza to build formulation plant for Meta metaldehyde
Lonza (Basel, Switzerland; www.lonza.com) is investing CHF 5.8 million ($8 million) in a formulation plant for Meta metaldehyde. This will enable Lonza to supply its own formulations, allowing the company in the future to serve the market not only with…
DOE: New ‘Billion-Ton’ Study highlights opportunities for growth in bioenergy resources
The U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE; Washington, D.C.; www.energy.gov) has released a report — 2011 U.S. Billion-Ton Update: Biomass Supply for a Bioenergy and Bioproducts Industry (bioenergykdf.net/content/billiontonupdate) — detailing U.S. biomass feedstock potential nationwide. The report examines the nation’s capacity…
Global experts explore the future of sustainable chemistry
The earth’s population has grown by more than five billion people over the past century, and in the next four decades, it will grow by two billion more. With a booming population comes the urgent need for sustainable sources of…