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PSE releases gPROMS v3.2
Process Systems Enterprise, Ltd. (PSE; London, U.K.; www.psenterprise.com) has just released version 3.2 of the gPROMS advanced process modeling (APM) software. gPROMS is widely used by large process industry companies in the oil & gas, chemicals and petrochemicals, power generation,…
Nikkiso acquires Lewa
Lewa GmbH (Leonberg, Germany; www.lewa.de) has been acquired by the Japanese company Nikkiso Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.nikkiso.co.jp/english), and both companies are excited about their shared synergies in product technology and global market presence. The acquisition contract is still pending…
Altana acquires Water Ink Technologies
The specialty chemicals Group Altana AG (Wesel, Germany; www.altana.com) has entered into an agreement to acquire the business of the North American company Water Ink Technologies, Inc. The company produces primarily water-based and UV inks, coatings and varnishes for narrow…
AMMA recommends changes to House-passed Clean Energy Bill
Yesterday, a coalition of U.S. manufacturing groups known as the American Materials Manufacturing Alliance recommended changes to the American Clean Energy and Security Act (HR 2454) in a letter to Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) of the Senate Committee on Environment…
GEA to build cooling tower in Florida
GEA Power Cooling Inc. (Lakewood, Colo.; www.geaict.com), a subsidiary of GEA Group (Bochum, Germany; www.geagroup.com), received an order to supply, design and erect a cooling tower for the combined cycle power plant “West County” in Palm Beach County, Fla. The…
Clean power from Africa
Along with other industrial companies, Siemens Energy (Erlangen, Germany; www.siemens.com/energy) is participating in the Desertec initiative to provide sustainable power to Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. A corresponding Memorandum of Understanding was signed today in Munich. Environmentally friendly…
Sturtevant announces exclusive supply agreement with Crown Iron Works
Sturtevant Inc., (Hanover, Mass.; www.sturtevantinc.com) has entered into an agreement as the exclusive supplier of corn fractionation mills to Crown Iron Works (Roseville, Minn.; www.crowniron.com). Sturtevant’s Simpactor Pin Mill was chosen by Crown to play a pivotal role in their…
Chinese government approves expansion in Nanjing
The Chinese central government has approved the Joint Feasibility Study Report submitted by BASF and SINOPEC for the expansion of their joint venture (JV), BASF-YPC Co., Ltd. (BYC), in Nanjing, China, as of July 1, 2009. BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany;…
Alfa Laval wins big orders from Petrobras
Alfa Laval (Lund, Sweden; www.alfalaval.com) has received two orders for Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchangers from Petrobras in Brazil. The total value is about SEK 55 million and was booked late June 2009. The delivery is scheduled for 2011. …
Rhodia enters into biogas market
Rhodia (Paris; www.rhodia.com) today announces its first business development investment in biogas technology, by acquiring Econcern Group’s participation in six pilot biogas production projects located in China and Vietnam. Anticipating the growth of business opportunities in the biogas sector, Rhodia…