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Shell and Codexis expand collaboration on biofuels
Royal Dutch Shell plc (The Hauge, Netherlands; www.shell.com) and Codexis, Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.; www.codexis.com) have announced an expanded agreement to develop better biocatalysts that could accelerate commercialization of next generation biofuels. Shell also increased its equity stake in Codexis…
PSE and Hyperion sign Saudi gPROMS agency agreement
Process Systems Enterprise (PSE; London, England; www.psenterprise.com), providers of the gPROMS advanced process modeling system and related services to the process industries, and Hyperion Systems Engineering Ltd. (Nicosia, Cyprus; www.hyperion.com.cy) the leading independent simulation-solutions supplier, today announced the appointment of…
Hoerbiger acquires Tritech Compression
Hoerbiger Holding AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.hoerbiger.com) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100% ownership of Tritech Compression, Inc. (Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada). Effective, March 2, 2009, the oil field equipment supply and maintenance service company will operate as business…
BASF/Dow’s HPPO plant in Antwerp completes startup phase
The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) announced today that the world’s largest commercial-scale propylene oxide (PO) plant and the first based on the innovative hydrogen peroxide to propylene oxide (HPPO) technology jointly developed by BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com)…
New ASTM standard is announced for oscillating piston viscometers
Cambridge Viscosity (www.cambridgeviscosity.com) has announced that the American Society of Testing Materials (ASTM) has developed a new standard test method - ASTM D 7483-08 - for the Determination of Dynamic and Kinematic Viscosity of Liquids by Oscillating Piston Viscometer. Oscillating…
Dresser Masoneilan to supply customized valves to Danieli India
Dresser Masoneilan (Houston, Tex.; www.dresser.com), an international leader in the design, manufacture, and support of process control valves and solutions, was recently chosen by steel plant and equipment supplier Danieli India Ltd to provide control valves for the Vizakhapatnam Steel…
Cognis sells Botanicals Extracts Business
On February 20, global specialty chemicals supplier Cognis GmbH (Monheim am Rhein, Germany; www.cognis.com) signed an agreement to sell its Botanicals Extracts Business to Burgundy Botanical Extracts Iberia, S.A. (Burgundy; www.burgundy-extracts.com). Today, Cognis and Burgundy announced that the sale of…
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Wacker plans polysilicon production facility in U.S.
Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) has mid-term plans to construct a new hyperpure polycrystalline silicon facility in the U.S. and has purchased land in Tennessee for this purpose. The land in Bradley County covers approximately 550 acres (220 hectares),…
ABB wins order for new iron-ore plant in Oman
ABB (www.abb.com) has won an order worth approximately $62 million from Vale to supply electrification and automation systems and related equipment for a new iron-ore-pellet plant in Oman. The new Vale plant, 230 kilometers northwest of Muscat, is expected to…