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A new line of industrial control valves

The Series 2900 industrial control valves (photo) are suitable for food and beverage, packaged water heaters, pharmaceutical and general service applications, as well as wastewater applications with moderate pressure drops and temperatures from –20 to 400ºF. The Series 2900 features…

This strainer removes solids from without filters, bags or elements

This company’s self-cleaning filters (photo) remove oversized particles from process or wastewater flows of up to 2,500 gal/min without filter elements or bags. Removing particulate matter enhances the quality of products, such as oil-based or latex paints, solvent-based or waterborne…

Integrate safety and ergonomics in these ribbon blenders

Designed to minimize risk and maximize productivity, this company’s ribbon blenders (photo) meet OSHA standards with safety shaft guards (no external moving parts) and limit switches that prevent operation of the agitator when any cover or manway is open. In…

Univation and W.R. Grace technologies selected by Red Sea National Petrochemical Co.

The Red Sea National Petrochemical Co. has selected process technologies from W.R. Grace (Columbia, Md.) and Univation Technologies, LLC (Houston) for a major petrochemicals complex in Egypt. Univation's UNIPOL PE Process has been selected for two reactor lines.  The two…

Fluor awarded contract for procurement and construction of a large biologics plant in Scandinavia

Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.) announced that the company has been selected by a leading biologics company to perform procurement and construction management for a large-scale biologics drug substance manufacturing facility located in Scandinavia. Fluor will book the multi-hundred-million-dollar reimbursable contract…

Solvay to increase PPA resin capacity at Augusta, Georgia site

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) announced that it is increasing its Amodel polyphthalamide (PPA) resin capacity by 15% at its Augusta manufacturing site in Georgia as a result of operational excellence initiatives. The new capacity facilitates the production of innovative and more sustainable Amodel PPA…

Solenis to acquire paper process chemicals business of KLK Kolb Group

Solenis (Wilmington, Del.) and Kolb Distribution Ltd., a unit of KLK Kolb Group, have announced that Solenis has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the latter’s paper process chemicals business. The deal includes a long-term supply agreement, in which…

BASF closes divestiture of kaolin minerals business

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) closed the divestiture of its kaolin minerals business to KaMin, a global performance minerals company headquartered in Macon, Georgia, United States, following the fulfillment of clearance conditions. The kaolin minerals business has approximately 440 employees, including…

Ingevity starts up expanded production of caprolactone polyols in Louisiana

Ingevity Corp. (North Charleston, W.V.) announced the company has launched new Capa polyols production and produced the first commercial quantities of its high performance caprolactone polyols in the United States (U.S.). The completion of the company’s expansion at its facility…

SCG Chemicals expanding production capacity for recycled plastic resin in Portugal

SCG Chemicals plc (SCGC; Bangkok, Thailand) has recently invested in new technologies and machinery at Sirplaste in Portugal, following the acquisition of a 70% stake in Sirplaste-Sociedade Industrial de Recuperados de Plástico, S.A. (Sirplaste) through SCG Chemicals Trading (Singapore) PTE…