As part of a program to expand phenol production capacities at its plant in Płock, PKN Orlen (Płock, Poland) has purchased a license and basic engineering design package for an isopropyl alcohol (IPA) unit from Badger Licensing LLC (Boston, Mass).…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) today announced the successful commissioning of an advanced biomaterials facility in Birmingham, Alabama (photo) that will support the increasing global market demand for the use of Resomer bioresorbable polymers with parenteral drug products and implantable…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) has been awarded a technology contract by Valmet AB for the engineering and supply of an Ash Re-Crystallization plant for LD Cellulose S.A.’s 500,000-ton/yr pulp-mill project located in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Under this contract, KBR will provide…
In Huntington Beach, Calif., city officials turned to pump and flowmeter manufacturer Blue-White Industries to quickly develop and build temporary ventilators that met multiple specifications and requirements to help with an anticipated surge in COVID-19 patients. Blue-White’s engineering team, led…
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) has begun working on the development of a new, reusable 3D-printed mask with Professor Hori Katsutoshi of the Graduate School of Engineering at Nagoya University and Friend Microbe Inc., a spinoff venture from Nagoya University.…
Ingevity Corp. (North Charleston, S.C.) has acquired the assets of Adsorbed Natural Gas Products, Inc. (ANGP), based in Johns Island, South Carolina. Since 2013, Ingevity has worked with ANGP to advance adsorbed natural gas (ANG) bi-fuel vehicle technology made possible…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) and personal-care product manufacturer Beiersdorf AG (Hamburg, Germany) have reached an agreement on a research partnership. Its aim is to develop sustainable raw materials for care products, using carbon dioxide (CO2) as the starting material.…
NOVA Chemicals Corp. (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) and Enerkem Inc. (Montréal, Québec, Canada) have entered into a joint development agreement to explore turning non-recyclable and non-compostable municipal waste into ethylene, a basic building block of plastics. Working together, the companies will…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) announced that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A. and Egypt Hydrocarbon Corporation S.A.E. (EHC) have finalized all technical and commercial conditions of the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract related to the implementation of a new Ammonia…
Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) has acquired 100% of the Dutch Count Companies B.V.’s Count Terminal Rotterdam B.V. and its supporting entities, part of the First Dutch Group of Peter Goedvolk. The transaction was signed and closed on 7 May 2020.…