The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) was recently approached by NHS (National Health Service) England and NHS Improvement to provide a proposal to review how personal protective equipment (PPE) might be decontaminated and safely reused, thereby helping to alleviate any potential PPE…
Many chemical processing and engineering companies are contributing to efforts to fight the spread of COVID-19: PKN Orlen (Płock, Poland) has provided the Vatican and the Office of Papal Charities with protective products to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The…
INEOS Styrolution (Frankfurt, Germany) has donated over 1,300 kg of ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) to Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), to help produce protective glasses for frontline healthcare workers at the university clinic and other healthcare institutions in the Erlangen, Germany area.…
Procter & Gamble (P&G; Cincinnati, Ohio) has granted Cargill, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.) an exclusive license that allows Cargill to further develop and commercialize a technology developed by P&G that converts lactic acid into bio-based acrylic acid, so that it can…
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…