Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc. (MHIA; Houston), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi-global.com), has successfully completed construction of the world's largest post-combustion CO2 capture and compression system. Managed and executed in the U.S., the system…
Praxair Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) announced the startup of its fourth air separation unit (ASU), a 1,400-ton/d unit, and upgrade of the pipeline system serving the Samsung Electronics Co. (Samsung) Hwasung site in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. The new plant…
A new rule issued by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA; www.osha.gov) dramatically lowers workplace exposure to beryllium, a strategically important material that can cause devastating lung diseases. The new beryllium standards for general industry,…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) announced that it will increase nitrogen production to serve the growing demand of its existing customer in Pyeongtaek City, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It is Air Products’ second phase of capacity expansion to supply…
Ube Machinery Corp., a group company of Ube Industries, Ltd. (Ube; Tokyo, Japan; www.ube-ind.co.jp) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Plastic Technology Co., a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi-global.com), completed a transfer of shares relating to their…
GEA AG (Düsseldorf, Germany; www.gea.com) and Siemens AG (Munich, Germany; www.siemens.com) announce a partnership to bring continuous manufacturing to the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry by offering an integrated continuous tablet manufacturing line. The collaboration will deliver both production benefits,…
Linde LLC (Bridgewater, N.J.; www.lindeus.com) announced that it will soon break ground for its new large-scale air separation unit (ASU) in Adel, Georgia. The plant, representing an investment of $40 million, will produce liquid atmospheric gas products essential to hospitals,…
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) announced that its subsidiary Seppic recently finalized the acquisition of the Serdex division of Bayer. This acquisition strengthens Seppic’s footprint in natural active ingredients for cosmetics. The global specialty active ingredients for cosmetics represent a market…
Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo; www.toray.com) will establish a joint venture (JV) company with Mitsui Sugar Co. for manufacturing cellulosic sugar, a raw material used for producing various biochemical products, from the surplus bagasse generated at sugar mills. The technological demonstration…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) announced that it was awarded a contract by Empresa Nacional del Petróleo (ENAP) for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a new process unit at its Biobío refinery in Chile. Fluor booked the undisclosed…