Swiss measurement and automation engineering specialist Endress+Hauser (Reinach, Switzerland; www.us.endress.com) has completed the takeover of German analytical instrumentation provider Analytik Jena (Jena, Germany; www.analtik-jena.de). The remaining minority shares of Analytik Jena were legally transferred to Endress+Hauser on 30 March 2016…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with the Sweden-based mining and smelting company Boliden on the main design and delivery of proprietary equipment for a sulfuric acid plant to be built in connection with the Harjavalta nickel and…
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced today it has been awarded a license and basic engineering design contract for the revamp of a Fluid Catalytic Cracker (FCC) unit with the company's MAXOFIN technology. The project was awarded by a confidential client…
Metabolix, Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.; www.metabolix.com) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with CJ CheilJedang Corp. (CJ; Seoul. Korea; www.cj.co.kr) for a strategic commercial manufacturing arrangement for specialty polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), including the company's newly launched amorphous polyhydroxyalkanoates (a-PHA).…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) announced today it provided services for The Lubrizol Corp.’s (Wickliffe, Ohio; www.lubrizol.com) recently commissioned chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC) compounding plant in Dahej, India. The plant, which has capacity to produce 55,000 metric…
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published a final rule that updates personal-protective-equipment requirements for general industry and others. The rule updates references in OSHA’s Eye and Face Protection Standards to recognize the ANSI/ISEA Z87.1-2010, Occupational and…
The U.S. Chemical Production Regional Index (U.S. CPRI) edged higher by 0.2% in February, following a 0.5% gain in January, and a 0.4% gain in December, according to the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report from the American Chemistry Council…
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) of the U.S. Department of Labor has issued a final rule to better protect workers who are exposed to respirable silica dust. The rule is aimed to curb lung cancer and other diseases…
The Specialty Chemicals Market Volume Index, a tool created by the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com), progressed further during the first quarter of 2016, rising 0.1 percent on a three-month moving average (3MMA) basis in February after a…
Ecolab Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.; www.ecolab.com), a global leader in water, hygiene and energy technologies and services, has changed the name of Nalco — its water and process services business — to Nalco Water (nalco.ecolab.com). The new name more…