Today, Novozymes (Copenhagen, Denmark; www.novozymes.com) announced it has separated its biopharma activities into an independent company called Albumedix. The new company will be fully owned by Novozymes.“Over the past nine years, our work in albumin has resulted in a series…
Akzo Nobel N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) has strengthened its position in the North American hydrogen peroxide market after acquiring the outstanding shares in EkO Peroxide LLC from joint venture partner OCI Peroxygens LLC (a subsidiary of OCI Enterprises Inc.).…
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) has been awarded a contract by Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery Co. to develop an extensive propane and butane dehydrogenation unit in cooperation with CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com). The project includes the license and engineering…
The Wacker Group (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) has expanded its production capacity for functional silicone fluids at its Burghausen site. With the new expansion stage, which came on stream in early January, Wacker is meeting the rising global demand for specialty…
Industrial production of chemicals in the U.S. fell by 0.5% in December, reversing a string of gains, according to the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). Production of pharmaceuticals was off…
Evonik Industries (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) and Akzo Nobel N.V. (AkzoNobel; Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) broke ground to officially start the construction of a new membrane electrolysis plant in Ibbenbüren. The new facility is due to come onstream by the fourth…
Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions (Frankfurt am Main, Germany; www.engineering-solutions.airliquide.com), the Engineering and Construction activity of the Air Liquide group, has been selected by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL) to supply its leading Lurgi/Nippon Kayaku Ester Grade Acrylic Acid…
Honeywell (www.honeywell.com) announced that industrial wastewater technology from Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) will help a Wyoming petroleum refinery remove contaminants from its wastewater to meet new environmental requirements. HollyFrontier Cheyenne Refining LLC has selected Honeywell UOP’s XCeed…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) announced that it has signed a longterm contract to provide nitrogen to Toray Carbon Fibers America, Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of Toray Industries, Inc. Praxair will build, own and operate an air separation plant that…
Emerson (St. Louis, Mo.; www.emerson.com) and Carbon Holdings, the privately owned Egyptian petrochemical firm, have announced that Emerson Process Management has been selected to provide automation and reliability technologies and services for Carbon Holdings’ Tahrir Petrochemicals Project at Ain Sokhna,…