Eni S.p.A. (Rome; www.eni.it) and Total S.A. (Paris, France; www.total.com) have entered into a special license and R&D cooperation agreement for Eni Slurry Technology (EST) and started to work together to evaluate and tailor the technology to Total’s requirements. Eni Slurry…
BP plc (London; www.bp.com) and Ningxia Baota Chemical Fibre Co. (a majority owned subsidiary of Baota Petrochemical Group) have signed an agreement to license BP’s latest-generation purified terephthalic acid (PTA) technology, the third such deal agreed by BP. Ningxia Baota…
Pepperl+Fuchs GmbH (Mannheim, Germany; www.pepperl-fuchs.com) has acquired MACTek Corp. (Twinsburg, Ohio; www.mactekcorp.com), a leading provider of HART protocol devices. The move is part of Pepperl+Fuch´s strategy to further extend its integrated solutions offerings and strengthen its position in the…
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD; Paris; www.oecd.org) released its composite leading indicator (CLI) for July, and the results, discussed in the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com), suggest…
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded a contract by Unipetrol a.s. (Prague, Czech Republic; www.unipetrol.cz), covering the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a new polyethylene plant (called PE3) in the complex located in Litvinov, Czech Republic. The contract was…
Milliken & Co. (Spartanburg, S.C.; www.milliken.com) announced its acquisition of Springfield LLC, a manufacturer of technical, performance and flame-resistant (FR) fabrics for the safety apparel, fire service, military and occupational markets. Springfield is based in Jericho, N.Y. with offices in…
GE’s Distributed Power business (Schenectady, N.Y; www.ge-distributedpower.com), Western Energy Systems and San Francisco-based Phoenix Energy announced that they have signed an agreement for GE to provide equipment for an integrated biomass-gasification solution to power a bioenergy plant in North Fork,…
Winning a competition run by the Department for Transport (DfT), Celtic Renewables (Edinburgh; www.celtic-renewables.com) earned an £11million grant to help it build the world’s first plant dedicated to the production of advanced biofuel from the residues of the whisky industry.…
The Lubrizol Corp. (Wickliffe, Ohio; www.lubrizol.com) announces that it has acquired Particle Sciences (www.particlesciences.com), a leading contract drug-development and manufacturing organization with a comprehensive suite of services for the formulation, analysis and production of complex drug delivery solutions. Headquartered in…
Enerkem Inc. (Montreal, Canada; www.enerkem.com), a waste-to-biofuels and chemicals producer, announced that it has raised C$152.6 million and has initiated the production of biomethanol from non-recyclable household garbage at the Enerkem Alberta Biofuels full-scale facility in Edmonton, Canada. "I must say…