Addressing a growing industry demand for transformational improvements in capital project execution, Emerson Process Management (www.emersonprocess.com) has launched Project Certainty, an innovative technology and engineering-based approach for improved capital efficiency and more reliable project schedules. Due to project excesses, billions…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) was awarded a contract to provide engineering services for the expansion of Mitsubishi’s polyester film plant in Greenville County, South Carolina. Mitsubishi Polyester Film is the American subsidiary of Japan-based Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc.…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has signed a definitive agreement with Brazilian chemical group Unipar Carbocloro to sell its 70.59% stake in Solvay Indupa. “Solvay’s divestment of Indupa follows our announced early exit of our European PVC joint venture as…
Renewable materials company Stora Enso Oyj (Helsinki, Finland; www.storaenso.com) and specialty chemicals company Rennovia, Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.; www.rennovia.com) have announced a joint development and license agreement to cooperate on bio-based chemicals development. Under the terms of the…
GE Power (Schenectady, N.Y.; www.gepower.com) announced that it has signed a purchase agreement to acquire the Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) business of Doosan Engineering & Construction for $250 million. The Doosan Engineering & Construction HRSG acquisition will help GE…
With the inauguration of the TUM Catalysis Research Center (CRC), the Technical University of Munich (TUM; Munich, Germany; www.tum.de) sets an international highlight in the field of catalysis research. Scientists from five departments, as well as industrial cooperation partners, will…
Deutsche Nanoschicht GmbH (Rheinbach, Germany; http://d-nano.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of BASF New Business GmbH (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf-new-business.com), is opening its new pilot plant for the manufacture of high-temperature superconductors. The facility located in Rheinbach, Germany is based on an…
Albemarle Corp. (Baton Rouge, La.; www.albemarle.com) announced that it is discontinuing production of its hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD)-based flame retardants so that it can focus on supplying GreenCrest polymeric fire safety solutions, a sustainable alternative to HBCD. GreenCrest, which is based on…
PPG (Pittsburgh, Pa.; www.ppg.com) today opened a $3 million state-of-the-art liquid coatings application development center at its Oak Creek, Wisconsin, plant. The new center includes advanced equipment that helps simulate industrial coatings customers’ manufacturing environments to ensure PPG coatings will…
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) congratulates the Technical University of Munich (TUM; www.tum.de/en) on the inauguration of a new building for its Catalysis Research Center (CRC). The CRC is home to MuniCat, the Munich catalysis research alliance between TUM and the…