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March 12, 2013
AkzoNobel and Solvay establish a partnership on renewable solvents
Today, international chemical group Solvay SA (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) is announcing an agreement to significantly increase the usage of renewable raw materials (or biobased chemicals) within AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) formulations of paints and coatings. The first of a kind for AkzoNobel, this partnership strengthens the commitment both companies have to...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/AkzoNobel-and-Solvay-establish-a-partnership-on-renewable-solvents_10333.html
March 12, 2013
Toyo forms bio-pharm business alliance with Middough
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp) recently formed a business alliance with Middough Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio; www.middough.com), an engineering company with expertise in pharmaceuticals. The alliance will strengthen business development in bio-pharmaceuticals, which have particularly high market growth potential within pharmaceuticals, a field of focus for the company. Established...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Toyo-forms-bio-pharm-business-alliance-with-Middough_10334.html
March 12, 2013
Jacobs  awarded contract for sulfuric acid regeneration plant
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) was awarded a contract by Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemical Co. for the design of a sulfuric acid regeneration plant in Lianyungang, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China. Officials did not...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Jacobs-awarded-contract-for-sulfuric-acid-regeneration-plant_10335.html
March 11, 2013
Linde takes over JV OCAP in the Netherlands
The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com), has acquired the remaining shares of its partner Volker Wessels Stevin Deelnemingen in the OCAP joint venture (Organic CO2 for Assimilation by Plants). With immediate effect, the supplier of industrial gases is thus the sole shareholder. The acquisition enables The Linde Group to reinforce its position in the global energy and environment growth market as...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Linde-takes-over-JV-OCAP-in-the-Netherlands_10329.html
March 11, 2013
Pöyry awarded EPCM assignment in a pulp mill project in Brazil
Pöyry Oyj. (Helsinki, Finland; www.poyry.com) has been awarded an assignment by CMPC Celulose Riograndense for the expansion of the company's Guaiba pulp mill in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. The assignment consists of engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for the Balance of Plant (BOP) and involves integrating the different processes of the mill. These engineering...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Poyry-awarded-EPCM-assignment-in-a-pulp-mill-project-in-Brazil_10330.html
March 11, 2013
Ineos and Sinopec form JV agreement for chemical complex in Nanjing
Ineos Phenol (www.ineosphenol.com) and Sinopec Yangzi Petrochemical Co. (Sinopec YPC) have today initialled joint venture (JV) agreements for the design, build and future operation of a 1.2-million metric ton (m.t.) cumene, phenol and acetone complex at the Nanjing Chemical Industrial Park in Jiangsu Province, China. It is currently expected that the project will be completed by the end of 2015. The...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Ineos-and-Sinopec-form-JV-agreement-for-chemical-complex-in-Nanjing_10331.html
March 8, 2013
Wholesale chemical sales up in January for the U.S.
Sales of chemicals at the wholesale level increased in January in the U.S. by 0.8% to $10.4 billion, according to U.S. Census Bureau data that were discussed in the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com).   The January increase follows a 1.2% increase in December 2012, and as a result of...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Wholesale-chemical-sales-up-in-January-for-the-U-S-_10328.html
March 7, 2013
AkzoNobel Chemical Island starts supply to world's biggest single line pulp mill
AkzoNobel's (Amsterdam, The Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) new €90-million Jupiá Chemical Island in Brazil is now operational and has started supplying the Eldorado Brasil Celulose pulp mill, which is the biggest in the world. Operated by the company's Pulp and...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/AkzoNobel-Chemical-Island-starts-supply-to-worlds-biggest-single-line-pulp-mill_10326.html
March 7, 2013
B&W signs contract to begin second phase of FutureGen 2.0 carbon-capture project
The Babcock & Wilcox Co. (B&W; Charlotte, N.C.; www.babcock.com) announced today that its subsidiary, Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG), has reached an agreement with the FutureGen Industrial Alliance to begin initial engineering and preparation for full front-end engineering and design work on the U.S. Dept. of Energy's (DOE) FutureGen 2.0 carbon capture and storage...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/B-and-W-signs-contract-to-begin-second-phase-of-FutureGen-2-0-carbon-capture-project_10327.html
March 5, 2013
BASF and Markor plan to establish two JVs for BDO and polyTHF in China
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Xinjiang Markor Chemical Industry Co. (Markor; ) plan to establish two joint ventures (JVs) for the production of butanediol (BDO) and polytetrahydrofuran (PolyTHF; chemical name: polytetramethylene ether glycol) in Korla, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Northwest China. The JV agreements have already been signed but are subject to further closing...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/BASF-and-Markor-plan-to-establish-two-JVs-for-BDO-and-polyTHF-in-China_10325.html
March 4, 2013
Lanxess invests €80 million in S-SBR production in Brazil
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) is strengthening its standing as the world’s leading producer of high-performance rubber. Following a feasibility study, the company has decided to convert production of emulsion styrene butadiene rubber (E-SBR) used in standard tires, to solution styrene butadiene rubber (S-SBR) used in high-performance “green tires” at its site in...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Lanxess-invests-&euro80-million-in-S-SBR-production-in-Brazil_10323.html
March 1, 2013
U.S. specialty chemical market volume slips in January, ACC says
The U.S. specialty-chemical market volume slipped by 0.1% in January, following gains the previous two months, according to the most recent Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com).   Of the 28...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/U-S-specialty-chemical-market-volume-slips-in-January-ACC-says_10322.html
February 28, 2013
Outotec grows its maintenance services by acquiring Scanalyse
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has signed an agreement to acquire Scanalyse Holdings Pty Ltd., an Australian-based software technology company with operations in Australia, Brazil, Chile and the U.S. Scanalyse provides services in process equipment condition and performance monitoring. The acquisition strengthens Outotec's specialized maintenance services, supporting life cycle solutions and...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Outotec-grows-its-maintenance-services-by-acquiring-Scanalyse_10318.html
February 28, 2013
Caloric awarded contract to build a methanol reformer in Indonesia
Caloric Anlagenbau GmbH (Gräfelfing, Germany; www.caloric.com) has been awarded a contract for the engineering and manufacturing of a new hydrogen generation plant from a major chemical company in Indonesia once again. The plant will be able to produce 700 Nm³/h of H2 by methanol reforming. A pressure swing adsorption (PSA) unit following the...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Caloric-awarded-contract-to-build-a-methanol-reformer-in-Indonesia_10319.html
February 28, 2013
Successful operation of high-pressure, entrained flow gasification
On the way to the production of environment-friendly fuels from biomass residue, the Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT; Karlsruhe, Germany; www.edu), in cooperation with the technology partner Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions, has realized another important milestone: the second process stage of the bioliq pilot plant is ready — today, the complex high-pressure, entrained-flow...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Successful-operation-of-high-pressure-entrained-flow-gasification_10320.html
February 28, 2013
First field testing on frac-water treatment system from OriginOil
OriginOil, Inc. (Los Angeles, Calif.; www.originoil.com), the developer of a breakthrough energy production process for the oil and algae industries, today announced its CLEAN-FRAC water treatment system for the oil and gas industry successfully completed its first field testing on produced water at an oil well in Lost Hills near Bakersfield, California. The field trials demonstrated that the process...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/First-field-testing-on-frac-water-treatment-system-from-OriginOil_10321.html
February 27, 2013
BASF to open R&D technology center for battery materials in Japan
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) will open a new Research and Development Laboratory and an Application Technology Center for Battery Materials in Amagasaki, Japan. The facilities will be fully operational by the end of 2013. The laboratory will focus on researching electrolytes and electrode materials for high-performance batteries as part of BASF’s global R&D network. The...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/BASF-to-open-R-and-D-technology-center-for-battery-materials-in-Japan_10315.html
February 27, 2013
Toyo awarded ammonia project in Indonesia
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp) has been awarded a contract to build an ammonia plant for PT Panca Amara Utama (PAU), a subsidiary of PT. Surya Esa Perkasa Tbk. (SEP), one of Indonesia’s leading LPG producing companies. The project involves construction of Ammonia Plant & related utility facilities for a 2,000-ton/d plant in Luwuk, Central Sulawesi. The contract...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Toyo-awarded-ammonia-project-in-Indonesia_10316.html
February 27, 2013
Bilfinger Water Technologies: A new strong connection
Passavant-Geiger GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bilfinger SE (Aarbergen, Germany; www.bilfinger.com), has acquired Johnson Screens, a global leader in screening products for water infrastructure, wastewater treatment, hydrocarbon processing and general filtration. Combining the competencies and resources of these two companies, each of which has a long and storied tradition, will create a global leader...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Bilfinger-Water-Technologies-A-new-strong-connection_10317.html
February 26, 2013
Leading chemicals sector group gives guidance on GHG emissions
Ten of the world’s largest chemical companies, together with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD; Geneva, Switzerland; www.wbcsd.org), released today an accounting and reporting guide to help the sector consistently account and report climate impacts in the corporate value chain. The first of its kind, “Guidance for Accounting & Reporting Corporate GHG Emissions in...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Leading-chemicals-sector-group-gives-guidance-on-GHG-emissions_10309.html
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