http://www.che.com Chemical Engineering en-us 2013 Sun, 19 May 2013 20:17:25 EDT Lewa-Nikkiso America, Inc. (Holliston, Mass.; www.nikkiso.com) has recently acquired Integrated Process Technologies, Inc. (IPT), a Massachusetts-based company specializing in the engineering, design, and manufacture of high-purity process systems. IPT has a proven track record of delivering design-build... http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/10541.html Fri, 17 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) has entered into a technology alliance with HTI, a subsidiary of Headwaters Inc (South Jordan, Utah; www.headwaters.com). The purpose of the alliance is to promote the combined use of Axens' and HTI's technologies to produce clean liquid fuels from residual... http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/10542.html Fri, 17 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) and Global Oil Shale Group Plc. (London, U.K.; www.globaloilshale.com) have agreed on collaboration in the development of a commercial-scale concentration process for kerogen, a mixture of organic material contained in surface mineable oil shale deposits. The... http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/10543.html Fri, 17 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded by NOVA Chemicals Corp. the detail engineering, and procurement services contract for the Polyethylene (PE) 1 expansion project located at their Joffre site near Red Deer in Alberta, Canada. The project includes the installation of a... http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/10538.html Thu, 16 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, has been selected to provide technology for the world’s largest on-purpose propylene production facility, located on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC will use UOP’s C3 Oleflex process technology to... http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/10539.html Thu, 16 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT With three separate transactions, BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany: www.basf.com) has strengthened its technology footprint in industrial enzymes, one of BASF’s identified growth fields: BASF has completed the acquisition of Henkel’s detergents enzyme technology. Additionally, BASF has entered into... http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/10537.html Wed, 15 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Evonik Industries AG (Essen; www.evonik.com) and OPX Biotechnologies, Inc. (OPXBio; Boulder, Colo.; www.opxbio.com)... http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/10534.html Tue, 14 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs Oy (Espoo, Finland; www.nestejacobs.com) and energy company Global Oil Shale Group PLC (GOS; Jersey, U.K.; www.globaloilshale.com) have signed a Strategic Oil Shale Development and Engineering Agreement to collaborate in oil shale processing... http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/10529.html Mon, 13 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT With 418 exhibitors, AchemAsia has opened in Beijing on Monday morning. Until Thursday, companies from 23 countries present on 6,500 m² the latest for the chemical and pharmaceutical industry as well as related sectors. The exhibition covers everything from laboratory equipment via apparatus, plant... http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/10531.html Mon, 13 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany: www.lanxess.com) is focusing on the megatrend of mobility also in Brazil. In Porto Feliz, the specialty chemicals company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Rhein Chemie has opened a new facility for high-performance bladders (curing bladders), which are used in the production... http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/10533.html Mon, 13 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT