http://www.che.com Chemical Engineering en-us 2013 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:24:36 EDT Preliminary data for the March  2013 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; top; the most recent available) indicate that the composite index declined by 0.3% from the February value. The decrease was driven... http://www.che.com/business_and_economics/plant_cost_index/10540.html Sat, 1 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT Sulzer Chemtech Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland; www.sulzer.com) has opened an office in Brazil to better service its customers in the Brazilian market in the field of products and services for separation, reaction and mixing technology. The new office in Vinhedo near Campinas (Sao Paulo) offers both technical... http://www.che.com/business_and_economics/plant_watch_mergers_and_bus_news/10544.html Mon, 20 May 2013 0:00:00 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/business_and_economics/plant_watch_mergers_and_bus_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/business_and_economics/plant_watch_mergers_and_bus_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/business_and_economics/plant_watch_mergers_and_bus_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/business_and_economics/plant_watch_mergers_and_bus_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/business_and_economics/plant_watch_mergers_and_bus_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/business_and_economics/plant_watch_mergers_and_bus_news/10537.html Wed, 15 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/business_and_economics/plant_watch_mergers_and_bus_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/business_and_economics/plant_watch_mergers_and_bus_news/10531.html Mon, 13 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT