The Gorman-Rupp Co. (Mansfield, Ohio; www.grpumps.com) announced that its Mansfield Division has achieved certification to ISO 14001:2004: for its Environmental Management System. Certification to the internationally recognized standard signifies a demonstrated commitment to minimizing the impact of company activities on…
UOP LLC Des Plaines, Ill; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, announced today that its technology has been selected by Great Orient Chemical for a new petrochemicals complex in China that will produce the key ingredient for biodegradable household laundry detergents. Great…
PetroAlgae Inc. (Melbourne, Fla; www.petroalgae.com) has entered into an agreement with Haldor Topsøe S/A (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) and its U.S. subsidiary, Haldor Topsoe, Inc. (Houston) to provide technology and catalysts to upgrade oils produced from Petroalgae’s biomass through refinery coking…
Shell Global Solutions International B.V. (The Hague, the Netherlands; www.shell.com/home/content/globalsolutions) and Sulzer Chemtech Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland; www.sulzerchemtech.com) have renewed and extended their strategic alliance agreement, originally concluded in 2000. The new agreement further strengthens the long-standing relationship between Shell Global…
With today’s turning of the first sod in Leuna, Germany, Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany; www.uhde.eu) has begun construction of its first ever skid-mounted chlor-alkali electrolysis plant. Uhde was awarded the contract by Leuna-Harze GmbH, one of Europe’s leading producers of…
Genomatica (San Diego, Calif.; www.genomatica.com) and Tate & Lyle (London; www.tateandlyle.com) signed a joint development agreement for the demonstration-scale production of Genomatica’s biologically derived BDO (1,4-butanediol). The Genomatica process produces the same BDO product that is currently made from a…
Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA) and Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) have signed a contract for the Centro de Refinación Paraguaná Project. The contract includes an 85,000 barrels per stream day (bpsd) hydrotreating unit, which will be the biggest…
In response to a court deadline, today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA; Washington, D.C.; www.epa.gov) proposed the first-ever national standards for mercury, arsenic and other toxic air pollution from power plants. The new power plant mercury and air toxics standards…
ABB (Zurich, Switzerland; www.abb.com) has agreed to buy a 35% stake in Novatec Solar (formerly Novatec Biosol), an innovative, concentrated-solar-power (CSP) technology company based in Karlsruhe, Germany. The investment includes an option to acquire 100% of Novatec Solar and an…
Tantaline (Houston and Waltham, Mass; www.tantaline.com) announced a market-changing heat exchanger product. The product fills a critical need in the hot acid marketplace, giving engineers and manufacturers a higher performing, cost efficient option for highly corrosive applications. Tantaline’s new heat…