UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) announced today that it has formed an alliance with Rentech, Inc. (Los Angeles, Calif.; www.rentechinc.com) to jointly offer technology for the production of clean fuels, specialty waxes and chemicals. The non-exclusive agreement between UOP…
Siltronic Samsung Wafer Pte. Ltd. (www.siltronic-samsung-wafer.com), a joint venture (JV) of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (www.samsung.com) and Siltronic AG (www.siltronic.com), today commissioned a new fab in Singapore for the production of 300 mm wafers. After only 18 months of construction,…
The European Fine Chemicals Group (EFCG; Brussels, Belgium; www.efcg.cefic.org) has launched its new “Voluntary Guidelines for ISO-regulated Fine Chemical Manufacturers.” The Voluntary Guidelines were originally developed by the Agrochemical Intermediates’ Manufacturers in Europe (AIME) — a sub-section of EFCG —…
The Chemicals Business Area of Germany-based Evonik Industries AG, Essen, has expanded the silica capacity of its joint venture Egesil AS in Adapazari, near Izmit, Turkey. With the new capacity of 40,000 ton/year, Evonik Industries is keeping pace with the…
Lukoil Neftochim Burgas AD, a subsidiary of the Russian oil major Lukoil (Moscow; www.lukoil.com), has selected Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) to design and license technologies to convert Urals blend vacuum residue and gasoil (VGO) at its 165,000-bbl/d petroleum refinery in…
Larox Corp. (Lappeenranta, Finland; www.larox.com) will deliver two gas-tight Pannevis vacuum belt filters to Chempolis Biorefining Park, CBP, 3rd generation biorefining research and demonstration plant in Oulu, Finland. Chempolis Ltd. (www.chempolis.com) is a leading-edge company in the development and delivery…
Alstom (Paris, France; www.power.alstom.com) signed with Dutch utility Essent a series of contracts worth up to 1-billion euro for the repowering of Claus B and the construction of Claus C, resulting in a 1,280 MW GT26-based combined-cycle (CC) power plant.…
Engineering an Answer to Poverty Chemical engineers around the world have been challenged to put their design and innovation skills to the test and help some of the planet’s poorest communities. The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE; www.icheme.org; Rugby, U.K.)…
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At 2,064 ft as of this past April, the unfinished Burj Dubai skyscraper in the United Arab Emirates is the tallest man-made structure on earth. "A structure of this kind is only possible if the right [concrete] mixture is guaranteed,"…