Business & Economics
Novo Nordisk invests in new insulin-production plant in China
Novo Nordisk A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark; www.novonordisk.com) today announced a major investment in a new insulin production plant in Tianjin, China. The plant has been designated Novo Nordisk’s primary production base in the Asia Pacific region and will supply both China…
SulphCo announces positive results from commercial-scale field trials
SulphCo, Inc. (Houston, Tex.; www.sulphco.com), a technology company with a patented ultrasound process to desulfurize crude oil, announced today, that in October field trials it successfully duplicated on a commercial scale the positive results recently produced in its Houston laboratory.…
Lurgi signs a worldwide contract with Intergraph
Lurgi GmbH (Frankfurt, Germany; www.lurgi.com) has signed a global agreement for the use of Intergraph SmartPlant Enterprise software and has joined the worldwide Software License Agreement (SLA) of it's parent company Air Liquide (www.airliquide.com). Lurgi is a global company that specializes…
Outotec and Eesti Energia to form a JV for development of oil shale processing
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) and Eesti Energia (www.energia.ee) have agreed to form a joint company for the development and marketing of sustainable, energy-efficient and economically viable oil shale processing methods. Eesti Energia will have a majority 60% stake and…
K-TEK to integrate ASI Instruments and form Solids Level group
K-TEK Corp., (Prairieville, La.; www.ktekcorp.com), a leading manufacturer of instrumentation for liquid-level measurement, has announced the integration of ASI Instruments to the corporation’s product lines. ASI Instruments specializes in level detection and measurement for dry-bulk solids. ASI Instruments will become…
New Haldor Topsøe subsidiary in Latin America
To further strengthen its presence and services to clients in Latin America, Haldor Topsøe (www.topsoe.com), a supplier of heterogeneous cataysis and process supplies has opened a subsidiary in Argentina. The new subsidiary covers all Topsøe business areas and serves as…
Foster Wheeler wins contract for wax expansion project in South Africa
Foster Wheeler Ltd., (Clinton, N.J.; www.fwc.com), a global engineering and construction contractor and power equipment supplier, announced that its South African subsidiary, Foster Wheeler South Africa, has been awarded a front-end-engineering design (FEED) contract. The contract was awarded by Sasol…
Sale of Pulcra Chemicals is now formally completed
Cognis (Monheim, Germany; www.cognis.com), a global specialty-chemicals supplier, has announced that the sale of Pulcra Chemicals to Fashion Chemicals GmbH & Co. KG (Fashion Chemicals) has been formally completed. Pulcra Chemicals, which supplies process chemicals to the textile and leather…
People: Who’s Who
ChemLogix (Blue Bell, Pa.) appoints Francis Ezeuzoh director of finance and accounting.Harioff Kottmann is named CEO of Clariant International Ltd. (Muttenz, Switzerland). Clayton Reed joins Omnitrol Networks (Mountain View, Calif.) as vice-president of sales. Steven A. Sonnenberg becomes executive vice-president…
Economic Indicators: Business News
Plant Watch Oxea expands carboxylic-acids production, adds butyric acid October 14, 2008 — Oxea GmbH has decided to produce butyric acid at its North American production site in Bay City, Tex. The existing carboxylic-acids production plant will receive significant upgrading.…