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Plant Watch New chlor-alkali plant scheduled for Kazakhstan April 23, 2008 — Uhdenora received a contract from AO "Kaustik" for a new membrane chlor-alkali plant to be erected in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan. The new plant will have a capacity of 91…
Solvay launches new product for air-pollution control
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) announces today that its subsidiary Solvay Chemicals, Inc. is expanding its portfolio with a new product named SOLVAir Select 300, which is designed for air-pollution control applications, in particular, the treatment of sulfur dioxide (SO2)…
BASF starts up new nitric-acid plant
BASF S.E. (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has started operating a new plant for the production of nitric acid at its Antwerp Verbund site. Nitric acid is one of the most important inorganic intermediates, and the plant's output will be used mainly…
BASF Coatings starts paints production in Russia
BASF Coatings (Münster, Germany; www.basf-coatings.com) has started up its new production site for paints in Russia. The new facility at Pavlovski Posad, 60 km east of Moscow, has a production capacity of 6,000 m.t./yr of paints (basecoats and clearcoats). The…
Hägglunds Drives acquires Rineer Hydraulics
Hägglunds Drives AB (Mellansel, Sweden; www.hagglunds.com) has signed an agreement to acquire the operations of the U.S. company Rineer Hydraulics Inc. for approx. $23 million. The acquisition will strengthen Hägglunds Drives’ product offering and position on the North American market.…
Foster Wheeler to supply CFB gasifier for BTL pilot plant
Foster Wheeler Ltd. (Hamilton, Bermuda; www.fwc.com) announced today that its Finnish subsidiary Foster Wheeler Energia Oy, part of its Global Power Group, has been awarded a contract by NSE Biofuels Oy Ltd. for a circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) biomass gasifier to…
Technip awarded contract for H2 plant in Romania
Technip (Paris, Framce; www.technip.com) has been awarded by Rominserv and Rompetrol Rafinare (both members of The Rompetrol Group), a lumpsum contract, worth approximately 40 million euros, for a hydrogen plant to be constructed at the Petromidia Refinery in Constana, Romania.…
Solvay to power its Bernburg, Germany plant with secondary solid fuel
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) announced today that work has begun to build a refuse-derived fuel (RDF) power plant at its site in Bernburg, Germany, which is scheduled to supply energy for the production of sodium carbonate and hydrogen peroxide…
PL Propylene to build large propane-dehydrogenation plant
PL Propylene LLC, a PetroLogistics company (Houston, Tex.; www.petrologistics.com), announced today the commencement of a project to construct a 1.2 billion lb/yr propane-dehydrogenation plant to produce propylene. The facility will be located in the vicinity of the Houston Ship Channel…
Sinclair to expand refinery in Tulsa with GEABloc
Only one month after the acquisition of GEA ViEX Inc. Canada (www.geagroup.com), the company has received a significant order for GEABloc custom-designed fully welded heat exchangers from the USA. The equipment will be used in various refinery processes at Sinclair…