The TASI Group (Harrison, Ohio; www.tasigroup.com) continues the growth of its Flow Segment business with the recent acquisition of Sierra Instruments, Sierra Instruments Inc. (Monterey, Calif.; www.sierrainstruments.com), a global company specializing in the manufacture of flow measurement instrumentation. This is…
ExxonMobil (Irving, Texas; www.exxonmobil.com) said today it has completed an expansion of its specialty elastomers manufacturing plant in Newport, Wales, which doubles the plant’s manufacturing capacity and increases global manufacturing capacity of Santoprene thermoplastic elastomers by 25 percent. “ExxonMobil’s…
The global chemical company Oxea (Monheim am Rhein, Germany; www.oxea-chemicals.com) successfully completed a debottleneck of its existing isononanoic acid production units in Oberhausen, Germany. The company will use the additional production capacity to support the growth of the global synthetic…
Honeywell announced today that Venture Global LNG, Inc. will use a series of technologies from Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) to remove various contaminants from natural gas prior to liquefaction at its Calcasieu Pass liquefied natural gas (LNG) export…
Archroma (Reinach, Switzerland; www.archroma.com), a global leader in color and specialty chemicals towards sustainable solutions, has officially inaugurated its new Global Competence Center for Automotive & Synthetic Dyeing in Korschenbroich, Germany. The site is part of former M. Dohmen, an…
Bayer AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.bayer.com) announced today it will invest $150 million in its Berkeley, Calif. pharmaceutical development and manufacturing site to build a Cell Culture Technology Center that will be used to accelerate the development of biological therapies. Once…
Perstorp AB (Perstorp, Sweden; www.perstorp.com), a global leader in the specialty chemicals market, has announced a decision to construct a new plant in Perstorp, Sweden. The plant will increase capacity for Pergrip Run NF, the sodium formate deicer product for…
Sphera (Chicago, Ill.; www.sphera.com) the largest global provider of Integrated Risk Management software and information services with a focus on Environmental Health & Safety, Operational Risk and Product Stewardship, announces the acquisition of SiteHawk, a leading software and services provider…
The viability of Anellotech’s (Pearl River, N.Y.; www.anellotech.com) Bio-TCat technology has now been proven by achieving commercially-targeted yields of aromatic chemicals, such as benzene, toluene and xylenes, in its TCat-8 pilot unit in Silsbee, Texas during six months of continuous…
Protect Your Turbines from Silica with a Low Maintenance Analyzer Silica in boiler feedwater can lead to unplanned shutdowns and extra maintenance. A major Spanish fertilizer producer has switched to a METTLER TOLEDO silica analyzer. Its accuracy, low maintenance, and…