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Rockwell Automation acquires data-science firm Knowledge Lens

Rockwell Automation, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wisc.) announced that it has acquired Knowledge Lens. Based in Bengaluru, India, Knowledge Lens is a services and solutions provider that delivers actionable business insights from enterprise data, combining digital technologies with deep data science, artificial…

Solvay divests its stake in RusVinyl PVC joint venture

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) announced that it has agreed on final terms to sell its 50% stake in the RusVinyl joint venture (JV) to its joint venture partner Sibur (Moscow, Russia). Upon completion, the divestment will represent another important milestone…

Johnson Matthey technology chosen to produce sustainable methanol for Perstorp Group’s Project Air

Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) has been selected to provide the methanol license and engineering services for Perstorp AB's (Malmö, Sweden) ground-breaking Project Air in Stenungsund, Sweden.   The initiative – which will substitute all the fossil methanol used by Perstorp in…

Arafura awards Chemetics contract to install sustainable sulfuric acid technology

Arafura Rare Earths Ltd has awarded Chemetics Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Worley and leading provider of technology for sulfuric acid and other specialty chemical facilities, the contract to install Chemetics CORE-SO2 sulfuric acid technology, at its Nolans Project…

KBR technology selected for new low-carbon ammonia project

KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that its ammonia technology has been selected for a large-scale one million tons per year low-carbon ammonia facility in the Middle East GCC region.  Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide the technology license,…

Archroma completes acquisition of Huntsman’s Textile Effects business

Archroma (Basel, Switzerland) announced the closing of the acquisition of the Textile Effects business from Huntsman Corp. (The Woodlands, Tex.) When the Huntsman Textile Effects acquisition was first announced in August 2022, Archroma Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Heike van…

Bechtel to conduct engineering study for battery anode production

Bechtel (Reston, Va.) was awarded a contract by Sicona Battery Technologies to perform an engineering study for a U.S. manufacturing plant that will produce the cutting-edge battery anode components needed for electric vehicles. "Bechtel will help Sicona deliver a long-lasting…

Driving change through funding

The U.S. Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), which was passed into law last August, directs federal funding to a variety of sectors in the forms of grants, loans and tax incentives for corporations, and to a lesser extent to…

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Pilot-Scale Distillation Process Design

The inherent characteristics, requirements and special concerns of pilot- and laboratory-scale distillation columns differ from those of commercial-scale equipment. The scale-related differences of distillation assemblies are presented here Distillation processes at any scale share many of the same theoretical and…

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Boiler Water Essentials: Water Is Water (Not)

When it comes to water used in boilers, it is important to remove potentially problematic impurities. This offers a potentially huge return on investment, even with the prevention of just one major upset, let alone recurring failures Several decades ago,…