At Pollutec 2007 (Paris, France; November 27 – 30), Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies (Paris,…

Toyo Engineering Corp. (TEC; Narashino, Japan; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7368-532), Modec Inc. (Tokyo, both Japan) and Velocys Inc.,…

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo, Japan; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7368-533) is marketing a new process that captures…

Metallic nanoparticles are usually produced by wet chemical methods, often using toxic and flammable substances,…

A prototype solar reactor that will break carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide and oxygen, or…

A method for the purification of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) in four sequential steps —…

Researchers from the University of Glasgow (U.K.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7368-539) have designed a device that can detect…

Last month, the European Parliament (Brussels, Belgium) approved a new air-quality directive, which sets, for…

Gulf Ethanol Corp. (Houston, Tex.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7368-541) recently acquired an exclusive license to the vortex-implosion-disintegrator technology…

UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7368-542) has partnered with the University of Southern California’s (USC)…

Animal and vegetable oils and fats are a key renewable feedstock for making detergents, soaps,…

Hyperion Systems Engineering Ltd., (Athens, Greece; www.hyperionsystems.gr) has been awarded the supply and implementation of…

SCG-Dow Group, a joint venture (JV) of The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) and…

Vietnam National Chemical Corp. (Vinachem) has contracted Haldor Topsøe (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) for the supply…

BASF Plant Science (Limburgerhof, Germany; www.basf.com/plantscience) and the National Institute of Biological Sciences (NIBS; Beijing,…

Aker Kværner ASA's (www.akerkvaerner.com) Board of Directors has resolved to propose to the annual general…

Süd-Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.sud-chemie.com) and Alvigo AS (Tallinn, Estonia; www.alvigo.ee), the major manufacturer of…

Peru Copper Syndicate has awarded Aker Kvaerner Metals, Inc. (Tuscon, Ariz.; www.akerkvaerner.com) a $11.5-million contract…

The Energy & Chemicals Group of the Shaw Group Inc. (Baton Rouge, La.; www.shawgrp.com) has…

The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) has signed a long-term supply contract for industrial gases…

Rentech, Inc. (Los Angeles, Calif.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7368-537) will build its first commercial synthetic fuels plant, using…

Basell Corp. (Frankfurt, Germany; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7368-540), the National Gas Co. of Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), Ltd.…

Royal Dutch Shell Plc. (The Hague, Netherlands; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7368-544) and HR Biopetroleum (Honolulu, Hawaii; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7368-545) have…

  At the beginning of 2008, it’s clear that global economic growth is slowing. The…

Plant Watch A new plant for crude-oil processing to be built in Italy December 10,…

Honeywell (Phoenix, Ariz.; www.honeywell.com/ps) today announced a six-year agreement with BP Exploration to provide Main…

Fluor Corp. has been selected to provide integrated engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) for expansion…

Centrifugation is the method of choice in the chemical process industries (CPI) for separating solids…

Among the many types of pollution-abatement systems that are in use today, wet fluegas desulfurization…

Corralling gigabytes of predictive maintenance data isn’t easy, but it’s essential for streamlining your process…

Low-cost, corrosion-resistant castings are being produced using epoxy and mineral aggregates Stainless steel, painted and…

Knowing the options in fluid-circulation designs helps in the selection process Over the past few…

By utilizing efficient scheduling software, companies in the CPI can improve enterprise agility and compliance…