ADT awarded a contract to make diamond biosensors
Advanced Diamond Technologies Inc. (ADT; Romeoville, Ill.; www.thindiamond.com) announces it has been awarded the first…
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Progress in gas-to-products research
hte — the high throughput experimentation company (Heidelberg, Germany; www.hte-company.com) and BP Chemicals Ltd. (Sunbury…
SulphCo commences full scale field trials in Europe
SulphCo Inc.(Houston, Tex.; www.suphco.com) a technology company with a patented ultrasound process designed to desulphurize…
Saltigo expands without interrupting production
Saltigo GmbH (Langenfeld; www.saltigo.com) , a wholly owned subsidiary of specialty chemicals group Lanxess AG…
Rotex Europe signs a contract with Tenova Takraf
At the end of 2008, Rotex Europe (Wavre, Belgium; www.rotex.com) has signed with Tenova Takraf…
Praxair awarded H2 contract by Dynamic Fuels
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has been awarded a hydrogen supply contract from Dynamic Fuels,…
Dow/Süd-Chemie seek alternative routes to chemicals
The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich; www.dow.com) and Süd-Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.sud-chemie.com) today announced…
GEA strengthens position in the freezing business
GEA Group AG (Bochum, Germany; www.geagroup.com) has further strengthened its Refrigeration Division through the acquisition…
Sulzer Chemtech acquires Freeze Tec
Sulzer Chemtech Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland; www.sulzerchemtech.com) is pleased to announce the acquisition of Freeze Tec…
Samsung Petrochemical, PSE collaborate on PTA optimization
Samsung Petrochemical Co. (SPC; Seoul; www.samsung.com), the leading Korean producer of purified terephthalic acid (PTA),…
Developing a selective-separation polymer for biopharmaceuticals
MIP Technologies AB (Lund, Sweden; www.miptechnologies.com) has entered into a collaboration with Sanofi-aventis (Paris, France;…
Siemens to supply key components to India for advanced steam power plants
Siemens Energy (Erlangen, Germany; www.siemens.com/energy) received a contract from its Indian licensee Bharat Heavy Electricals…
A new training center for pump-automation products
KSB AG (Frankenthal, Germany; www.ksb.de) has opened a training center at its Frankenthal location. The…
Linde/Samsung Engineering to build ethylene plant in India
The technology group The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) and its consortium partner Samsung Engineering…
Strategic collaboration between Genencor and Brain
Genencor (Palo Alto, Calif.; www.genencor.com), a division of Danisco A/S (Copenhagen, Denmark; www.danisco.com) and Brain…
Süd-Chemie acquires Hi-Tech
In the course of the closing end of December 2008, Süd-Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.sud-chemie.com)…
Axens awarded petrochemical complex in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan’s JSC Trade House KazMunaiGaz has selected Axens’ (Rueil-Malmaison Cedex – France; www.axens.net) ParamaX Technology…
GEA increases activities in the solar-thermal business
GEA Ibérica, the Spanish subsidiary of the GEA Group AG (Bochum, Germany; www.geagroup.com), has acquired…
Hoerbiger concludes acquisition of Altronic
Hoerbiger Holding AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.hoerbiger.com) has acquired Altronic, Inc. (Girard, Ohio), effective January 1,…
Economic Indicators: Business News
Plant Watch Construction of AkzoNobel’s unit for ethylene amines in China progresses December 17, 2008…
Chementator: A hard coating promises to reduce wear and power use in rotating equipment
Researchers at the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s (DOE; Washington, D.C.) Ames Laboratory (www.ameslab.gov) and Iowa…
January Chementator Briefs
Bioethanol Last month, an energy-saving plant for producing bioethanol started up in Norrköping, Sweden, for…
Technical & Practical
Comments on Pressure Relief System Design
I would like to draw your attention to a few points on the November 2008…
A primer on coal-to-liquids
As an energy resource, global coal reserves represent 2,000 billion barrels of oil equivalent. In…
Tray Column Design
Here, we present criteria needed for the intelligent, effective specification of trays for a distillation…
CSTRs: Bound for Maximum Conversion
Here, a design approach for continuous stirred-tank reactors is outlined for both reversible and irreversible…
Controlling Emissions With Ceramic Filters
Ceramic filters are well suited for high-temperature processes that are subject to strict emissions limits,…
Active Management of Pipespool Fabricators
In today’s fast track schedules for constructing new capital facilities, the process of designing, delivering…
Mechanical Carbon In Chemical Processing Equipment
Frequently, in chemical processing equipment it is possible to place the shaft support bearings in…