The first commercial contract delivery was recently made for an emissions control product that removes…

The presence of scale depositions in pipelines can restrict flow, limit heat transfer and decrease…

Water and wastewater treatment are extremely important at liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities and other…

Crystal Solar Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.; www.xstalsolar.com) is preparing for high-volume production of silicon wafers…

Edeniq Inc. (Visalia, Calif.; www.edeniq.com) announced progress in building demonstration facilities in Brazil and China…

  CO2-to-syngas . . . Scientists from the University of Illinois at Chicago ( www.uic.edu)…

A microfluidic, paper-based analytical device (µPAD) — in conjunction with confirmation by a “lab-on-a-chip” analysis…

An ultra-sensitive, low-cost and portable system for detecting mercury in water has been developed by…

JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp. (JX_NOE; Tokyo, Japan; www.noe.jx-group.co.jp) plans to construct the first…

Last June, Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; Tokyo, Japan; www.sdk.co.jp) started commercial operation of its new…

A sludge-optimization technology for municipal water-treatment facilities is poised for rapid growth after the exclusive…

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) says that its joint venture (JV) with AMEC…

After having worked together for years across the globe, GEA Process Engineering (Søborg, Denmark; www.gep.com)…

ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com) is making its Steam Active Reforming (STAR) process…

Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has signed a contract with Norilsk Nickel for the delivery…

Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) was awarded an engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction contract by…

On September 15, Sulzer Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland; www.sulzer.com) agreed to acquire Advanced Separation Company B.V.…

Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany; www.merckgroup.com) Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, Mo.; www.sigma-aldrich.com) have entered into a definitive…

Siemens AG (Munich, Germany; www.siemens.com) executes on its Vision 2020 with a decisive move to…

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS; Yokohama, Japan; www.mpshq.com) has received an order from ENEA Wytwarzanie…

Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs Oy (Porvoo, Finland; www.nestejacobs.com) and Borealis (Vienna,…

Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has opened a new office in Manila, the Philippines, as…

Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with Cobre del Mayo on the delivery of…

Specialty chemicals group Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany; www.lanxess.com) is strengthening its production network in China…

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) today announced the start-up of a new butadiene extraction plant…

UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, says that its Oleflex process technology…

Samsung Engineering Co. (Seoul, South Korea; www.samsungengineering.com) has received a contract from Pemex, a Mexican…

KBR Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a contract by Fertial SpA to provide licensing…

WorleyParsons Ltd. (North Sydney, Australia; www.worleyparsons.com) reached an agreement to acquire MTG, Ltd. (Houston; www.mgtl.com).…

Effective April 1st, 2014, the TER Plastics Polymer Group (Herne, Germany; www.terhell.de) took over the…

PRPC Refinery and Cracker Sdn. Bhd., a subsidiary under the Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) group,…

The final step in constructing a single organization to lead process automation communications and integration…

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has signed an agreement to buy the Ryton PPS (polyphenylene…

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has announced an expansion of its specialty silica capacities…

Following its recent acquisition of the biotechnology company Virdia, Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.; www.virdia.com), Stora…

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is investing in its German operations with new large-…

KBR Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a reimbursable contract by Koch Nitrogen Company, LLC…

In collaboration with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi-global.com), Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby,…

Whether the application is reactive extrusion, pharmaceutical manufacturing, compounding or plastics processing, finding the sweet…

The chemical process industries (CPI) have experienced many benefits from the so-called shale-gas boom —…

Plant Watch Jacobs awarded contract for ExxonMobil projects in Baytown and Mont Belvieu August 12,…

Magnetically driven (mag drive) centrifugal pumps have been in use since 1947 when the first…

Hayward Flow Control Thermoplastic butterfly valve enables many stopping positions With its advanced, one-piece thermoplastic…

Second only to electric motors, centrifugal pumps are the most common machine used in the…

Operators and engineers in the chemical process industries (CPI) who are responsible for the daily…

The compound 1,4-butanediol (BDO) is a versatile intermediate for the chemical industry. Its largest derivative…