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CSB opens investigation into chemical release in West Virginia

The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB; Washington, D.C.; www.csb.gov) announced today that the agency is opening an investigation into the fatal chemical release on April 22 at the Catalyst Refiners, Inc. facility in Nitro, West Virginia that…

Evonik-Fuhua JV completes construction of hydrogen peroxide plant

Evonik Fuhua New Materials has completed construction of its hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) facility in Leshan, Sichuan Province, China. The joint venture between Evonik GmbH (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) and Fuhua Tongda Chemicals Company Ltd. (Leshan City, Sichuan, China; www.ccdp-ac.com) will purify…

Polyester-rich textile wastes are recycled to monomer at demonstration plant

AXENS (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net), IFP Energies Nouvelles (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.ifpenergiesnouvelles.com) and JEPLAN Inc. (Tokyo, Japan; www.jeplan.co.jp) announced today the success of a major industrial test for recycling post-consumer textile waste rich in polyester (polyethylene terephthalate; PET) using their Rewind® PET…

Saipem awarded contract with Eni for the new Priolo biorefinery

Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy) has signed with Eni Industrial Evolution the main contract for the realization of the new Priolo biorefinery in Sicily, a project announced on February 3 by Eni and Q8 Italia. The contract, which has…

Evonik expands fermentation production capacity in Slovakia

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) is investing around €80 million to expand its biotechnology capabilities at its Fermas site in Slovenská Ľupča, Slovakia. The investment will add state-of-the-art downstream fermentation technology to support the contract manufacturing services of the group’s…

CitroTech and Hexion form JV for new fire-resistance technologies

CitroTech Inc. (Oceanside, Calif.) and Hexion Inc. (Columbus, Ohio) announced the formation of a 50/50 joint venture (JV). Through this partnership, the companies will deploy next-generation fire-retardant solutions for the lumber and building materials industry, helping plywood, oriented strand board…

All-in-one steam manifolds for food, beverage and pharmaceutical processing

This company's pre-packaged steam manifolds are easily installable and include filters coupled with a housing, condensate traps, lockable isolation valves, as well as upstream and downstream pressure gauges – all designed to work together, providing single source convenience and utility.…

This lump breaker is now available in a gas-tight version

The Nibbler GNB lump breaker is now available in a gas-tight model. Devised to allow automated particle size reduction to be integrated in pneumatic conveying lines, the gas-tight lump breaker combines a stainless-steel pressure vessel housing, heavy-duty geared motor, and…

Ineos Inovyn sells its chlor-alkali business in Italy to Esseco Industrial

Ineos Inovyn (London, U.K.) has signed an agreement for the sale of its shares in INOVYN Produzione Italia SpA, which operates the Rosignano and Tavazzano sites in Italy, to Esseco Industrial. The Rosignano and Tavazzano sites in Italy produce essential…

DuPont opens flexographic solutions technology center in Delaware

DuPont (Wilmington, Del.) announced that DuPont™ Cyrel® Flexographic Solutions, one of the world’s leading flexographic platemaking systems providers, opened its state-of the-art Customer Technology Center (CTC) at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington. The new site reflects the Cyrel® business’…