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Rentschler commissions new 2,000-L single-use bioreactor
Rentschler Biotechnologie GmbH (Laupheim, Germany; www.rentschler.de), a leading contract manufacturing and development organization (CDMO) for biopharmaceuticals, announced today that its new 2,000-L single-use bioreactor has been put into operation. The new bioreactor, built and commissioned in only six months,…
MHI Mechatronics Systems receives orders for advanced wastewater-treatment technology
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Mechatronics Systems, Ltd. (MHI-MS), a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi-global.com), has received an order for wastewater treatment facilities employing its proprietary "two-phase activated sludge system," an advanced wastewater treatment technology, for…
Specialty chemical market volumes drop in February, ACC report says
U.S. specialty chemical market volumes fell 0.6% in February after a 1.0 decline in January, continuing the soft start to 2015, according to the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). “The…
Air Liquide process technology chosen for BASF’s U.S. gas-to-propylene project
Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions, the Engineering and Construction activity of Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) has announced that it has been selected by BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) to supply their gas-to-propylene (GTP) project with Air Liquide’s MegaMethanol and…
Foundation of Lauda Scientific as an independent company
From March 1, 2015 the full subsidiary Lauda Scientific GmbH (Lauda-Königshofen, Germany; www.lauda.de) will take over the development, sales and customer service for Lauda measuring instruments. For the managing director Gunther Wobser, this new foundation constitutes consistent development: “With this…
Amec Foster Wheeler wins two U.S. environmental contracts
Amec Foster Wheeler (London, U.K.; www.amecfw.com) has been awarded two contracts by Freeport-McMoRan Inc. for the design and supply of a new wet-fluegas-desulfurization system at their existing copper smelter facility in Miami, Arizona. The value of the contracts has not…
Intergraph acquires Norwegian software company OhmTech
Intergraph Corp. (Huntsville, Ala.; www.intergraph.com) Process, Power & Marine has acquired OhmTech A/S (Stavanger, Norway), a provider of pressure-vessel design software for more than 30 years. OhmTech’s technical and development staff in Norway have joined Intergraph as part of the…
PPG completes resin-production plant in Brazil
PPG Industries, Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pa.; www.ppg.com) announced the the completion of a $40-million, 65,000-ft2 plant for onsite resin production at its Sumaré, São Paulo, Brazil, coatings manufacturing facility. “The expansion of the Sumaré facility demonstrates PPG’s long-term commitment to our…
Indorama acquires PET producer in Thailand
Indorama Ventures Public Co. Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand; www.indorama.net) announced that its subsidiary, Indorama Petrochem Ltd., Thailand, has signed a definitive share-purchase agreement with Bangkok Cable Co., to acquire a 94.91% equity stake in Bangkok Polyester Public Co. (BPC). BPC…
Fluor awarded contract for megaproject in Azerbaijan
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) has awarded Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) a contract to provide project-management contractor services for its new oil-and-gas processing and petrochemical complex (OGPC) in Azerbaijan. Fluor will book the contract for an…