Honeywell (www.honeywell.com) today announced that Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemical Company, Ltd. started its UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) Advanced Methanol-to-Olefins (MTO) unit during a 10-day test to confirm successful operation. When the full unit goes on line, it will have an…
Covestro (Leverkusen, Germany; www.covestro.com) has agreed to sell its North American spray polyurethane foam system business to Accella Polyurethane Systems LLC (www.accellacorp.com). Accella is a portfolio company of Arsenal Capital Partners. The sale is scheduled to be completed in the…
Honeywell (Morris Plains, N.J.; www.honeywell.com) announced that Houston-based Enterprise Products Operating LLC has chosen Honeywell UOP’s C4 Oleflex technology to produce 425,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) of isobutylene, which is used to make high-octane fuel and high-performance synthetic rubbers…
D3MAX LLC (Grand Forks, N. Dak.; www.D3MAXLLC.com) has announced the completion and shipment of its pilot plant employing the patented D3MAX cellulosic ethanol technology. The pilot facility will be installed at ACE Ethanol, LLC, in Stanley, Wisconsin, in late February.…
The industrial and technology group thyssenkrupp AG (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp.com) has reached agreement with Ternium on the sale of the CSA Siderúrgica do Atlântico (CSA) steel plant in Brazil. The purchase price (enterprise value) is €1.5 billion. “With the sale…
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com), a world leader in specialty chemicals, today opens its first global R&D center for haircare ingredients. Located in São Paulo, Brazil, the new global Competence Center Haircare (gCCH) puts Clariant’s experts at the heart of the…
The new CyPlus Idesa sodium cyanide production plant was officially opened with an inauguration ceremony in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico in the presence of Dr. Klaus Engel, chairman of the Executive Board of Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) and Patricio…
Johnson Matthey (London, U.K.; www.matthey.com) and Rennovia Inc. Santa Clara, Calif.; www.rennovia.com) have signed a license agreement with Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM; Chicago, Ill.; www.adm.com) to provide catalyst and process technology for catalytic production of bio-based glucaric acid. The…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has signed a 15-year agreement to supply Celanese Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.celanese.com) with carbon monoxide, as well as oxygen and nitrogen, in the U.S. Gulf Coast. Praxair will deliver high-purity carbon monoxide to Celanese from…
Central vacuum systems often rely on resource-hungry pump technology like oil-sealed rotary vane or liquid (water) ring pumps. Both of these pump technologies rely on fluid to create a seal and generate vacuum. Replacing the sealing fluid imposes significant operating…