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B&WCS to operate DUF6-conversion facilities

The U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE; Washington, D.C.; www.energy.gov) announced today that a $428-million, five-year contract has been awarded to the Babcock & Wilcox Conversion Services, LLC (B&WCS; Lynchburg, Va.; www.babcock.com), for operation of the depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) facilities…

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Aveva launches IntelliLaser at SPAR Europe 2010

Aveva Solutions Ltd. (Cambridge, U.K.; www.aveva.com) launched its new AVEVA IntelliLaser technology at SPAR Europe 2010 (Amsterdam; December 7–8). As an extension to the AVEVA NET information management solution, the new IntelliLaser product enables owner operators of industrial process plants…

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Online: A new version of the OECD eChemPortal

A new version of the eChemPortal has been launched yesterday by OECD. It provides free public access to information on more than 600,000 records on chemical substances. By launching the new eChemPortal, the OECD (Paris; www.oecd.org) has reached a new…

Comber S.r.l. is now part of Heinkel Group

The Italian firm Comber S.r.l (Colzate, Italy; www.comber.it), maker of batch equipment for solid-liquid separation and vacuum drying, is now a part of the Heinkel Group (www.heinkel-group.com; Hamburg, Germany). Effective in December 2010, Comber will operate as Comber Process Technology…

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Petronas and BASF to explore new joint investment

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Petronas (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; www.petronas.com) today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to undertake a joint feasibility study to produce specialty chemicals in Malaysia, a move that would extend the two parties’ existing business…

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WorleyParsons: Contract for Canadian bitumen project

WorleyParsons Ltd. (North Sydney, Australia; www.worleyparsons.com) has been awarded a contract for the engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction (EPC) of the field facilities at the Husky Oil – Sunrise Energy Project. The Sunrise steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) plant site is…

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Dow to increase ethane cracking capabilities

The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) plans to increase ethane cracking capabilities on the U.S. Gulf Coast over the next two to three years, and improve its ethane cracking capabilities by 20–30% in this timeframe. In addition, Dow announced…

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Lanxess: New plant for ion exchange resins in India

Today, specialty chemicals group Lanxess AG Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) opened Asia’s most state-of-the-art plant for ion exchange resins in India. The new plant was constructed over a period of two years in the new chemical park in Jhagadia in the…

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Graham Corp. awarded three orders

Graham Corp. (Batavia, N.Y.; www.graham-mfg.com), a designer and manufacturer of critical equipment for the oil refining, petrochemical and power industries, has been awarded three orders totaling approximately $4.8 million for specialized condensers, liquid ring pump packages and ejector systems to…

Capital spending in global chemical industry poised for growth, ACC report says

After sparing capital spending in late 2008 and 2009, chemical companies around the world have collectively spent more on new plants and equipment in 2010, the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) says in its Year-end 2010 Situation and…