BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has signed a purchase agreement to acquire the styrene catalysts business of CRI/Criterion (Houston; www.cricatalyst.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of Shell. Financial details of the transaction are not being disclosed. CRI/Criterion is a leading global…
Pointwise, Inc. (Fort Worth, Tex.; www.pointwise.com) announces the latest release of its Pointwise computational fluid dynamics (CFD) meshing software with a wide ranging set of new tools. The surface meshing formulation of the T-Rex (anisotropic tetrahedral extrusion) hybrid-meshing algorithm, first…
ABB (Baden, Switzerland; www.abb.com) and Holcim Switzerland have agreed to install ABB’s newly developed heat recovery and electrical power production system at Holcim’s cement plant in Untervaz, Switzerland. ABB’s state-of-the-art solution is based on the ORC (organic Rankine cycle) technology…
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF; Bonn, Germany) has pledged €2.2 million in funds for a project by the BASF-supported Catalysis Research Laboratory (CaRLa; www.carla-hd.de) and hte AG (both Heidelberg, Germany; www.hte-company.de), a company in which BASF SE…
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) has signed a long-term contract with Tongmei Guangfa Chemical Industry Co., whose major shareholder is Datong Coal Mine Group Co. Under the terms of the agreement, Air Liquide will invest around €60 million in a…
SNC-Lavalin Inc. (Montreal; Canada; www.snclavalin.com) has been awarded a contract by Bariq Mining to provide engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for the Jabal Sayid copper-concentrator project located in Saudi Arabia. The project has an estimated pre-production capital cost…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) will deliver sintering and ferrochrome smelting technology for the expansion of Outokumpu’s ferrochrome plant in Tornio, Finland. The new sintering plant and smelter will double Outokumpu’s ferrochrome production capacity. The contract value is approximately €45…
Production of chemicals declined by 0.1% in October, as overall industrial production was flat, according to data from the U.S. Federal Reserve Board, as analyzed by the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) in its most recent Weekly Chemistry…
Alfa Laval AB (Lund, Sweden; www.alfalaval.com) has expanded its mixing portfolio with the launch of magnetic mixers with a revolutionary magnetically coupled levitating impeller. Alfa Laval magnetic mixers feature a patented design that delivers friction-free mixing, unparalleled cleanability and the…
Siemens Energy (Erlangen, Germany; www.siemens.com) has successfully completed the first test phase with its CO2 capture process in a pilot facility at the Staudinger power plant operated by E.ON. With its innovative and particularly ecofriendly process the company is setting…