Bayer Technology Services (BTS; Leverkusen; www.bayertechnology.com) collaborated with Lurgi GmbH (Frankfurt, both Germany; www.lurgi.com) to implement an operator training simulator (OTS) for a Lurgi’s new methanol-to-propylene (MTP) process. At the core of the MTP process is a complex, heterogeneously catalyzed reaction…
GEA Group AG (Bochum, Germany; www.geagroup.com) received the order to design, manufacture and supply the Air Cooled Condenser — worth €10 million — for the extension of the 250-MW, gas-fired power plant Tzafit in Israel. The extension will increase the capacity…
Process Systems Enterprise (PSE; London, U.K.; www.psenterprise.com) has announced an exclusive agreement with Imperial College London (ICL; www3.imperial.ac.uk) to provide the SAFT-VR advanced thermodynamic technology within its world-leading gPROMS advanced process modeling software. The Statistical Associating Fluid Theory (SAFT) approach…
After investing €50 million in the expansion of the international Innovation Headquarters in Linz, Borealis AG (Vienna, Austria; www.borealisgroup.com) plans an additional investment of €75 million in Upper Austria, setting the next milestone in the development of the plastics region.…
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has taken further steps to streamline its global production network and thus reduce operating costs in the face of the economic crisis and competitive business environment. The specialty chemicals group has sold its 55% stake…
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Tokyo; www.toyo-eng.co.jp has been awarded a project for methionine production facilities that will be constructed in the Dalian Economic and Technological Development Zone in China by Sumitomo Chemical Co. and Dalian Jingang Group Co. The facilities will produce…
Foster Wheeler AG’s (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) Global Engineering and Construction Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with PetroAlgae (Melbourne, Fla.; www.petroalgae.com) for engineering services to be performed in conjunction with PetroAlgae's micro-crop biomass technology, which allows for the production…
The Process Technology Segment of GEA Group AG (Bochum, Germany; www.geagroup.com) has received an order for a complete milk powder factory. The customer is the leading Australian Dairy Group Burra Foods and the total order is in excess of €23…
Dow Water & Process Solutions (www.dowwatersolutions.com), a business unit of The Dow Chemical Co. (Dow; www.dow.com), and Bayer Technology Services GmbH (BTS; Leverkusen, Germany; www.bayertechnology.com), announced a licensing agreement for the worldwide marketing of BayFAME technology, a continuous process developed…
Myriant Technologies LLC (Quincy, Mass., www.myriant.com) has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to receive up to $50 million for its planned biobased succinic acid facility in Louisiana. According to Myriant, its was the only award focused…