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Veolia to build iron-removal water-treatment plant in Senegal

Veolia (Pairs, France; www.veolia.com), through subsidiaries OTV and SADE, has been awarded the contract to design and build an iron-removal water-treatment plant for Senegal’s water utility, Société Nationale des Eaux du Sénégal (SONES). The project is part of SONES’s extensive…

Avantium, partners to set up bio-based chemicals reference plant in Delfzijl

Avantium (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.avantium.com) recently announced a partnership with AkzoNobel, Chemport Europe, RWE and Staatsbosbeheer for the development of a reference plant at the Chemie Park Delfzijl. This important step marks the next stage of a collaborative effort to…

Lubrizol Life Sciences adds compounding capabilities

The Lubrizol Corp.’s (Wickliffe, Ohio; www.lubrizol.com) LifeSciences (LLS) business has announced the addition of compounding capabilities for its Pellethane and Isoplast products for medical device customers.  This new offering enables LLS to provide color matching, radiopacity and custom compound development…

Ingersoll Rand acquires Italian HVAC company

Ingersoll-Rand plc (Swords, Ireland; www.ingersollrand.com) announced its intent to acquire the business of Thermocold Costruzioni S.r.l, a privately held Italian company that manufactures and distributes heating, ventilating and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems and solutions for residential, commercial and industrial buildings in Europe.…

Pilot plant for renewable fuels slated for Japan

euglena Co. (Tokyo; www.euglena.jp) and Chiyoda Corp. (Yokohama City; both Japan; www.chiyoda-corp.com) have signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for Japan's first pilot plant for production of renewable jet and diesel fuels in Yokohama. With this EPC contract…

Vacuum Seminar

Design and integration of vacuum equipment is a specialty - often even a sub-specialty - that spans a variety of industries and disciplines.  A number of unique factors come into play when selecting vacuum equipment that do not arise in…

Archroma expands capacity for tetrasulfonated brightening agents

Archroma (Reinach, Switzerland; www.archroma.com), a global leader in color and specialty chemicals, today announced that it will invest in a new production facility for tetrasulfonated optical brightening agents (OBAs) at its existing production site in Prat del Llobregat, Spain. The…

Endress+Hauser installs high-pressure testing assembly at U.S. headquarters

Endress+Hauser (Reinach, Switzerland; www.endress.com) invested nearly $1 million in a pressure test rig at its U.S. headquarters in Greenwood, Indiana. The rig allows it to test complete instrument assemblies to customer specifications, and provides a 100% test indicating a specific…

Flowserve appoints new CEO

Flowserve Corp. (Dallas, Tex.; www.flowserve.com) announced that R. Scott Rowe has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Company, effective April 1, 2017. He succeeds Mark Blinn, who previously announced his intention to retire. Mr. Rowe will also join the Flowserve…

Victrex establishes JV for polyketone composites production in U.S.

Victrex plc (Thornton Cleveleys, U.K.; www.victrex.com) and Tri-Mack Plastics Manufacturing Corp. have established a joint venture (JV), TxV Aero Composites, to accelerate the commercial adoption of polyketone (PAEK) composite applications within the aerospace industry, through the manufacture of parts utilizing new…