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GEA receives orders from Russia and Romania

GEA Group AG (Bochum, Germany; www.geagroup.com) has won orders for a Heller Indirect Dry Cooling system from Russia and for new high concentration ash slurry system from Romania. The total amount is about €40 million. The Russian order comprises the…

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FWC wins contract for wastewater treatment plant in Saudi Arabia

Foster Wheeler AG’s (FWC; Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a process design contract by SETE Energy Saudia for Industrial Projects Ltd. (SETE Energy) for the expansion of an industrial wastewater treatment plant in Saudi…

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IRPC seeks milestone emissions-reduction status 

IRPC Plc. (Bangkok; www.irpc.co.th), Thailand’s leading integrated petrochemical company it is allying with GE Energy General Carbon Pte. Ltd. (GCPL; www.general-carbon.com) to register a proposed cogeneration power plant at its petrochemical complex in Rayong province as a milestone Clean Development…

Aromatics production unit in China starts up with UOP technology

A new facility in Shanghai has begun production para-xylene, Honeywell's UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.) announced yesterday. Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (Shanghai) constructed the unit with process technology from UOP. The new aromatics complex produces 600,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) of…

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Solvay & Huatai to build H2O2 plant

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has struck an agreement with Huatai Group of China to establish a hydrogen peroxide joint venture (JV). The JV company, Shandong Huatai Interox Chemical Co., will build a hydrogen peroxide plant at Huatai’s new site in…

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Siemens to supply compressor train for coal-to-urea production

0 0 0 Siemens Energy (Erlangen, Germany; www.siemens.com/energy) has received an order from Vietnam for the supply of an air compressor train. Purchaser is Air Liquide Engineering South Asia. The compressor train will be deployed in a coal-to-urea production plant,…

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Evonik commissions plasticizer plant in Marl

Evonik Industries AG (Essen; germany; www.evonik.de) has expanded its product range for high-molecular-weight plasticizer alcohols and commissioned a plant for the production of the plasticizer alcohol 2-propyl heptanol (2-PH) at the Marl Chemical Park. The company’s investment in the plant,…

VDMA publishes Specification 24655: Membrane plants — Prevention and reduction of scaling and fouling

The special group "Water and Wastewater Technology" of the German Process Plant and Equipment Association (VDMA; Frankfurt, Germany; www.vdma.org) has released a new VDMA Specification on prevention and reduction of scaling and fouling in membrane plants. The objective of this…

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ADM acquires Czech oilseed plant

Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM; Decatur, Ill.; www.admworld.com) announced today the expansion of its European oilseed processing capabilities with the acquisition of ViaChem Group’s oilseed processing assets in Olomouc, Czech Republic. This facility, in the Eastern part of the Czech…

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JV established for manufacturing LED lenses

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany;www.evonik.de) and Cristal Material Corp. (Taipei, Taiwan) have formed a new joint venture (JV) to manufacture high-quality glass lenses for next-generation light-emitting diodes (LEDs), which will marketed under the Savosil brand. The Evonik Cristal Materials Corp.…