Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC (www.butamax.com), a 50/50 joint venture (JV) between BP plc (London, U.K.; www.bp.com) and DuPont (Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com) formed to develop and commercialize bio-isobutanol as a next-generation renewable biofuel and chemical product, announced the acquisition of Nesika…
Flowserve Corp. (Dallas, Tex.; www.flowserve.com) announced it has entered into a conditional sale and purchase agreement to sell its Gestra AG business unit to Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc, for an enterprise value of €186 million. In addition to the product’s core…
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) announced it has signed a strategic alliance with Jinzhou Port Co., Ltd. (Jingang) to become the master licensor for an integrated refining and petrochemicals project in Jinzhou City, China. The alliance includes the exclusive license,…
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (MCI; Tokyo, Japan; www.mitsuichem.com) announced that it established Mitsui Chemicals (Thailand) Co., Ltd. in Bangkok, Thailand on April 3, 2017. With Mitsui Chemicals (Thailand) Co., Ltd. functioning as the Mitsui Chemicals Group distributor in Thailand, Mitsui Chemicals…
Vesa Erolainen (BSc Eng, MBA) has been appointed Metso Corp.’s (Helsinki, Finland; www.metso.com) chief information officer (CIO), reporting to CFO Eeva Sipilä. Erolainen has a long and successful career within information technology, most recently serving as the CIO of Pöyry…
Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) today announces the official opening of a new bleaching earth production site for its Business Unit Functional Minerals in Gresik, near Surabaya (Indonesia). The new production site supplements Clariant's existing manufacturing capacity and expands its…
ABB today announced the acquisition of B&R, the largest independent provider focused on product- and software-based, open-architecture solutions for machine and factory automation worldwide. B&R, founded in 1979 by Erwin Bernecker and Josef Rainer is headquartered in Eggelsberg, Austria, employs…
A joint venture (JV) between Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany: www.evonik.com) and Thai company Rajburi Sugar Co. (Bangkok, Thailand) will be the first enterprise to manufacture isomalt in Asia. To this end, the partners have officially opened a demonstration plant…
Last month, special recognition to water-related issues was given on March 22, the date designated by the United Nations as “World Water Day.” The first World Water Day was observed in 1993, and has been celebrated every year since. The…
Steam Concepts I enjoy reading your magazine and find many of its articles informative and helpful. I noticed several errors in the [Facts at Your Fingertips] article, Steam Concepts, [February 2017, p. 32] and wanted to bring them to your…