Convey, load, unload, weigh, feed, and process virtually any bulk solid material Flexicon Corporation is a world leader in the design and manufacture of bulk handling equipment and custom-engineered and integrated plant-wide systems. Flexicon products range from individual equipment to…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) recently commissioned and brought onstream its second integrated oxy-fuel solution for Techpack Solutions in Korea. The cutting-edge offering helps this leading Korean container glassmaker reap multiple benefits of reduced emissions and improved energy efficiency,…
GEA (Düsseldorf, Germany; www.gea.com) has designed, manufactured and delivered a gas-jet compressor system for an offshore platform in the North Sea consisting of a jet pump (ejector) with a total length of about 4.5 m and silencers to reduce the…
Air Liquide(Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) has entered into an agreement to sell certain assets in the U.S. to Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc., a subsidiary of Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corp. (Tokyo, Japan). Upon closing, these divestitures to Matheson would mark a significant milestone…
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) inaugurated its new production plant for water-based pigment preparations in Santa Clara, Mexico. The new plant doubles Clariant’s Mexico annual production capacity for water-based pigment preparations and enhances its ability to serve customers across North and…
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a contract to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services to Monroe Energy for the company’s Tier 3 Ultra-Low-Sulfur Gasoline (ULSG) Project at Monroe’s petroleum refinery in Trainer, Pa. Under the terms of…
On June 22, 2016, President Obama signed the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act into law. The bipartisan bill brings significant changes to the 40-year-old Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Details can be found on the…
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Hummingbird ethanol-to-ethylene technology from BP Chemicals Ltd. (London, U.K.; www.bp.com). Utilizing a proprietary catalyst operating under mild operating conditions, the technology converts ethanol to ethylene through…
LACC LLC, the joint-venture company formed by Axiall Corp. (Atlanta, Ga.; www.axiall.com) and Lotte Chemical Corp. (Seoul, South Korea; www.lottechem.com), today held a groundbreaking ceremony at its Calcasieu Parish, La. construction site. This follows a Dec. 17, 2015 announcement that…
International technology and manufacturing company Invista (Wichita, Kansas; www.invista.com) recently resolved another intellectual property (IP) arbitration against a Chinese company for misuse of Invista’s confidential and proprietary purified terephthalic acid (PTA) technology.“The resolution is encouraging because protecting our intellectual property…