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Foster Wheeler to supply biomass-fired boiler

Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Power Group has been awarded a contract by ZE PAK S.A. for the design, supply and erection of a 55 MWe biomass-fired circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) boiler…

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Sulzer Chemtech acquires Manfred Preu Kolonnenservice

On September 4, Sulzer Chemtech Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland; www.sulzerchemtech.com) signed an agreement to acquire Manfred Preu Kolonnenservice (Moers, Germany). The purchase price is up to €2.5 million, depending on the future performance. Subject to the fulfillment of certain conditions, the…

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Solvay to acquire majority of Russian soda-ash plant

0 0 0 Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has signed an agreement with Sodium Group Investments Ltd. to acquire its majority stake in OAO Bereznikovsky Sodovy Zavod and ZAO Berkhimprom. The agreed enterprise value for the stake amounts to about…

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Heraeus acquires DWM

Heraeus Sensor Technology GmbH (HST; Kleinostheim, Germany; www.heraeus.com) has acquired DWM & Associates, Inc. (DWM; North Brunswick, N.J.), its former exclusive U.S. & Canadian distributor and representative since December 2002. The transaction was completed on September 1, 2009. DWM will…

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Air Products buys H2-production facility in Texas

0 0 0 Air Products, Inc. (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) has purchased a new steam methane reformer (SMR) hydrogen facility under construction in Corpus Christi, Texas, from MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. The facility, which will produce over 30 million standard…

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Toyo awarded polycarbonate resin project in China

0 0 0 Toyo Engineering Corp. (Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp) has been awarded a project for a 80,000 tons/year polycarbonate resin production facility that will be built by Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc. (www.mgc.co.jp) and Mitsubishi Engineering-Plastics Corp. (both Tokyo, Japan;…

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Larox to establish a subsidiary in India

0 0 0 Larox Corp. (Lappeenranta, Finland; www.larox.com) will establish a subsidiary in India with the aim of increasing the company’s market share in the growing Indian market. The new subsidiary will be responsible both for Larox’s aftermarket services and filter…

Pepperl+Fuchs & R. Stahl to support DART technology

Pepperl+Fuchs GmbH (Mannheim; www.pepperl-fuchs.com) and R. Stahl Schaltgeräte GmbH (Waldenburg, both Germany; www.stahl.de) have signed a license agreement for using the new DART (dynamic arc recognition and termination) technology. The open DART licensing model allows the unlimited use of this patented…

Ansys launches Immersed Boundary module

0 0 0 Ansys, Inc. (Canonsburg, Pa.; www.ansys.com) today announced the availability of the Immersed Boundary module for ANSYS FLUENT 12.0 software. Jointly developed by Ansys and long-time partner Cascade Technologies Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.; , the module dramatically reduces…

Clariant sells specialty silicones business

Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) has sold its specialty silicones business, including its Gainesville Fla. facility, to SiVance LLC, an affiliate of New York-based GenNx360 Capital Partners. GenNx360 is a private equity firm focused on industrial business-to-business companies. Financial terms of…