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Sulzer Chemtech & Kühni collaborate on LLE

As of February 1, the Swiss firms Sulzer Chemtech Ltd. (Winterthur; www.sulzerchemtech.com) and Kühni AG (Allschwil; www.kuhni.ch) will work closely together in the field of extraction. The goal of this co-operation is to develop comprehensive solutions for the complex task…

Turkish Wastewater-Treatment Plant Increases Capacity and Lowers Costs with Siemens’  Program

 Siemens has received a 5.5 million euros award to provide a wastewater-treatment system and associated piping, instrumentation and engineering to the Inegol Industrial Zone in Inegol, Turkey.  The system will increase the capacity of Inegol’s wastewater-treatment plant, while lowering costs.…

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Linde receives contract from BASF for H2 plant

The technology group The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) has signed a contract with BASF (www.basf.com) to construct a large hydrogen plant for their facility in Ludwigshafen, Germany. Linde will be handling the basic and detail engineering and materials procurement…

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DuPont Acquires Chemtura Fluorine Chemicals Business

DuPont completed its purchase of Chemtura Corp.’s fluorine chemicals business.  The move is part of DuPont’s strategy to expand its fluorochemicals business offerings; enhance its presence in specialty businesses such as the fire extinguishants, pharmaceutical propellants and fluoro-intermediate markets; and…

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Hyperion wins turn-Key OTS project in Russia

Hyperion Systems Engineering Ltd., (Athens, Greece; www.hyperionsystems.gr) has been awarded the supply and implementation of an Operator Training Simulator (OTS) for the methanol plant of JSC Metafrax, at Gubakha, Russia. Hyperion’s turn-key responsibilities on the project will include: • Development…

UOP processes licensed to Eurochem for new Nigerian plant

According to statements made earlier today by Honeywell Company UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), Viva Methanol Ltd., a Nigerian subsidiary of Eurochem Corp. Pte. Ltd. (Singapore; www.eurochem-corp.com), has selected the UOP/Hydro MTO and Total Petrochemicals/UOP Olefin Cracking process technologies…

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SCG-Dow plan specialty-elastomers plant in Thailand  

SCG-Dow Group, a joint venture (JV) of The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) and Siam Cement Public Co. Ltd. (SCG; www.scg.co.th), announced today that it is in the final stage to plan and build a specialty elastomers train at…

Bentley Systems announces first plant applications based on ISO 15926

At a press conference today during DaratechPlant (Houston; January 28–30), Greg Bentley, CEO for Bentley Systems, Inc. announced OpenPlant, the first range of software products for the creation and management of plant infrastructure inherently based on the ISO 15926 data…

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Topsøe technology for large fertilizer plant in Vietnam

Vietnam National Chemical Corp. (Vinachem) has contracted Haldor Topsøe (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) for the supply of license, engineering, proprietary equipment and catalysts for the ammonia-synthesis unit of a new coal-based urea plant. With a capacity of 560,000 m.t./yr of urea…

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BASF and NIBS enter cooperation/ license agreement

BASF Plant Science (Limburgerhof, Germany; www.basf.com/plantscience) and the National Institute of Biological Sciences (NIBS; Beijing, China; www.nibs.ac.cn) today announced a cooperation and licensing agreement in biotechnology. It is the first cooperation to be made by BASF Plant Science in the…