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Linde to construct atmospheric-gases plant in Georgia

Linde LLC (Bridgewater, N.J.; www.lindeus.com) announced that it will soon break ground for its new large-scale air separation unit (ASU) in Adel, Georgia. The plant, representing an investment of $40 million, will produce liquid atmospheric gas products essential to hospitals,…

Air Liquide acquires Serdex division of Bayer

Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) announced that its subsidiary Seppic recently finalized the acquisition of the Serdex division of Bayer. This acquisition strengthens Seppic’s footprint in natural active ingredients for cosmetics. The global specialty active ingredients for cosmetics represent a market…

Toray forms JV with Mitsui Sugar to demonstrate new cellulosic-sugar manufacturing process

Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo; www.toray.com) will establish a joint venture (JV) company with Mitsui Sugar Co. for manufacturing cellulosic sugar, a raw material used for producing various biochemical products, from the surplus bagasse generated at sugar mills.   The technological demonstration…

VAC 24seven – dry, chemical resistant process vacuum

VACUUBRAND's modular VAC 24seven pumping systems provide a dry, chemical resistant vacuum source for industrial and process applications. Watch the video below or visit www.vacuubrand-process.com to learn more.

Fluor wins EPC contract for petroleum refinery in Chile

Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) announced that it was awarded a contract by Empresa Nacional del Petróleo (ENAP) for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a new process unit at its Biobío refinery in Chile. Fluor booked the undisclosed…

MilliporeSigma acquires BioControl Systems

MilliporeSigma (Billerica, Mass.; www.emdgroup.com) announced it has acquired BioControl Systems Inc., a global leader in food safety testing. The acquisition opens growth opportunities for MilliporeSigma in the food and beverage space, particularly in the U.S. Confidentiality has been agreed on…

Technip awarded service contract for Socar petrochemicals and NGL facilities

Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) has been awarded by SOCAR GPC a service contract for the ethylene and cryomax technology licenses respectively for a petrochemical complex and for the NGL recovery section of a gas processing plant, which is part of…

Altana acquires Formulated Resins Business from Solvay

The specialty chemicals group Altana AG (Wesel, Germany; www.altana.com) has acquired the Formulated Resins business of Belgian chemical group Solvay S.A. (Brussels; www.solvay.com). The products are sold primarily under the Conap brand name. This business generated sales of approximately $20…

Air Liquide operates the world’s largest hydrogen storage facility

Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) has recently commissioned the largest hydrogen-storage facility in the world, an underground cavern in Beaumont, Texas, in the Gulf Coast region of the U.S. This unique hydrogen storage cavern complements Air Liquide’s robust supply capabilities…

Linde starts up six ASUs at coal-to-liquids complex in China

The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.the-linde-group.com) has brought six major air-separation units (ASU) onstream for its customer Shenhua Ningxia Coal Industry Group Co. in Lingwu near Yinchuan in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of Northwest China. Shenhua Ningxia is a…