VACUUBRAND's dry, chemical resistant pumps provide an ideal solution for use in process development, scale-up work, and kilo labs. With no sealing fluid to replace, our dry pumps provide a low maintenance, low operating cost alternative to oil-sealed rotary vane…
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded the Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract for the design and construction of new processing units and ancillary units from the Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC). ENOC revealed plans to expand the capacity of…
Linde Malaysia Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) announced that it has established a joint venture (JV) company with PETRONAS Gas Berhad (PGB) to build a state-of-the-art industrial air gas facility that will produce gaseous…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has sold its Ionquest 290 solvent extraction product line used in mining applications and its octylphosphonic acid (OPA) product lines to Italmatch Chemicals. With this sale Solvay satisfies all remaining obligations set forth by the…
TPC Group Inc. (Houston; www.tpcgrp.com) has reached an agreement to sell its Baytown Operations to SI Group (Schenectady, N.Y.; www.siigroup.com). The operations include manufacturing assets for nonene, tetramer, and other propylene derivatives, an on-site terminal and excess land adjacent to…
PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk (CAP; Jakarta, Indonesia; www.chandra-asri.com) has signed an agreement with Univation Technologies LLC (Houston; www.univation.com) for the license of the UNIPOL PE polyethylene process technology to be applied at a new polyethylene plant at CAP’s integrated…
Radici Group Performance Plastics (Gandino, Italy; www.radicigroup.com/plastics) signed an agreement for the purchase of the Engineering Polymer Solutions business of Invista (Wichita, Kansas; www.invista.com). With this acquisition, RadiciGroup – a producer of nylon, PBT, TPE and POM engineering plastics –…
Shell Nederland Raffinaderij B.V. (Pernis, the Netherlands; www.shell.com) formally marked the start-up of a new aromatics unit at the large Pernis petroleum refinery in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Lori Ryerkerk, executive vice president for Shell’s global Manufacturing business says, “Construction of…
As a manufacturer in process automation, there are many options to test new products. However, these tests are seldom performed early in the development phase under real conditions at the company’s own plant. Rockwell Automation Inc. (Milwaukee, Wisc.; www.ra.rockwell.com) and…
Presentation. Pretty simple, right? It’s a liquid, seal it in containers in a range of sizes. Yes, it seems simple, but there are a few complexities. Here’s a summary of delivery presentations for Paratherm products, which include heat transfer…