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Sulzer Chemtech strengthens its process technology business

As an expert in thermal, diffusional and membrane separation technology for the separation and purification of aqueous and organic mixtures, Kühni provides process engineering services, designs, manufactures and supplies process equipment and turn-key modular plants to the process industry with…

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Emerson Joins PNO

Emerson Process Management (St. Louis, Mo.; www.emersonprocess.com) has joined the Profibus  Nutzerorganisation e.V. (PNO;  www.profibus.com) to expand technology that will improve asset and machinery health management for its customers. Process manufacturers use several buses to digitally integrate their facilities. Foundation…

SABIC chooses Skire Unifier for enterprise project management solution

Skire, Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.), a provider of capital program, facilities, real estate and project portfolio management software has announced that Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) has selected Skire Unifier as its strategic enterprise project management system for supporting global…

Evonik recognized for improving energy efficiency

State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology Jochen Homann handed Dr. Hans-Jürgen Kress, head of the Operational Excellence unite (OPEX) at Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) the award for taking third place in the International Energy…

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Start of large-scale production of Baycusan

Bayer MaterialScience AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.bayermaterialscience.com) has invested 2.3 million euros in a new production line for its Baycusan range of waterborne polyurethane dispersions (PUD) for the cosmetics and medical segments. The new facility, which forms part of the PUD…

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Shaw to provide basic engineering support for F-T units

The Shaw Group Inc. (Baton Rouge, La.; www.shawgrp.com) says that its Energy & Chemicals Group has been selected by Sasol to provide basic engineering support for two Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) units. Shaw is providing the basic engineering package for the Fischer-Tropsch…

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BASF to sell China process-catalysts site to Süd-Chemie

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its catalysts-manufacturing facility in Nanjing, China, to Süd-Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.sud-chemie.com). The facility is independent from BASF’s main Verbund site in Nanjing. Both…

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BASF expands capacity at Texas facility

BASF Catalysts LLC (Iselin, N.J.; www.basf.com) has completed a significant debottlenecking and expansion project to meet the growing global demand for its current and new polypropylene catalysts. The increased capacity is specifically targeted for producing the company’s breakthrough LYNX polypropylene…

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Integration of Paladin Power Analytics with OSIsoft PI

EDSA Micro Corp. (San Diego, Calif.; www.edsa.com), and OSIsoft, Inc. (San Leandro, Calif.; www.osisoft.com) have completed and validated the technical integration between EDSA’s Paladin power analytics platform, and OSIsoft’s PI System for high-performance data integration in a live customer environment.…

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SGL commissions carbon and graphite plant in Malaysia

Today, SGL Group (Wiesbaden, Germany; www.sglgroup.com) announced commissioning of its integrated carbon and graphite plant in Banting, Malaysia. Operations will begin in modular form with the graphitization of semi-finished graphite electrodes and machining. By 2011, the site will be developed…