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Air Products to supply four ASUs to Lu’An Mining
Air Products’ (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) pursuit and success in developing large air separation unit (ASU) projects in China has been bolstered with the winning of the second-largest ASU onsite order ever awarded to the company for a single project.…
Metrohm and FOSS form alliance
Metrohm AG (Herisau, Switzerland; www.metrohm.com) and FOSS NIRSystems Inc. (Laurel, Md.; www.foss-nirsystems.com) have entered into a strategic alliance in which Metrohm will become the sole global distributor of FOSS NIR instruments for the chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, and environmental sectors. “Metrohm…
Fluor awarded TDI project for BASF in Germany
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) says it has secured a contract for engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for BASF’s toluene diisocyanate (TDI) Complex project at BASF’s site in Ludwigshafen, Germany. Fluor booked the undisclosed value into backlog in…
Call for applications for the 2nd ‘Science Award Electrochemistry’ from VW and BASF
The international “Science Award Electrochemistry“ from BASF SE (Ludwigshafen; www.basf.com) and Volkswagen AG (VW; Wolfsburg, both Germany; www.volkswagen.de) will be awarded for the second time this year. Starting now, leading researchers from all over the world can apply on the…
U.S. chemical industry ended 2012 with trade surplus, ACC report says
The U.S. ended 2012 with an overall trade surplus of $815 million, with $188 billion in exports and $187 billion in imports, according to the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com).…
UNI announces microwave-technology license agreement
University of Northern Iowa's (www.uni.edu)"Modern Marvel" has been licensed for commercialization by Iowa company Marion Mixers (Cedar Rapids, Iowa; www.marionmixers.com). Its movement into the market has the potential to reduce U.S. energy consumption by 8.5%, or 338 million bbl/yr of…
KBR wins license and design package for Bolivia fertilizer project
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) says it was awarded a contract by Samsung Engineering Co. to provide a technology license, basic engineering design package, and supply of proprietary equipment for a 1,200 metric tons per day ammonia fertilizer plant in Carrasco, Bolivia.…
Metrohm and FOSS enter strategic alliance
Metrohm AG (Herisau, Switzerland; www.metrohm.com) and FOSS (Hilleroed, Denmark ; www.foss.dk) have entered into a strategic alliance strengthening the two companies’ leading positions in their respective key markets. In this strategic alliance, Metrohm will become the sole global distributor of…
Outotec to deliver large grinding mills to Zambia
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec) and the mining and metals company First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (FQML) have agreed on the delivery of an additional three grinding mills to FQML's subsidiaries in Zambia to complement Outotec's previous process equipment deliveries. The…
Technip awarded revamp contract for a refinery in Mexico
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com), in a consortium with Construcciones Industriales Tapia, was awarded by Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) through its subsidiary Pemex Refinación, a contract for the revamp of one of the conversion unit of the Ing. Héctor R. Lara Sosa…