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ChemInnovations 2010 Conference & Expo Call for Papers

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ChemInnovations 2010 Conference & Expo

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BASF & Niro: cGMP spray drying for custom synthesis

BASF’s Business Unit Pharma Ingredients & Services (Evionnaz, Switzerland; www.pharma-ingredients.basf.com ) has entered into a cooperation with GEA Niro (Søborg, Denmark; www.niro.com), which will allow BASF to make cGMP (current good manufacturing practice) spray drying tests and pilot productions of active…

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Solvay launches three RD&T centers in Asia

The Solvay Group (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) announces today it is progressively creating a cluster of three research, development and technology (RD&T) centers in Asia. The centers will be set up in India, Korea and China. The investment program will be completed…

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Solvay to build 1-MW fuel cell at Antwerp site

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) says it will invest over €5 million in the construction of a test fuel cell with a total electric power of 1 MW at the SolVin plant in Lillo, Antwerp, Belgium. The investment is part of…

Fluor awarded services contract for Dupont sites

Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) announced today that it has been awarded a construction, maintenance and services contract by Dupont Engineering (Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com) for nine North American sites. The value of the contract was not disclosed. The new, three-year…

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M+W acquires Global Automation Partners

The global engineering and construction company M+W Group (formerly M+W Zander; Stuttgart, Germany; www.mwgroup.net) strengthens its business in the U.S. and in Canada. Today, the company announced that its subsidiary, M+W Americas, Inc. purchased 100% of Global Automation Partners (GAP;…

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GTL: Smaller hardware brings big benefits

The gas-to-liquids (GTL) process offers a promising option for producing valuable liquid fuels from gas resources that would otherwise be wasted. These include associated gas (the gas produced along with oil, which is now frequently disposed of by flaring or…

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DuPont Opens PV-application facility in Geneva

To address the needs for the fast-growing photovoltaic (PV) market, DuPont (Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com) opened the Meyrin Photovoltaic Application Laboratory at its European Technical Center – adding new capabilities to this leading R&D hub by developing next-generation products. Over 50…

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Pöyry awarded board-mill engineering for SAICA

Pöyry Plc. (Helsinki; www.poyry.com) has been awarded an engineering contract by SAICA Containerboard UK Ltd. for one of the world’s most advanced recycled paper mills to be built at Partington Wharfside, near Manchester, U.K. The value of Pöyry’s assignment is…