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UOP technologist receives AIChE’ Gerhold Award
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, announced today that Dr. Santi Kulprathipanja has been selected to receive the 2012 American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ (AIChE) Gerhold Award. Kulprathipanja was recognized for the development of process technology used…
Chemical Activity Barometer signals slow growth for end of 2012
The American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) today released the third monthly report of its Chemical Activity Barometer (CAB), a leading economic indicator derived from a composite index of chemical industry activity. The August CAB showed a 0.4% growth…
Uhde awarded FEED contract for Russian PP plant
In May 2012 ThyssenKrupp Uhde GmbH (Uhde; Dortmund, Germany; www.uhde.eu) won a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for a single-train polypropylene (PP) plant based on LyondellBasell's Spheripol process technology for ZapSibNeftekhim L.L.C, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sibur, in…
Black & Veatch expands in Pune, India
As part of the company’s India Growth Plan, Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.; www.bv.com) is expanding its India operations, which includes adding numerous local professionals by 2020. Moving and expanding its Pune office to address the increased critical human…
BASF sells decorative paints business to Prosol
On August 14, BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Prosol Lacke + Farben GmbH (Aschaffenburg, Germany; www.prosol-farben.de) signed a contract regarding the sale of the decorative paints business of Relius Coatings GmbH & Co. KG in Germany and Relius France…
Cheaper chemicals from algae, farms and forest may be possible, report says
The bio-based materials and chemicals industry needs to tap newer, non-food sources of biomass and cellulosic material and raise volumes of feedstock before it can emerge as an economically viable alternative to petroleum-based products, according to a Lux Research (Boston,…
EPA identifies substitutes for toxic flame-retardant chemical
In an effort to identify possible substitutes for a toxic flame-retardant chemical, known as decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE), the EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Washington, D.C.; www.epa.gov) has released a draft report on alternatives. This assessment, developed with public participation under…
Outotec to provide technology for nickel sulfate production in South Korea
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with Enerchem Co. on the delivery of technology for a nickel-matte treatment facility to be built in South Korea. This order follows the conceptual study and basic engineering Outotec provided for the project.…
Samsung lands first fertilizer contract in Latin America
Samsung Engineering Co., (Seoul, Korea; www.samsungengineering.co.kr) has received a notification of award (NOA) for an $843-million fertilizer plant from Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB), Bolivia’s state-owned oil company. It is a historic project order for Samsung Engineering as it marks…
CB&I awarded EPCM contract for butadiene extraction plant in Belgium
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) has been awarded a contract by BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) for the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) of a new butadiene extraction plant in Antwerp, Belgium. The contract, which is valued in excess…