Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has struck an agreement with Huatai Group of China to establish a hydrogen peroxide joint venture (JV). The JV company, Shandong Huatai Interox Chemical Co., will build a hydrogen peroxide plant at Huatai’s new site in…
0 0 0 Siemens Energy (Erlangen, Germany; www.siemens.com/energy) has received an order from Vietnam for the supply of an air compressor train. Purchaser is Air Liquide Engineering South Asia. The compressor train will be deployed in a coal-to-urea production plant,…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen; germany; www.evonik.de) has expanded its product range for high-molecular-weight plasticizer alcohols and commissioned a plant for the production of the plasticizer alcohol 2-propyl heptanol (2-PH) at the Marl Chemical Park. The company’s investment in the plant,…
The special group "Water and Wastewater Technology" of the German Process Plant and Equipment Association (VDMA; Frankfurt, Germany; www.vdma.org) has released a new VDMA Specification on prevention and reduction of scaling and fouling in membrane plants. The objective of this…
Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM; Decatur, Ill.; www.admworld.com) announced today the expansion of its European oilseed processing capabilities with the acquisition of ViaChem Group’s oilseed processing assets in Olomouc, Czech Republic. This facility, in the Eastern part of the Czech…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany;www.evonik.de) and Cristal Material Corp. (Taipei, Taiwan) have formed a new joint venture (JV) to manufacture high-quality glass lenses for next-generation light-emitting diodes (LEDs), which will marketed under the Savosil brand. The Evonik Cristal Materials Corp.…
New technology developments in the pre-treatment and gasification of biological feedstocks could reduce the production costs of biofuels enough to make them commercially viable as liquid fuels for transportation, according to a new report from consulting firm Frost & Sullivan.…
On October 2, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the first round of funding from $1.4 billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for the selection of 12 projects that will capture carbon dioxide from industrial sources for storage…
Ansys, Inc. (Southpointe, Pa.; www.ansys.com) plans to deliver ANSYS HPC, a solution set that will enable customers to obtain enhanced insight and productivity through expanded use of high-performance computing (HPC) with engineering simulation. In contrast to single-point solutions that require…
Intergraph (Huntsville, Ala.; www.intergraph.com) has just released SmartPlant Construction, a new SmartPlant Enterprise software module created specifically for process, power and marine firms to more efficiently plan and manage plant, ship and offshore construction, resulting in increased productivity, accelerated project completion,…