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BASF Qtech formed to commercialize catalytic surface coatings for steam-cracker furnace tubes
BASF Corp. (Iselin, N.J.; www.basf.com) today announced that its affiliate, BASF Canada Inc., has joined Quantiam Technologies Inc. (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; www.quantiam.com), as co-shareholders in a newly formed corporation named BASF Qtech Inc. This start-up business will be run as…
Outotec wins large-scale iron ore pelletizing plant project in Russia
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with NLMK Novolipetsk Metallurgisk Kombinat on the delivery of a large-scale iron ore pelletizing plant in Stary Oskol, 600 km south of Moscow. NLMK Novolipetsk belongs to the NLMK Group, one of largest…
Sartorius Stedim Biotech and GE Healthcare Life Sciences sign cross-licensing agreement
Sartorius Stedim Biotech (Aubagne, France; www.sartorius-stedim.com) has entered into a patent cross-licensing agreement with GE Healthcare Life Sciences (Chalfont St. Giles, U.K.; www.gehealthcare.com). This will enable the further development of each company’s current and future biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies. “Signing this…
UOP technology selected for petrochemical production in China
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, announced today that Fujian Meide Petrochemical Co. selected it to provide key technology to help meet the growing Chinese demand for propylene, a petrochemical used in plastics production. The new propane…
GEA Westfalia Separator: Another biodiesel plant for Argentina
GEA Westfalia Separator Group (Oelde, Germany; www.westfalia-separator.com) has received another order for the delivery of a complete biodiesel plant to Argentina. The Spanish engineering office Isolux is the ordering party, which is responsible as main contractor for the construction of…
Ningxia Baofeng Energy Group selects Ineos Technologies’ Innovene PP process
Ineos Technologies (www.ineos.com) has licensed its Innovene PP process for the manufacture of polypropylene homopolymers, random copolymers and impact copolymers to the Ningxia Baofeng Energy Group Co. (Ningxia, China). The 300,00-ton/yr Innovene PP plant will produce a wide range of…
Outotec to deliver concentrator technology for Codelco in Chile
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has signed a contract with Chilean Codelco, the leading copper producer in the world, for the design and delivery of concentrator technology to Codelco's new Mina Ministro Hales mine in northern Chile. The contract value…
Thermo Fisher Scientific expands its range of ultra pure inorganics
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Tintagel, U.K.; www.thermofisher.com) has significantly expanded its range of Acros Organics Ultra Pure Inorganics products to meet increasing demand in high-technology industries and other chemistry applications. This portfolio, which is now 50% larger, features new high-purity…
Evonik to double its L-lysine capacities in the U.S.
In North America, Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is doubling its capacities for producing the feed amino acid L-lysine. The two-phase expansion of the Blair, Nebraska plant to an annual capacity of 280,000 metric tons (m.t.) is on track…
MHI establishes JV engineering company in India
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi.co.jp) and Suhail Bahwan Group (SBG; Oman) have established a joint venture (JV) engineering company, namely MHI Engineering and Industrial Projects India Private Ltd. (MEIP), in India effective September 2, 2011. MEIP…