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Universal Display acquires BASF’s OLED IP assets

Universal Display Corp. (UDC; Ewing, N.J.; www.oled.com) announced yesterday that through its wholly-owned subsidiary UDC Ireland Limited, it has acquired the OLED (organic light-emitting diode) Intellectual Property (IP) assets of BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com). Representing 15 years of research…

Diaphragm Vacuum Pumps in Process Operations

Vacuum is a very widely used utility in the process industries – from pharmaceutical and chemical to food and biotechnology. While some applications require fairly deep vacuum – so-called “fine” vacuum – many other operations rely on vacuum in the…

Evonik invests in superabsorbents scaleup

After successfully modernizing the pilot plants at its site in Krefeld, Germany, Evonik (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) will now be able to make superabsorbent technologies usable on an industrial scale more quickly. Several million euros were invested in expanding and optimizing…

Wacker Chemie and 1366 Technologies form strategic partnership for solar energy

Silicon wafer manufacturer 1366 Technologies, Inc. (Bedford, Ma.; www.1366tech.com) and Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) announced that they have formed a longterm strategic partnership that is expected to accelerate growth and create lasting value for both companies in the…

Wison wins EPC contract in Saudi Arabia

Wison Engineering Services Co. (Shanghai; www.wison-engineering.com), one of the leading chemical engineering, procurement and construction management (EPC) service and technology providers in China, announces that the company has won an EPC contract for an ethylene oxide and ethylene glycol (EOEG)…

Tesoro acquires refining business in North Dakota

Tesoro Corp. (San Antonio, Tex.; www.tsocorp.com) through its affiliate Tesoro Refining & Marketing Company LLC, has acquired Dakota Prairie Refining, LLC (DPR), which owns a  refinery near Dickinson, North Dakota, with strategic access to advantaged Bakken crude oil and is…

Evonik to acquire Canadian biotechnology company Transferra Nanosciences

Evonik (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) and Transferra Nanosciences, Inc., formerly known as Northern Lipids Inc., have signed an asset purchase agreement whereby Evonik will acquire the business and assets of Transferra Nanosciences Inc., a biotechnology company based in Burnaby close to…

Saudi Aramco and SABIC to collaborate on oil-to-chemicals feasibility study

Saudi Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; www.saudiaramco.com) and Saudi Arabian Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; www.sabic.com) have signed an agreement to conduct a feasibility study on the development of a fully integrated crude-oil-to-chemicals complex to be located in Saudi…

Agilent acquires laboratory-management software provider iLab Solutions

Agilent Technologies, Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.; www.agilent.com) and iLab Solutions, LLC have signed a definitive agreement under which Agilent will acquire substantially all of the assets of iLab, the market leader in cloud-based solutions for core laboratory management. The acquisition…

BULK HANDLING EQUIPMENT & SYSTEMS

Convey, load, unload, weigh, feed, and process virtually any bulk solid material  Flexicon Corporation is a world leader in the design and manufacture of bulk handling equipment and custom-engineered and integrated plant-wide systems. Flexicon products range from individual equipment to…