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Small-footprint drives for laboratory fluid transfer

The new Masterflex L/S variable-speed console drives (photo) sit neatly on a bench or in a fume hood in any laboratory, providing simple operation with single-turn speed control. These drives accept nine different Masterflex L/S peristaltic-pump-head types. With a flow…

New series of monitors expands detection for specialty gases

The Pac 6000, 6500, 8000 and 8500 personal single-gas monitors (photo) detect not only standard gases, such as carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide and oxygen (Pac 6000 and 6500), but also special gases, such as ozone, phosgene and nitrogen…

Nippon Shokubai to build new acrylic acid plant in Indonesia

Nippon Shokubai Co. (Osaka, Japan; www.shokubai.co.jp) announces that its Indonesian subsidiary, PT. Nippon Shokubai Indonesia, (NSI), plans to expand its acrylic acid (AA) production. Nippon Shokubai, at its board meeting held on 29th October, 2018, resolved to give approval to…

McDermott to divest storage tank and U.S.-based pipe fabrication businesses

 McDermott International, Inc. (Houston; www.mcdermott.com) announced that it has completed a comprehensive strategic review of its portfolio as part of the integration process resulting from its combination with CB&I earlier this year, reaffirming its commitment to McDermott's core capabilities as…

Fluor awarded Valero cogeneration project in Wales

Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) was awarded the engineering, procurement and construction of Valero Energy Corp.’s combined heat and power cogeneration project at its Pembroke Refinery in Wales, U.K. Fluor booked the undisclosed contract value in the third quarter of…

Air Liquide E&C wins a contract for a new ASU in China

Air Liquide Engineering & Construction (Frankfurt am Main, Gertmany; www.engineering-airliquide.com) has signed a contract to supply an air separation unit (ASU) to Shandong Runyin Bio-Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (Runyin), a subsidiary of Shandong Ruixing Group, a large chemical company and…

Endress+Hauser dedicates €10.4 million production facility in Nesselwang, Germany

Endress+Hauser AG (Reinach, Switzerland; www.endress.com) has invested more than €10.4 million in a new, state-of-the-art production facility at its location in Nesselwang, Germany. The 4,800-square-meter building contains new production and office space, in addition to technology and common rooms. With…

Siemens and Chromalloy open joint venture facilities in Florida

Siemens AG (Munich, Germany; www.siemens.com) and Chromalloy Gas Turbine Corporation celebrated the grand opening of their new joint venture, Advanced Airfoil Components, in Hillsborough County, Florida. This partnership represents a capital investment of $139 million and will add 350 jobs…

Umicore and Audi reach milestone in closed-loop battery recycling

Umicore N.V. (Brussels, Belgium; www.umicore.com) and automobile manufacturer Audi have successfully completed phase one of their strategic research cooperation for battery recycling. The two partners are developing a closed-loop process for components of high-voltage batteries that can be used again…

Solvay to increase fluorelastomer production in China and Italy

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) is set to increase the company’s fluoroelastomer (FKM) production to support global customers’ continuing strong demand for high performance sealing applications. End-use applications in hybrid and low emission internal combustion engines (ICE) and in the…