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H.B. Fuller Company has entered into an agreement to acquire the chemical polyurethane specialties and polyester resins provider Plexbond Quimica, to support its growing presence in the...
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Bayer inaugurates new Asia-Pacific research centre
Bayer MaterialScience has opened a new regional innovation hub for the Asia Pacific region in Shanghai,...
Technip-led consortium wins LNG project in Canada
A Technip-led consortium has received a contract from Pacific NorthWest LNG Limited Partnership to provide the front end engineering design and early detailed engineering services for a...
Koch Nitrogen to construct new US urea facility
Koch Nitrogen is considering investing $1bn to build a new urea plant and revamp its existing manufacturing processes at its Enid site, in Oklahoma,...
BP cleared to divest Carson Refinery and US retail assets to Tesoro
BP is planning to complete the sale of its Carson Refinery and south-west US retail assets to Tesoro Corporation in the second quarter of 2013, following clearance from the US Federal...
EIB funds Repsol RDI programme
Repsol will receive €200m in funding from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to support the company's research, development and innovation (RDI) programme, covering different energy...
Aker to conduct tests for capture of CO2 from cement industry
Norcem, in cooperation with the European Cement Research Academy (ECRA), has awarded a contract to Aker Solutions to test and study the capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) from flue gas emitted by...
Honeywell's UOP to offer technology for on-purpose propylene facility
Honeywell's subsidiary UOP has secured a new contract to provide technology for the world's largest on-purpose propylene production facility, Ascend Performance Materials...
US, Germany clear Mexichem to acquire PolyOne's PVC assets
The Federal Trade Commissions (FTCs) in the US and Germany have cleared Mexichem to acquire PolyOne's PVC Specialty Resins assets without imposing any...
Evonik, OPX Biotechnologies to jointly develop bio-based chemicals
Evonik Industries and OPX Biotechnologies (OPXBIO) have signed an agreement to jointly develop certain bio-based specialty...
Nova Chemicals awards Canadian polyethylene expansion project to Technip
Technip has received the engineering and procurement services contract from Nova Chemicals for its polyethylene one expansion project at the Joffre facility in Alberta,...
Press Releases
MVR Evaporators Reduce Plant Operation Costs
Various evaporation techniques are used to concentrate fluids in wide ranging industries, including dairy, food, pharmaceutical and...
Safety and Environmental Protection for Modern Spray Drying Plants
There are a number of major safety issues to be addressed in modern spray drying plants and each plant needs to be specifically designed for its particular purpose and...
Web Shop Permits the Individual Configuration of Small Pumps
Placing orders in the evening or on the weekend is the order of the day for small companies. Unfortunately, so is waiting for an offer to be quoted and lengthy price...
Lewa-Nikkiso Expands its Presence in Life Sciences
At the end of March, Lewa-Nikkiso America, Inc. acquired Integrated Process Technologies, Inc. (IPT), a Massachusetts-based company specialising in the engineering, design and manufacture of...
Leonberg Pump Manufacturer Extending its Partner Product Portfolio
From now on, Lewa will market the progressing cavity and screw spindle pumps of Knoll Maschinenbau...
Triumvirate at Lewa
Stefan Glasmeyer and Dr. Martin Fiedler complete the new executive...
Micromeritics Releases Free White Paper on Chemicals-technology
The 3Flex contains many design features that ensure superior performance and mark a major advancement in surface characterization...
Peristaltic Pump Specialist Launches Fully Integrated Drive for OEM Pumps
Watson-Marlow Pumps Group, the leader in peristaltic pump technology, introduces DriveSure™, its new panel-mount OEM brushless DC gear...
New Generation Pumps Purpose-designed for Medical Applications
Watson-Marlow Pumps Group is unveiling a new range of 400RXMD panel-mount pumps designed specifically to meet the demands from medical device specialists serving the surgical ablation...
Watson-Marlow OEM Pumps Help Push the Boundaries of Automated Cell Culture
Following impressive results using OEM pumps from Watson-Marlow Pumps Group on an automated batch cell culture system, a Hertfordshire-based company specialising in automated life...
