Univar expands in the Baltics with Distribution Agreement and new office 31.08.2010 – Univar, a global chemical distributor, announced that it has signed a distribution deal with Celanese Emulsion Polymers, a global leader in emulsion technology and application development. The agreement establishes Univar’s position in the Baltic region following the recent opening of its office in Lithuania.
Intergraph Honors 2010 Golden Valve Award Winners at Annual Users’ Conference 11.08.2010 – China Petroleum Construction & Engineering Corp. East-China Design Branch (CNPCCEI) has been awarded “Best of Show” in the annual Intergraph® Golden Valve Awards competition for the company’s detailed view of the CNPC Guanqxi Branch refinery, the top refinery base in China.
Honeywell completes acquisition of Matrikon 05.07.2010 – Honeywell published it has completed the acquisition of Matrikon for approximately $139 million USD. Matrikon will be integrated with the Advanced Solutions business of Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS). Matrikon’s open connectivity in process control business, MatrikonOPC, will operate as a separate business entity within HPS.
Honeywell’s Acquisition of Sperian Heralds Major Changes for Customers and Distributors 27.06.2010 – Honeywell’s announced acquisition of Sperian Protection, a manufacturer with a wide range of PPE in the market, will allow the company to rapidly become one of the largest participants in the global PPE market, if Sperian is able to reattain high margin levels soon.
International Pharmaceutical Engineering Forum 2010 09.06.2010 – The success of International Pharmaceutical Engineering Forum 2009 organized by Process China evidently showed the need for a high-class platform to share latest philosophy in global pharmaceutical engineering and drug quality management systems.
RIL and SIBUR to jointly pioneer butly rubber production in India 30.05.2010 – Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL), India`s largest private sector company, and SIBUR, Russia`s leading petrochemical company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to set up a joint venture in India. This new joint venture will produce butyl rubber at Reliance`s integrated petrochemical site in Jamnagar, India.
LANXESS and TSRC to create rubber joint venture in China 17.05.2010 – Germany’s LANXESS and Taiwan’s TSRC Corporation will enter into a 50:50 joint venture in Greater China called LANXESS-TSRC (Nantong) Chemical Industrial Company Ltd. The two companies are jointly investing 50 million USD (approx. EUR 36 million) in a new plant that will produce Nitrile Rubber (NBR) in Nantong, northwest of Shanghai. The plant will have an initial capacity of 30,000 metric tons per year and serve the rapidly growing Chinese market with high-quality grades of NBR.
Invensys software improves well field performance and profitability 21.04.2010 – Invensys Operations Management, a provider of technology systems, software solutions and consulting services to the manufacturing and infrastructure operations industries, announced the release of its Well Field Application, a software suite that monitors, manages and enhances the performance of oil and gas well fields in real time.
Split shaft seals at biomass conference 10.04.2010 – MECO shaft seals for rotating process machinery will be exhibited in Booth #302 at the International Biomass Conference and Expo on 4-6 May 2010 at the Minneapolis Convention Center.
