Stamicarbon wins patent appeal
Stamicarbon, the Licensing and IP Center of Maire Tecnimont S.p.A., has won the appeal procedure against two patent applications of the ACES21 technology of Toyo Engineering Corporation from Japan.
Some time ago Toyo Engineering Corporation of Japan filed two patent applications, which cover the heart of a „new‟ urea process and are exploited by TEC under the commercial name “ACES21”.
Heat exchanger tubes cut to size at Raccortubi
Heat exchanger manufacturers usually order their tubes from mills in specific lengths. Delivery times tend to be long, which is not ideal when small quantities are needed for urgent repair jobs and maintenance.
Fluor awarded EPCM contract for BASF
Fluor Corporation announced that it has secured a contract for engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for BASF’s toluene diisocyanate (TDI) Complex project at BASF’s site in Ludwigshafen, Germany.
PPL Electric Utilities to invest nearly USD 1B
PPL Electric Utilities will invest nearly USD 1B this year to improve the reliability of the system that delivers power to its nearly 1.4 million customers.
The projected investment of USD 968M includes USD 616M for transmission projects which is the largest scale infrastructure investment since the 1970s. Usiminas to deactivate 2nd continuous casting line
Brazilian steelmaker Usiminas is considering a possible deactivation of another continuous steel casting line at its Cubatão plant in southeastern São Paulo state after a net loss of USD 271M last year.