Crompton Corporation's Petroleum Additives Business Expands Production Capacity in Latina, Italy

04-Oct-2002 - October 3, 2002 - Crompton Corporation's Petroleum Additives business plans to expand production capacity for its Naugalube alkylated diphenylamine antioxidant product line at its manufacturing facility in Latina, Italy. This capacity increase is expected to come on line in the fourth quarter ...

Celanese inaugurates pilot plant to produce membrane electrode assemblies for fuel cells

03-Sep-2002 - Kronberg, Sep 02, 2002 - Celanese AG today inaugurated the world's first pilot plant for high temperature membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) for fuel cells at a ceremony attended by Hessian Minister President Roland Koch. The pilot plant will enable Celanese to further develop its fuel cell ...

BOC Increases Medical Oxygen Production Capacity by 50 Percent

27-Aug-2002 - MURRAY HILL, N.J, Aug. 26, 2002 - BOC has developed a new cylinder-filling process that will enable it to step up production of small medical oxygen cylinders to meet increased demand. BOC estimates that the new procedure will result in a 50 percent increase in the number of cylinders filled ...

New stage for Air Liquide's hydrogen business in Europe with the creation of a plant on BASF's site in Antwerp

19-Jun-2002 - Air Liquide has announced its decision to invest in a hydrogen-production unit on BASF's site at the port of Antwerp (Belgium). This major project marks an important new stage in the partnership between BASF and Air Liquide. Under a long-term contract, this new hydrogen plant - with a production ...

New distribution center: BASF invests 20 million euros

24-May-2002 - - Increase in plant logistics effectiveness and efficiency - Reduction of truck traffic by 8 percent Münster, Germany. BASF Coatings AG increases the efficiency of its plant logistics at the Münster-Hiltrup site by investing about 20 million euros in the construction of a modern distribution ...

Fortron(R) PPS Cuts Cost and Weight of Fuel Cell End Plates by Up to 90%

Study Shows Engineering Plastic Will Shorten Manufacture Cycles, Meet Requirements

21-May-2002 - Summit, NJ; Frankfurt, Germany, Development work by Ticona, the technical polymers business of Celanese AG, indicates that injection molded end plates made of Fortron(R) polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) can provide significant cost and weight savings in proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells. By ...

Degussa offers new Protectosil® CIT corrosion inhibitor

15-May-2002 - PARSIPPANY, New Jersey. Degussa's Aerosil & Silanes business unit is offering a new corrosion inhibitor for steel-reinforced concrete, PROTECTOSIL® CIT. An advanced organofunctional corrosion inhibitor, PROTECTOSIL® CIT is a clear liquid that penetrates concrete to stop the corrosion process ...

Osaka Gas and Süd-Chemie start joint venture in area of fuel cell technology

14-May-2002 - Osaka Gas, Osaka/Japan (OG) and the SÜD-CHEMIE Group, Munich/Germany through its affiliate Süd-Chemie Catalysts Japan (SCJ) reached an agreement on a comprehensive business tie-up for reforming catalyst technology for fuel cells. OG and SCJ will cooperate for the development, manufacture, supply, ...

Agilent Technologies demonstrates fast, accurate measurement of fuel cell gas composition

04-Apr-2002 - PALO ALTO, Calif., April 3, 2002 Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced that its micro gas chromatograph (micro GC) is able to demonstrate the complete and accurate analysis of fuel cell gases in less than 90 seconds. Small startup companies and multinational oil and automotive giants are ...

Air Liquide to build a new oxygen plant for Sasol

20-Mar-2002 - 3/19/2002 Air Liquide and Sasol have signed a contract which entrusts Air Liquide with the turnkey supply of a new air separation plant for Sasol?s petrochemical site of Secunda, 170 kilometers from Johannesburg. The new plant, scheduled for start up end 2003, will produce 3,550 tons per day of ...