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Brazil chases green petchem goal

Brazil leads the global production of biopolymers, an industry that generates fewer greenhouse gas emissions than fossil fuel-based plastic manufacture.

Braskem delays plans for three plants

Plans for two new ethanol-based plastics plants in Brazil and a naphtha-based polypropylene plant that were set to break ground this year will be delayed by Braskem SA until 2013.

Petrobras, BP discover oil off Ceara

Petrobras and BP have discovered oil in a deep-water offshore well in a new area for exploration off Brazil's northeast coast.

Fluid Leak Management & Valve Team Users Groups me

The annual summer meeting of the Fluid Leak Management & Valve Team Users Groups (FLMUG/VTUG) takes place August 21-23, 2012 at The Hyatt Lodge at McDonald's Campus in Oak Brook, Illinois, USA.

Fluid Leak Management & Valve Team Users Groups

The annual summer meeting of the Fluid Leak Management & Valve Team Users Groups (FLMUG/VTUG) takes place August 21-23, 2012 at The Hyatt Lodge at McDonald's Campus in Oak Brook, Illinois, USA.

Nuclear licensing put on hold by NRC

   After a federal court ruling questioned the U.

PCL and Black & Veatch joint-venture awarded power

A Black & Veatch subsidiary and PCL Industrial Construction Co. have been awarded a USD 583 million contract from Louisville Gas & Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company to design and build a natural gas-fueled power plant.

Acrodyne actuation for the fire-fighting industry

 Acrodyne has developed the Koei Unic-05 24 V DC electric actuator as the industry standard for actuation of quick opening ball valves for firefighting trucks.

“Expanded” LHB Series now with Spring Return Handl

Hayward Flow Control announces the expansion of our patent pending LHB Series Manual Limit Switch line to now include a Spring Return "Dead Man Handle" design for those critical applications requiring compliance to safety standards or plant specifications where the valve must return to a closed position after operation.

MRC announces 2nd quarter 2012 results

MRC Global Inc. announced its second quarter 2012 financial results. MRC's sales of USD 1.430B in the second quarter of 2012 were up 22% from USD 1.168B in the second quarter of 2011.