OQ Chemicals has reached a key milestone in its ‘Propel’ project with the mechanical completion of its infrastructure. The project will support the operation of Röhm’s new world-scale Methyl Methacrylate plant in Bay City site, USA.

With an investment of 22-million-euros, MOL Group has successfully inaugurated a green hydrogen plant in Százhalombatta, Hungary. The plant is expected to produce 1,600 tonnes of clean, carbon-neutral green hydrogen annually and will also reduce the Danube Refinery's carbon dioxide emissions by 25,000 tonnes.

India’s largest Chlor-Alkali project is commissioned by Mundra Petrochemical, a subsidiary of Adani Enterprises. With a capacity of 2200 TPD and utilizing a 100 % NaOH process, the project is expected to play a vital role in the production of feedstocks for Mundra Petrochemical’s refineries and chemical plants.

Linde under its subsidiary White Martins has plans to build, own and operate a second electrolyzer to produce green hydrogen in Brazil. On completion, the plant is expected to supply green hydrogen to glass manufacturer Cebrace to reduce emissions from their glass melting furnaces.

Cepsa Química has developed the first renewable energy traceability system for the manufacture of chemical products. This has also been validated by Aenor, the Spanish Association for Standardization and Certification.

Fluid Components International’s thermal dispersion mass flow meter can continuously monitor centrifugal gas compressors for dry seal failures.

Brooks Instrument’s new GF120xHT Series has been designed to support solid and liquid precursors in semiconductor manufacturing.

Industrial plants are high risk zones and have to be monitored carefully to avoid any catastrophe. Supervision technologies such as advanced robots and drones play a crucial role here to make the job of monitoring the diverse elements of the facility less stressful, more convenient and less time consuming. Read on to know more about the benefits of these hi-tech technologies in industrial settings.

Under a joint collaboration, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and NGK Insulators are working together to develop a hydrogen purification system that makes use of membrane separation to purify from the hydrogen-nitrogen mixture gas after the ammonia cracking process.

The plastics recycling joint venture has been launched in Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province in Southern China. Under this project, mechanical recycling technology will be used to recycle plastic waste and produce new polymers.

KBR has won a contract to license its phenol technology for a 250 KTA phenol plant at Sabic's Fujian Petrochemical Complex in China. The project is expected to be complete in FY 2026.

Leading biopharmaceutical firm Celltrion has selected Wood to expand its Songdo biopharma manufacturing hub in Incheon, South Korea. Wood will provide detailed engineering design for a new facility that will increase manufacturing capacity of biological medicines by eight million liquid vials annually.

Fluid Components International’s thermal dispersion mass flow meter can continuously monitor centrifugal gas compressors for dry seal failures.

Bartec has introduced the new Sp9 Ex1 Smartphone and Sc9ex1 Smartscanner which can be used in hazardous areas. Compact and lightweight, these devices have set a new standard for connectivity and digitalization in dangerous zones by the firm.

Under an agreement signed with Edge, Adnoc has plans to make use of drones that are made in the UAE to lower the emissions of its operations, enhance environmental performance, monitor operations, and also provide support in emergency response situations.

Glatt focused on hygienic design competence, efficient processes and occupational health and safety at the recently held Powtech exhibition in Nuremberg, Germany.

Sabic, Napco and a leading player of the bakery industry in Saudi Arabia Fonte have joined hands and introduced the country’s first ever bread packaging made from fully recycled post-consumer plastic. Sabic’s certified circular polyethylene have been used to package the Oat Arabic Bread.

The same developments happening in the rest of the world are also reshaping laboratories: the increasing use of technology, digital tools and, of course, robots and artificial intelligence (AI). All these trends often go hand in hand with a greater awareness of environmental issues. In this trend report, we present a summary of the fruits these developments are already bearing and will bear in the future.

Even after the Corona pandemic has subsided, the demand for pharmaceuticals is increasing. But the requirements are changing - and this has an impact on production equipment. Machines for packaging medicines are not exempt from this. And their manufacturers are only spurred on by this.

The leading Contract Research Development and Manufacturing Organization for small molecules and biologics Aragen has invested 30 million dollars for setting up the biologics manufacturing facility in Bangalore, India. The firm has successfully operationalized the first phase of this facility.

The chemical industry is in crisis, but pump and valve manufacturers are confident in the circumstances. Despite all the crises - after all, there will always be pumping. Read on to find out which three megatrends are now set to boost fluidics...

Using a decanter to produce biofuel from organic waste: Organic waste goes into the air - at least that is Bisviridi's vision. The subsidiary of the British biogas specialist Biotech4 wants to convert oil and fat waste into crude oil for biofuels. Process engineering plays a decisive role in this...

Edwards Vacuum has introduced the powerful E2S series which pumps quickly, saves energy and with its quiet operation helps to reduce the noise level in working environments.

With pumping speeds ranging from 80 to 800 l/s, Pfeiffer Vacuum's Hicube Neo vacuum pumping station is ideal for demanding high vacuum and ultra-high vacuum applications.

Expected to begin operations this year, the wastewater treatment plant is almost 100 % automated and will handle variable bio-treater wastewater. The plant will make use of Ecolab's ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis membrane system.

Bechtel has announced the sustained pilot operations of its proprietary Low Energy Ejector Desalination System (Leeds) which is capable of recovering more than 50 % of treated water.

Eaton has recently introduced multi-filter cartridge housings from the Ecocart series. With this, the firm has expanded the range of applications for industrial cartridge filtration.

Lanxess has recently launched its new macroporous anion exchange resin Lewatit Monoplus TP 109 for the efficient removal of contaminants such as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from water.