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Formalin World-Scale Plant: Pörner consigned a Turn-Key Formalin Plant to Lanxess

manuela.maurer@vogel.de (blechnet.com) — Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200

The Pörner Group at its facility in Grimma, Germany, handed over a turnkey formalin plant in Krefeld-Uerdingen, Germany, to Lanxess after 16 months of construction.

Capacity Expansion: Evonik Wants to Expand Amino Acids Production Worldwide

manuela.maurer@vogel.de (blechnet.com) — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200

Evonik Industries announces a capacity increase of ThreAmino (L-threonine) at Evonik Agroferm, a affiliated company of Evonik, in Kaba, Hungary. The German Company also plans amino acids capacity expansion in Singapore and the US.

Dryer: Vacuum Contact Dryer with Fully Heated Agitator

manuela.maurer@vogel.de (blechnet.com) — Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200

Comber's new vacuum contact dryer Condry TDC allows for an efficient drying of pharmaceuticals or fine chemicals, pre-dried with simple centrifuge or simple siphon sucking processes.

Petrochemical Industry: Uhde India Completes Linear Alkyl Benzene Project in Saudi Arabia

manuela.maurer@vogel.de (blechnet.com) — Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200

Uhde's Indian subsidiary Uhde India has successfully completed Farabi Petrochemicals’ Linear Alkyl Benzene (LAB) expansion project in Saudi Arabia. The LAB-2 project went on stream earlier this month, when the feed cut-in was satisfactorily performed.

Actuators: Auma Expands Actuator Portfolio

manuela.maurer@vogel.de (blechnet.com) — Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200

Auma introduces advancements to its actautor portfolio: The company has enhanced diagnostic features have been enhanced with a sensor incorporated into the actuator to measure valve vibration, indicating device failures and plant downtimes.

Naphta Cracking: Sabic Modernises Former DSM Plant at Geleen

manuela.maurer@vogel.de (blechnet.com) — Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200

Saudi Arabian Sabic invests large sums in the modernisation of petrochemical plants at the former DSM site Geleen. The revamp, including an upgrade of the onsite Naphtha Olefins 4 cracker will include a major maintenance shutdown in 2013, company speakers stated.

New World Scale Production Plant: BASF to Built New Formic Acid Plant in the USA

manuela.maurer@vogel.de (blechnet.com) — Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200

BASF announced its plans to build a world scale production plant for formic acid at its site in Geismar in the state of Louisiana. The new plant has an annual capacity of more than 50 000 tons.

Polyamides: Jacobs Provides Engineering for Evonik Polyamide Production in Asia

manuela.maurer@vogel.de (blechnet.com) — Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200

Jacobs engineering will supply engineering services for a planned grassroots polyamide 12 production facility of Evonik in Asia.

Chemicals Transportation: Hazardous Chemicals’ Transportation Needs Improvement

manuela.maurer@vogel.de (blechnet.com) — Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200

The transport of hazardous materials, such as chemicals, in India needs improvement, chemical companies like Clariant believe. In a recent conference, officials reminded Indian authorities to harmonise safety and security standards for the transport of hazardous substances across the 3,287590 square kilometers state.

Butyl Rubber: Lanxess Butyl Rubber Capacity Expansion in Belgium Ahead of Schedule

manuela.maurer@vogel.de (blechnet.com) — Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200

Lanxess completes expansion works at its butyl rubber production in Zwijndrecht, Belgium: With capacities increased by ten percent and two new pilot plants, the expansion is a major project for the company's rubber business, Lanxess chairman Axel Heitmann stated.

Petrochemical and Refineries: Fluor Works on Petrochemical and Refinery Projects for Reliance

manuela.maurer@vogel.de (blechnet.com) — Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200

Reliance Industries has appointed Texan based Fluor with project management services at its its world scale Jamnagar refining and petrochemical complex in Western India, wehere the company plans one of the largest coke gasification facilities worldwide.

Knowledge Management : Information and Knowledge Management With the Cloud

manuela.maurer@vogel.de (blechnet.com) — Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200

Cloud-Information-Systems, 2011's number one IT-buzzword, could become an important measure for future information storage and knowledge management, industrial service providers Servotech believe.

Accidents: Explosion At Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate Kills 12 Workers

manuela.maurer@vogel.de (blechnet.com) — Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200

Fires and a heavy explosion at a Thai toluene facility killed 12 workers, injuring 129. The cause incident that took place on Saturday afternoon at the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate during a heavy storm is still under investigation.

Wastewater Treatment: GE Bags Wastewater Recycling Contract for Steel Plant

manuela.maurer@vogel.de (blechnet.com) — Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200

GE has received contract to install its zero liquid discharge (ZLD) wastewater recycling technology at the Posco Cold Rolling Mill Steel Plant in Maharashtra.

Centrifugal Extractor: Optimized Liquid-Liquid Centrifugal Extractor

manuela.maurer@vogel.de (blechnet.com) — Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200

With intensive mixing and separation in a single unit, centrifugal extractors are economical and reliable machines for continuous liquid-liquid extractions. Now Cinc's continuously improved centrifugal extractor offers all requirements to be used for liquid-liquid extractions and separations, the manufacturer states.

Specialty Chemicals: Indian Specialty Chemical Industry Worth US $ 38 Billion in 2017

manuela.maurer@vogel.de (blechnet.com) — Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200

India's speciality chemicals industry has constantly grown over the last four years. As a main supplier for India's domestic industries but also its agricultural development, the chemical industry is widely regarded as a growth motor of the country.

Pharmaceutical Industry: Opportunities for Pharmaceutical Companies in Emerging Markets Still Limited

manuela.maurer@vogel.de (blechnet.com) — Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200

Although there is a broad consensus that growth in the pharmaceutical industry will most likely come from the emerging markets, the opportunities for deals and acquisitions are limited. A recent report highlights the major trends for "Big Pharma"...

Hydrogen Peroxide Plant: Groundbreaking Ceremony for Evonik’s New Hydrogen Peroxide Plant in China

manuela.maurer@vogel.de (blechnet.com) — Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200

Evonik’s wants to increase its current overall annual capacity for around 600,000 metric tons of H₂O₂ production by nearly 40 percent and has celebrated groundbreaking for a new hydrogen peroxide plant in Jilin/VR China.

Study: Oil & Gas: Natural Gas Could Gradually Replace Crude Oil

manuela.maurer@vogel.de (blechnet.com) — Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200

With crude oil reserves depleting and declining margins, the oil and gas industry eyes for alternatives. Natural gas, long-term poor cousin of the crude oil business, could bring a change, but is held back by the necessary infrastructure efforts it requires. Now the discovery of new gas fields in vicinity to the booming markets of Asia-Pacific fires the imaginations of oil and gas experts...

New Production Site: BASF Relocates Production of Pharmaceutical Excipient to its Minden Site

manuela.maurer@vogel.de (blechnet.com) — Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200

BASF will transfer the production of the pharmaceutical excipient Kolliphor TPGS from Kankakee, Illinois, to its German facility Minden. The production is expected to start in the first quarter of 2013. The goal is to reduce the complexity of both manufacturing sites.

Refinery Market: Refinery Markets Boom in Asia-Pacific

manuela.maurer@vogel.de (blechnet.com) — Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200

Asia's refiners are set for expansion: With 21 new refinery projects underway, the region could account for 31.7% of the globally installed capacity by 2016. Especially large national oil companies in China and India drive this development with ambitious expansion plans...

Bio Fuels: Honeywell’s UOP Works on Bio Fuels Projects

manuela.maurer@vogel.de (blechnet.com) — Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200

UOP has signed a memorandum of understanding with Indian Oil covering the research and development for a range of biofuels technologies and projects in India

Chemical Industry: Chemical Industry in the Americas - Part 3: Argentina and Peru

manuela.maurer@vogel.de (blechnet.com) — Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200

Argentina seems to have overcome its crisis: After 2003, the growth of the Argentinean economy has been cat a constant high level. But a high inflation and a constant scarcity of energy stoke the fears of resurgence of the crisis... More in the third part of our market report series "Chemical Industry of the Americas".

Chlor-Alkali Electrolysis: Uhde supplies Chlor-Alkali Electrolysis technology to AkzoNobel

manuela.maurer@vogel.de (blechnet.com) — Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200

At the Frankfurt-Höchst industrial estate, AkzoNobel is converting an amalgam electrolysis plant to the modern membrane process and has commissioned ThyssenKrupp Uhde to design and supply the energy-saving ThyssenKrupp Uhde membrane cells.

Ammonium Sulfate Crystallizer: BASF’s Freeport site to install new Ammonium Sulfate Crystallizer System