Yara International, Statkraft and Aker Horizons have entered into a partnership to establish Europe’s first large-scale green ammonia project in Porsgrunn, Norway. The mega project is expected to accelerate the green energy transition in the region.

Can hydrogen play out as chlorine chemistry’s trump card? — Safe, clean, and sustainable — Eurochlor’s position paper on its Mid-Century Strategy for the chlorine industry reads like green buzzword bingo. Yet it’s clear that if the European Union wants to become carbon-neutral by 2050, it will have to take chlorine chemistry into account. It’s just as well that electrolysis provides a sought-after co-product.

On Wednesday, a fire occurred in the North plant section of BASF's Ludwigshafen site. This resulted in a leak of methyldiethanolamine and oxogas.

The US polar storm has shut down 90 % of US polypropylene (PP) capacity, 67 % of ethylene and devastated other important products, sending ripples around global chemical markets prices soaring.

The EE680 air velocity sensor by E+E Elektronik is used to monitor the laminar flow in cleanrooms or on safety workbenches. The sensor precisely measures the air velocity up to 2 m/s (400 ft/min) and simultaneously also the temperature.

The FLT93C Flow Switch from Fluid Components International (FCI) provides accurate liquid flow rate measurement for clean in place (CIP) system operational integrity.

Rotork has announced that almost 150 intelligent electric actuators on Rotork’s Pakscan control network have been ordered for the Quimica Puente Mayorga chemical processing plant in Cádiz, Spain.

Bronkhorst has introduced Powerlink as its tenth on-board fieldbus interface option. The company offers digital flow and pressure meters and controllers in both IP40 and IP65 versions.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering has signed an agreement with the Technology Centre Mongstad to test its proprietary solvent which is expected to capture CO2 at the amine facility situated in Mongstad, Norway.

Metso Outotec has received a 15-million-dollar contract for delivering two 170 ton/h Bayer process flash evaporation plants to National Aluminium Company’s (Nalco) Damanjodi Alumina Refinery in Odisha, India.

Under a MOU signed between Saipem and Alboran Hydrogen, both the companies will work together to construct five plants which will produce green hydrogen. Three of the units will be located in Italy while the other two in the Mediterranean basin.

Sweco has been awarded the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract for Keliber’s lithium project in Finland which includes lithium mine sites and a concentrator plant in Kaustinen, Kokkola and Kruunupyy, as well as a lithium hydroxide plant in Kokkola.

According to market research, the market volume for "green" chemistry is due to almost double by 2025. Our white paper sets out how contract manufacturers are reacting to the trend for sustainability.

This paper will show by means of the example of a pusher centrifuge how to achieve optimum product quality, maximum energy efficiency and operation with a minimum of downtime and it describes the most important innovations of the past decade.

This paper looks at how the earlier PTA production method involving a multi-stage process with pressure and atmospheric centrifuges and a re-slurry tank can be replaced with one stand-alone device – the rotary pressure filter (RPF).

Do you want to operate radiometric measurements with minimal uncertainties to allow optimum performance of your process? Minimize error sources, so that difficult level, density & bulk flow measurement tasks achieve highest accuracy & reproducibility

The digital Chatillon CS2 Series of force testers by Ametek Sensors, Test & Calibration is a low-cost solution for force testing applications where advanced material testing functionality is not required.

There are many ways that portable gas detectors for personal use can deliver individual protection for key staff during the Covid-19 pandemic. Teledyne Gas and Flame Detection points out how gas detectors are best used during the pandemic.

The Witte Co. has recently introduced a C-clamp that permanently mounts on machinery yet retracts easily without tools for quick access to the interior.

Lanxess is extending its portfolio of products in the consumer care segment to include the new Lewatit PH 1074 HEP. In addition to the decolorization of fermentation broths and sugar, it is particularly suited to the purification and intermediate storage of heparin.

Cell cultures and microorganisms play an essential role in the development processes in modern pharmaceutics and biotechnology. Since they react very sensitively to external influences, the conditions during the reproduction process must be precisely managed and monitored. This includes the temperature, pH value or dissolved oxygen, for example. The cell density numbers among the most important process characteristics and can be determined on the basis of optical density of a medium, for example.

Insilico Biotechnology and Meyer Chroma Technology (MCT) have partnered together to deliver an integrated digital twin-based solution for biologics manufacturing and purification. The software platform will include modeling tools for the upstream as well as downstream processes.

MSR-Electronic gas sensors detect dangerous ambient air in critical production processes. The company offers reliable fixed gas warning systems that ensure permanent indoor air monitoring to detect dangerous gas concentrations thus protecting lives and values with lasting effect.

Wacker has enhanced its Esetec Escherichia coli bacteria-based secretion system for manufacturing pharmaceutical proteins. With the improved system, yield can be increased by a factor of 8 which leads to production efficiency in terms of time and costs.

Increasing demand for applications such as conveying, assembly line cleaning, drying, evacuation, suction, and others related to the electronics and semiconductor industry are offering beneficial opportunities for vacuum pump manufacturers around the world.

The global supplier of process equipment, SPX Flow, has added a new model of tank outlet valve to its APV D4 series mix proof valves.

Especially for rough industrial processes Leybold introduces the uncomplicated, dry rough vacuum Clawvac pump. Besides food processing, packaging and environmental technology applications, it is suitable for drying and sterilization processes. The company also offers with the Clawvac System series a new multiple pump system. These systems are based on Clawvac and offer a redundant plug-and-play solution.

Blackmer has recently announced the launch of its new System One High Temperature Series centrifugal pumps. Utilising high-temperature flanges, elastomers, and a unique centerline mount that supports high temperatures, the new series pumps are able to exceed the 400°F (204°C) standard temperature limit of conventional centrifugal pumps.