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Exxonmobil, BASF Collaborate to Demonstrate New Gas Treating Solvent

Canada: Innovative Solutions

Exxonmobil, BASF Collaborate to Demonstrate New Gas Treating Solvent

The solvent is capable of reducing sulfur emissions with greater efficiency. It also allows refiners and gas processors to increase capacity and lower operating costs in existing equipment. read...

Total Inaugurates 50 Million Dollar Lubricants Oil Blending and Production Facility

Russia: Oil Lubricants

Total Inaugurates 50 Million Dollar Lubricants Oil Blending and Production Facility

Equipped to produce 40,000 tonnes of automotive and industrial lubricants annually, the plant will also localise the production of lubricants for the Russian market. read...

Inge Wins Contract to Supply UF technology for Oman’s Sea Water Desalination Plant

Oman: Aqua Treatment

Inge Wins Contract to Supply UF technology for Oman’s Sea Water Desalination Plant

The UF technology will be deployed as RO pre-treatment for the sea water desalination plant. Once completed, the new plant will be capable of offering 170 million litres per day. read...

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Empowering Solar Energy: How to Pump Liquid Sunshine

Pumps/Solar Power

Empowering Solar Energy: How to Pump Liquid Sunshine

09/27/2018 - High-performance pumps for challenging applications in solar systems — When it comes to using solar energy, new heat transfer media are in high demand. Among the most promising candidates are in fact molten salts. But the handling of these new thermal medias quickly proves more difficult than it appears... read...

Plastic Processing Riding on a Growth Curve

Market scenario

Plastic Processing Riding on a Growth Curve

09/26/2018 - With the demand for plastics growing, the market has also witnessed a rise in the demand for plastic processing technologies. It is here that events like Fakuma come in to display the latest and most innovative solutions for the industry of today. read...

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Covestro Focuses on Polycarbonate Plastics for Electric Vehicles

Electromobility

Covestro Focuses on Polycarbonate Plastics for Electric Vehicles

09/26/2018 - At the Fakuma fair 2018, Covestro aims at exhibiting numerous fire proof battery modules, cell holders, crash absorbers and other products that are manufactured from polycarbonate plastics. All these components prove advantageous in electric as well as hybrid cars. read...

Chemicals, Hot off the Printer: Additive Manufacturing in Chemicals and Pharma

3D-Printing and Additive Manufacturing

Chemicals, Hot off the Printer: Additive Manufacturing in Chemicals and Pharma

09/17/2018 - What has advent of additive manufacturing in store for the process industry? – The 3D-printer becomes a gamechanger: While some companies set themselves apart by using customized materials or dream of the pill out of the printer, others fear the impending marginalization of the chemical industry. Gold rush or hangover? An industry is looking for answers between polymer filaments, prototypes and printed pills. read...

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Adnoc Sour Gas on Schedule to Complete Construction of New Sulphur Pipeline

UAE: EPC

Adnoc Sour Gas on Schedule to Complete Construction of New Sulphur Pipeline

10/15/2018 - The new pipeline will be used to transport molten sulphur produced by the firm’s Shah sour gas field. The project will also prove beneficial for future expansion of sulphur production and is expected to be commissioned in 2019. read...

Eni to Acquire 42.5 % Interest in BP-Operated Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement

Libya: Oil and gas

Eni to Acquire 42.5 % Interest in BP-Operated Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement

10/15/2018 - The National Oil Corporation, BP and Eni have signed an agreement according to which Eni will resume exploration work in Libya. The exploration and production sharing agreement operations have remained suspended since 2014 in the region. read...

Shin-Etsu to Invest $ 125 Million in Photomask Blanks Plant

Japan: Semiconductor Technology

Shin-Etsu to Invest $ 125 Million in Photomask Blanks Plant

10/15/2018 - Shin-Etsu Chemical announced an investment of $ 125 million in the expansion of its photomask blanks business at its two existing photomask blanks plants: the Takefu Plant in Echizen City, Fukui Prefecture and the Naoetsu Plant in Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture. read...

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Saudi Aramco and Bapco Commission New Pipeline to Support Bahrain’s Energy Demand

Saudi Arabia: Oil Infra

Saudi Aramco and Bapco Commission New Pipeline to Support Bahrain’s Energy Demand

Equipped to transport up to 350 thousand barrels per day of crude oil, the new 112 km pipeline originates from Saudi Aramco’s Abqaiq plants and ends at the Bapco Refinery in Bahrain. read...

Daikin and Hitachi Implement Image Analysis in Chemical Manufacturing Process

Japan: Digitalized Quality Control

Daikin and Hitachi Implement Image Analysis in Chemical Manufacturing Process

Daikin and Hitachi will start a joint demonstration to digitalize quality control know-how in the reaction process of chemical manufacturing, especially in fluorochemicals, at Daikin Yodogawa Plant (Settsu, Osaka Prefecture). read...

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Ion Beam Milling

Application Booklet- How to Prepare Samples for SEM

Are you interested in reading interesting applications of ion beam milling, take a look at this specially prepared booklet. Specialists from Leica Microsystems have collected over 20 different examples featuring different samples for SEM. read...

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Freeman Technology Ltd

Particle Testing Authority (PTA) announces acquisition of FT4 Powder Rheometer

Particle Testing Authority (PTA), a Division of Micromeritics Instrument Corporation, ...

Anton Paar GmbH

Anton Paar launches Cobrix 2600 Sensor, an optical inline sensor for CO2 and Brix determination

The most wanted features in soft drink process measurement Anton Paar launches Cobrix 2600 Sensor, ...

EPC Group

Successful ISO 9001 re-certification for EPC Group: TÜV Thüringen awards new Quality Management Certification

The EPC Group has again been certified by TÜV Thüringen: For years, EPC has been working according to the quality standards of ISO 9001. ...

HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH

Busy rail route operating in searing temperatures keeps on moving – with AKTOR and HIMA

Compact commercial-off-the-self (COTS) solutions make signaling technology between Athens and the nearby port in Piraeus run more effectively and safely.