Under the terms of the agreement, Air Products will acquire five hydrogen steam methane reformer production plants from PBF Energy and also provide long-term hydrogen supply to the energy firm. The plants are located in California and Delaware and have a combined production capacity of nearly 300 million standard cubic feet per day of hydrogen.

Amidst the global pandemic of Covid-19, there is an urgent need for high quality single-use personal protective equipment for healthcare workers in Russia. For this purpose, Sibur will supply a particular polypropylene grade to Netkanika for developing nonwoven fabric which will be used for producing protective equipment.

Air Products will be constructing three new nitrogen plants in the Netherlands for NV Nederlandse Gasunie. With a capacity to produce 180,000 m3 of nitrogen per hour, the energy project will be used to condition imported natural gas and end gas extraction at its Groningen Field.

Located in Tangjeong, South Korea, the new plant is expected to supply700 tonnes-per-day of gaseous nitrogen to support Samsung’s operations. The fresh plant is Linde’s fourth air separation plant at the facility.

Feige Filling will be introducing Integra 86, a fully automated filling system which offers enhanced performance and safety while significantly reducing the energy input.

The deal is in line with Singapore Government’s Long-Term Low-Emissions Development Strategy to halve emissions by 2050. Chiyoda has proposed its hydrogen storage and transportation technology for the ambitious plan.

Water treatment and purification is a technologically demanding process. Dosing is a core task here: Additives and auxiliary agents or highly effective chemicals need to be added both cost-effectively and safely for the environment, which means that the requirements for dosing pumps are just as high. Digitalization is the order of the day here as well.

Selection and configuration of centrifugal pumps — Even though it doesn’t make happy reading for manufacturers of displacement pumps, centrifugal pumps are generally regarded as the workhorse of the process industry — with an estimated market share of around 80 %. And workhorses need to be properly looked after, meaning that operators can reduce trouble down the line with a more careful selection and configuration of centrifugal pumps. Here are some ideas and suggestions for this …

Three years after launching the laboratory coater LC Lab, Lödige Process Technology is now expanding its coater portfolio with a completely new series. With its standardised design, the newly developed LC light series product range is an attractively priced alternative to the customised machines of the existing series.

With a special focus on its Adhesive Solutions, Advanced Materials, and Coating Solutions business, Arkema plans to become a global Specialty Materials leader. The company has also shared a roadmap as well as outlined its objectives for 2024 at a recently held ‘Strategy Update’ meeting.