The Gerstel LLP Team (Singapore): Li Xiao, Ph.D. (Application Chemist), Ng Yi Lin (Administrative Manager), Tan Surakanpinit (Regional Manager), Stanley Wong (Service Specialist) (f.l.) (Bild: Gerstel)
Gerstel

Chromatography Specialist Broadens Support for Southeast Asia

Growing demand for intelligently automated laboratory solutions has fuelled Gerstel’s growth in Southeast Asia. To provide the best possible local support for the ever-growing number of customers and partners in the region, Gerstel LLP in Singapore has moved to new and bigger offices with a larger application laboratory. The new Gerstel LLP offices were officially inaugurated on June 22, 2015.

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Young again: A plant revamp can become a rejuvenating cure for an ageing process plant. (EPC Group; ©Mr.Vander, ©Michael, ©siam4510, ©Bravekanyawe, ©ViennaFrame - stock.adobe.com; [M]Herkersdorf)
Process Plant Revamps

How Revamps Become a Rejuvenating Cure for Process Plants

A plant revamp is much more than just a scheduled shutdown: Done right, it can become the perfect solution to re-establish competitiveness and comply with regulations and market demands — As good as new or even better: Plant revamping to achieve capacity increase, modernization to conform to ever changing regulations or product diversification can put an established production site back on top of the competition. But such delicate rejuvenation projects require dedicated specialists. With the right partners, a production plant can stay forever feasible …

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Linde to construct the country's largest air separation unit at the Phu My industrial park in Ba Ria (Vung Tau province), which will be able to produce 35,000 normal cubic metres of air gases per hour. (Picture: Linde)
Air Separation

Linde to Build Vietnam's Largest Air Separation Unit

Technology company The Linde Group has been awarded a long-term contract to supply Vietnamese steel company POSCO SS-Vina (PSSV) with industrial gases. The deal will see Linde construct the country's largest air separation unit at the Phu My industrial park in Ba Ria (Vung Tau province). The Group will be investing a total of around EUR 40 million in the project.

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In 1894 Linde starts with air liquefaction trials, followed by a patent for the so-called “Linde air” (a 50/50 mix of oxygen and nitrogen) in 1905. (Linde)
Milestones in Technical Gases

Setting the Pace: A Technology Pioneer Steps on the Gas

Ideas in technical gases don’t have to remain pipe dreams. When Carl von Linde invented his air separation process over a century ago, it marked the start of a success story that continues to this day. Technical gases revolutionized entire sectors, and continue to do so today. Just like Linde — the market leader in the gas industry who sets standards for these raw materials supplied in pressure cylinders …

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