American PPG Industries and Asian Paints (APL) of India recently received an approval from the Indian authorities to expand their coatings joint venture (JV) in India. Now the two companies plan to market protective paints, powders and coatings for Indian industrial liquid, marine, consumer packaging and transportation customers.

In the building material producing and processing industry, various powdery products for a variety of purposes are packed into flexible packaging, in small to large quantities. Depending on the needs and requirements of the end-consumer, filling and storing the filled packages is done using various types of packaging materials. The most frequent and versatile packaging for powder products is the valve sack made of paper.

GEA builds a new production plant for home and personal care products in Bosnia Herzegovinia for Violeta. The new facility shall provide a flexible and fully automatic, multi-purpose liquid processing infrastructure, allowing Violeta to create new opportunities in a market that has, to date, been dominated by foreign imports...

Tubular drag cable conveyors are somewhat unconventional alternative to steel belts – not speedy or particularly high-volume. However, this extremely flexible conveyor system has the big advantage that it doesn't cause much breakage, even if very friable materials are conveyed. In addition, this type of conveyor can feed and pick up materials from virtually any place within a facility.

Starting from raw material transfer through closed systems, the production concept combines recipe management with minimal operator intervention, automated cleaning to avoid cross-contamination, and in-process control systems to ensure consistent product quality.

According to the contract, KBR is expected to provide basic engineering and design services for its K-SAAT technology. The firm will also have the opportunity to use the technology to revamp the existing hydrofluoric acid alkylation unit at the Wynnewood refinery.

Coating of particles is a critical process step for many manufacturing processes. After all, coating essentially determines the product quality. The appropriate process must be found to determine the properties of as needed for the application. The following article describes, what need to be considered when developing particles.

Mcdermott has been awarded a sizeable technology contract by PT Chandra Asri Perkasa for the detailed engineering of 8 proprietary SRT (Short Residence Time) ethylene cracking heaters at the Chandra Asri Perkasa (CAP2) ethylene plant in Cilegon, Indonesia. The engineering company also announced an EPC contract awarded by BP Trinidad & Tobago of the Cassia Compression Platform.

LPP Combustion plans to introduce its technology to produce synthetic natural gas from liquid fuels such as naphtha, kerosene, diesel, biodiesel, or ethanol, to the Middle East. The company believes that there is a need for natural gas as a fuel option in the region, speakers explained.

From landfills to the Pacific Garbage Patch: Plastic waste is a major environmental and public health problem. India alone consumes 11 million tonnes of plastic per year out of which 5.6 million tonnes turns into waste. Now, a new technology from India could help to convert these waste amounts of waste into valueable high-indemand fuels virtually without causing any secondary pollution in the process...