The company aims at increasing silicone rubber production by a total of 40,000 metric tonnes annually by 2021. The move has been undertaken to meet the region’s rising demand in vital industries as well as to further expand its portfolio.

Coca-Cola HBC Switzerland is expected to implement Climeworks’s DAC technology to deliver the world’s first beverage containing air-captured CO2. The technology will be used for carbonation of the beverages.

The large-scale facility is expected to start operations in 2020 and will produce liquid nitrogen, oxygen as well as argon for local customers in the region.

Located in southern Russia, the Group’s 7.5 million dollar facility is expected to produce a capacity of 32,000 tonnes per year. The superior quality carbon dioxide will also be supplied to Coca-Cola systems.

The perfect man/machine relationship is the effective management of scarce resources. This presents a daily challenge for plant manufacturers and producers. In the area of raw material handling, UWT makes an important contribution.

Lanxess inaugurates a new production line at its largest site in Leverkusen for the production of the Lewatit brand of weak acid cation (WAC) exchange resins, as well as bringing a new food-grade filling and packing system into operation. The crisis ridded spacility chemicals company had invested some € 10 million in the expansion process ince April 2013.

Thanks to its linear design Marchesini’s new linear intermittent-motion vial filler/capper ML 643 is an ergonomic machine, which is easy to clean and service, plus operators have a complete view of each processing phase of the cycle, from filling through to vial capping/crimping, the company says.

Linde Malaysia, a subsidiary of The Linde Group, has established a joint venture company with Petronas Gas Berhad (PGB) to build a state-of-the-art industrial air gas facility.

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.