Harmonization of European laws has increased the stringency of requirements covering design, safe use, and leakage control in pumps. When handling inherently hazardous liquefied petroleum gases (LPGs) pump designs should tick all the regulatory boxes as well as bring economic benefits to operators.

The rapid exploration of China's vast coal reserves and the country's efforts to build a domestic, coal based basic chemicals industry offer new potentials for innovative Methanol-to-Propylene (MTP) technology. Air Liquide's subsidiary Lurgi was now assigned to build a second MTP plant for a Chinese coal industry group.

Water –Although seemingly available in abundancy - is a depleting ressource. Endress+Hauser (India) has carried a case study at Bauda water treatment plant, that indicates where the challenges and opportunities of tomorrow's water treatment system lie...

The specialty chemicals group Evonik has established a new plant for the production of organically modified specialty silicones. The aim behind this move is to strengthen the company’s presence in one of the world’s most dynamic markets.

The pulsation inherent in vane-type pumps turns out not to be a problem for Coriolis flowmeters—Coriolis flowmeters offer users many advantages over positive-displacement (PD) meters. But can they be used with PD pumps? Engineers from pump manufacturer Blackmer decided to investigate.

Will the visitor record of 16,000 for the previous event be broken this year? There is no reason why it should not be like that with regard to the focus topics of Powtech 2017. And the challenges of the bulk solid process industry are unabatedly high. Containment, traceability and, of course, digitalization demand new ideas and technologies.

Scientists at Cardiff University in the UK have created methanol from methane using oxygen from the air.

Shenyang Chemical launched China’s first metallocene polyethylene project. The company is producing four different grades of metallocene, an annual capacity of 30,000 tons is planned.

The drum emptying system Viscoflux lite for high-viscosity media is now available as an Ex version. The new explosion-proof variant is suitable for use in hazard areas of zone 1 as well as for pumping most flammable media (zone 0/1).

Together with its Westphalia-based parent company Haver & Boecker and machine builder Möllers, Feige Filling received its biggest order in its more than 40 year company-history from Foster & Wheeler and their customer Sadara Chemical Company. The order is part of the world’s largest petrochemical plant currently in planning and slated to be constructed in a single step.