At the Hannover Messe, the Leibniz Institute for New Materials (INM) will be introducing new nano-coatings that reduce the effort required for cleaning heat exchangers as well as their corrosion. In these new coatings, the research scientists combine antiadhesive, anticorrosive and, on demand, also antimicrobial properties.

Air Products announced that its joint venture in India, Inox, will build six new air separation units. The plants will serve the growing onsite and merchant liquid industrial gases market in India.

The conglomeration on “Coal and ash handling at the thermal power plants” held on November 19 to 21, 2012 at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, witnessed the participation of around 60 delegates from various thermal power plants, equipment and system suppliers, consultants across the nation.

Messer and Hoa Phat Steel, the largest steel producer in Vietnam, signed a contract in Hanoi for the construction of two plants for the production of industrial gases. The contract is to run for a period of 25 years.

China is looking to eliminate its dependency on imported oil and utilize its domestic coal resources. PROCESS conducted an in-depth investigation to find out who stands to gain from the coal-to-chemical projects.

A new site of the Lebanon based pharmaceutical manufacturer Algorithm will cover the manufacturing and packaging of non-sterile oral and topical dosage forms: liquids, tablets, capsules, suppositories, granules for suspensions, creams and ointments. Find out more about the reasons why the company has chosen Ima.

Several leading chemical and energy companies including Exxon Mobil, Total and BASF announced their planned investments in the Port of Antwerp

The new CA-6-14-A Analyzer from Electro Chemical Devices measures Total Nitrogen in the range of 0-30.0 mg/L using a UV Digestion and a Colorimetric based analysis. Total Nitrogen is the combination of organic and inorganic nitrogen (NH4, NO3, NO2) present in the sample. It is a common measurement in drinking water and in municipal wastewater effluent.

Specialty chemicals company Lanxess is investing € 17 million in the expansion of its production capacities for polychloroprene rubber at Dormagen, Germany.

MOX-Linde Gases, a member of The Linde Group, officially opened its new RM 200 million (€ 47 million) air separation plant (ASU) in Pasir Gudang, Malaysia.