There are different technical and administrative requirements on the one side for active storage of chemicals and on the other side for passive storage of chemicals. When do we refer to active storage and when to passive storage? Discover, what is important for safe hazardous substance storage in this article.

It may just be “nothing,” but this “nothing” really packs a punch! Without vacuum, many everyday things would be impossible — whether spectacles, smartphones, medicines or foodstuffs with a long shelf life. Pfeiffer Vacuum has been synonymous for high-quality vacuum technology for over 125 years. And it is not just the technology itself that makes the company stand out, but above all its feeling for the different challenges faced by particular industries.

Scientists at ETH Zurich and oil and gas company Total have developed a new catalyst that converts CO2 and hydrogen into methanol. The technology is to pave the way for the sustainable production of fuels and chemicals.

On Wednesday, a fire erupted at Exxon Mobil’s baytown facility, one of the largest ethylene plants in the world. However, the fire was curtailed by evening and no adverse effects on the environment were reported.

The Al Karaana petrochemicals project will not be continued as it has been estimated commercially unfeasible, particularly in the current economic climate.

GEA Tuchenhagen is exhibiting at Interpack for the first time, but its valves, valve blocks, pumps, cleaning devices, in-line connectors, tank safety and product recovery systems are the product of 80 years of experience.

Thorsten Lange will be holding the new Executive Vice President post for Renewable Aviation at Neste Corporation. He will be reporting directly to the President & CEO Peter Vanacker and is expected to join the company in February 2020.

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.