Over 100 years after the development of the air separation process, gases are an indispensable ingredient in modern processes. Are we taking full advantage of these volatile enablers? Jens Waldeck, Linde Gas European CEO, and Elisabeth Mehlan, Head of Market Development in Europe, are convinced that, in order to win customers for new avenues in gas exploitation, it is essential to understand their processes.

India and China are the two fastest developing economies in Asia with the pharmaceutical industry being no exception.. As the countries are increasingly catering to the global demands, the present scenario often compels to drastically cut down the new plant designing, erection and commissioning time. Only a company with years-long versatile project management experience and capability can help the user company under such circumstances...

Natural gas production is a complex undertaking – Especially when the whole gas production, refining and liquefaction process has to be carried out at the high seas. Offshore productions, like Shells giant FLNG–facility, need a Laboratory Management Information System that can keep up with this challenge.

Inpro/Seal has announced its latest AM Solutions design – the AM Cema shaft seal which has been developed specifically for Cema (Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association) Screw Conveyors.

Air Products has signed a contract to supply oxygen, nitrogen and argon to ArcelorMittal Belgium, a subsidiary of ArcelorMittal, at its steel mill in Gent, Belgium.

MMEX Resources plans to build a 50,000-barrel per day (bpd) crude oil refinery in the Permian Basin of West Texas. The $ 450 million project would be the fourth refinery in the Permian, which is currently home to 300,000 bpd of refining capacity.

Wacker Chemie is expanding the capacity of its silicon-metal site at Holla in Norway by constructing an additional plant with world-scale annual capacity.

Samsung will build a new petrochemical fertilizer plant in Bolivia: The Korean company outpaced its international competitors and won a turn-key contract by YPFB of Bolivia for a three–digit million sum.

Air Liquide inaugurated in France, in the frame of the "Connect" project, an operation center that is unique in the industrial gas sector

The scale of US shale gas reserves is conjuring up scenarios that seemed unimaginable just a short time ago. Ammonia plants and crackers are now under construction in a country where the chemical industry appeared to be in terminal decline. Gold fever is currently gripping the plant engineering industry, and everyone wants to be first in line...