Shin-Etsu Chemical announced plans to double the production capacity of rare earth magnets in Vietnam’s Hai Phong Province.

Carbonization processes such as pyrolysis and hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) expected to fulfil important roles in future bio-refinery concepts. However, until now a major problem is: These processes form waste waters that contain various environmental hazardous substances. Researchers in Potsdam/Germany seem to crack it.

The Tapflo Group has recently announced a new product series for feeding of filter presses. The piston-diaphragm pumps are designed for heavy duty applications and are used in almost every automotive production plant in Europe.

Technip, leader of a joint venture with Fluor, was awarded a Program Management Consultancy (PMC) contract by Petronas for the Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development (RAPID) project located in the state of Johor, Malaysia.

Specialty chemicals company Lanxess is expanding its range of membrane elements for reverse osmosis (RO).

HES Beheer NV and Hestya Energy BV jointly announce that terminal developer Hestya Energy has completed its confirmatory due diligence in respect of HES Beheer and its subsidiaries.

The prefer redranges of application of the heat transfer fluids technology are given by the different organic heat transfer fluids. The technical operation specialist book reference 'Heat Transfer Technique with Organic Fluids' describes plants that primarily use organic heat transfer fluids. In this part of our PROCESS-Series we descripe how to construct Installations wherein production machines (e.g.presses) are heated and cooled with heat transfer oils.

Air Products is expected to form a joint venture with Saudi Aramco, Acwa Power and Air Products Qudra in order to acquire the gasification, power and industrial gas assets at Jazan Economic City in Saudi Arabia.

Given the trend for ever increasing potency of pharmaceutical powders, project engineers are continually faced with the challenge of upgrading the containment of their charging process to a new or existing reactor.

Clariant has inaugurated the waste water treatment plant at the zero liquid discharge site, Bonthapally in India. The plant is expected to treat 300 kilolitres of waste water per day.