To meet the growing needs of the plastics recycling sector, international technology Group Andritz has developed a compact recycling system which can achieve numerous benefits and additionally save transportation costs.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of May 2022’ from all over the world. Right from developing a world scale ethylene plant in Europe to building one of the world’s largest PDH units in China, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Kubota Corporation has taken over Brabender Technologie, one of the largest gravimetric feeding system firms in the world. With this move, the company intends to further expand its business in the gravimetric and volumetric feeder market.

Fluid Components International’s (FCI) ST100A Series Thermal Flow Meters offer accurate and reliable direct mass flow measurement of mixed and dirty gases. It does not require additional sensors or flow calculating devices and virtually also eliminates wear, breakage and maintenance.

Featuring a range of finely tuned enhancements, a new drum coater speeds up the coating process by 30 percent — The proven GCC range now has an equal in terms of process technology: the GCSmart, which is designed to make the coating process significantly faster. An optimized nozzle arm and consistent air guidance with reduced turbulence promote reproducibility, even with minimal charging, while a WIP automatic system, integrated exhaust air chamber, and automatic discharging simplify handling for the user.

Bauer Gear Motor has partnered with Allweiler to fit highly efficient permanent magnet synchronous motors with an aim to reduce the energy usage of eccentric screw pumps installed at the Stendal wastewater treatment plant in Germany.

French gases company Air Liquide and EZZ Steel, one of the leading steel producers in the Middle East and Africa, have signed a new long term agreement for the supply of industrial gases to EZZ’s new plant in Ain Sokhna, East of Cairo, Egypt.

Salt tablets are used in various home care or chemical applications, like washing machines in households, hotels and restaurants or laundries. It can also be used for softening of drinking water, disinfecting swimming pools and also as nutritional supplements for animal nutrition.

Under the terms of the agreement, Air Products will acquire Air Liquide Emirates for Industrial Gases and Orca Industrial Gases from Air Liquide as well as take over a majority share in Bahrain’s Middle East Carbon Dioxide, a joint venture firm between Air Liquide and Almo Holdings.

In a joint project, the consortium including mk2 Biotechnologies, Wacker and the Technical University of Munich have developed a scalable and cost-efficient process for the production of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) based on microbial fermentation.