Air Products’s sixth air separation unit (ASU) has come onstream in Chandler, Arizona, USA. The new unit is capable of producing over two million standard cubic feet per hour of gaseous nitrogen and over 20,000 standard cubic feet per hour of high purity oxygen.

The newly formed ‘Five T Hydrogen Fund’ is a private infrastructure fund which will be used for developing clean hydrogen infrastructure projects at scale. The fund aims to raise a total of 1 billion dollars from financial and industrial investors.

Jointly owned by Clariant and Beijing Tiangang Auxiliary Co. (Tiangang), the new production facility is based in Cangzhou, China. With this plant, Clariant aims to expand its presence in the Asian country.

Man Energy Solutions has secured the order for four Mega-MPTA trains from Chinese firm Jiangsu Jiatong Energy Co. The trains will be deployed at the company’s PTA production unit in Rudong, Nantong City, Jiangsu province, China.

Uniper has unveiled its plan to establish a national hub for hydrogen in Wilhelmshaven, Germany. The ‘Green Wilhelmshaven’ project will include an import terminal for green ammonia–which will be equipped with an ‘ammonia cracker’ for producing green hydrogen—as well as a 410-MW electrolysis plant.

GEA has supplied its new separator technology to Ukrainian pharmaceutical company Biopharma. The equipment will be installed at Biopharma’s new plant in Bila Tserkva, Ukraine and will help the firm to become one of the leaders offering high-tech plasma processors across the globe.

There is a tsunami of connected smart systems coming at us, with millions of sensors that generate data and gather information about the world around us. But how do we ensure that these systems are truly connected and deliver applications that bring real value for their users?

Designed for demanding hazardous industrial environments, the rugged S88 Specific Ion Sensors and the intelligent X80 Universal Transmitter Analyzer from Electro-Chemical Devices (ECD) are available as Atex and Iecex or FM approved. The solutions provide safe, precise measurement of water-based chemicals for effective process use and effluent treatment prior to re-use or discharge in order to meet water quality standards and regulations.

The EE680 air velocity sensor by E+E Elektronik is used to monitor the laminar flow in cleanrooms or on safety workbenches. The sensor precisely measures the air velocity up to 2 m/s (400 ft/min) and simultaneously also the temperature.

According to a recent American Chemistry Council (ACC) report U.S. chemical industry investment linked to shale gas has reached $164 billion.