With the ‘China Market Insider’ format, PROCESS reports regularly on the Chinese chemical and pharmaceutical market. (Source: ©sezerozger - stock.adobe.com)
China Market Insider

China Aims to Conquer the Global MDI Market

China's largest MDI producer, Wanhua Chemical, continues to expand its market share. The company already dominates the global MDI market ahead of Covestro and BASF. It will continue to expand its capacities in the coming years, reports the Chinese chemical newspaper Zhongguo Huagong Xinxi Zhoukan. What does this mean for the global market?

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The top 10 chemical companies in China making headlines.  (Source:©Jegas RA - stock.adobe.com)
China Market Insider

The Top 10 Chemical Companies in China

The world’s largest chemical company will soon be in China! The merger of chemical giants Sinochem and ChemChina has recently been approved, thus, paving the way for Sinochem Holdings, a mighty single organisation with estimated sales of more than 144 billion dollars! In this background, we bring to you the top 10 chemical companies in China making headlines.

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Marc Dittmann, Process Development, Senior Engineer Electronics Integrated Supply Chain at Merck KGaA (Source:Merck KGaA)
Interview with Merck

Competitive Advantages Through Modular Plant Engineering

The Smart Factory has received an important boost at Merck. Soon, the company will have a live system based on MTP (Module Type Package) automation in production for the very first time. In this way, the specialty chemicals group aims to become a leader in modular production systems. Marc Dittmann, Process Development, Senior Engineer Electronics Integrated Supply Chain at Merck KGaA, explains his company’s work on the Enpro project.

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A Lanxess employee performing an installation check for Laux operations in Uerdingen. All the important information can be retrieved at a few clicks of a button because all the piping and instrumentation flow diagrams for the plant and all the process control technology data are available in Comos.  (Bild: Lanxess)
Digitalization

How Lanxess is driving forward digital transformation

Specialty chemicals company Lanxess is taking on a mammoth task and digitalizing all its process engineering, electrical engineering and automation documentation — including lifecycle management. Uniform plant and project documentation and comprehensive data management will increase quality and efficiency in production and maintenance operations going forward.

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