Ima Group gave life to a wide number of technologies and platforms dedicated to production monitoring and efficiency increase. In particular, it is worth mentioning about A4gate which is specifically created to tackle cyber-attacks, Ima Sentinel for remote production monitoring 24/7 and Ima Control Room for more sophisticated services.

BASF’s new acetylene plant can produce 90,000 ton of the versatile chemical annually. A byproduct of the process is what is known as acetylene coke. To prevent the coke from clogging the combustion chamber, it is removed by so-called poking robots, specially developed in-house by BASF.

Under its restructuring strategy, CF Fertilisers aims to continue the supply of fertilizer, carbon dioxide and other industrial products to its customers in the UK and for this it plans to shut down its Ince manufacturing facility and focus exclusively on its Billingham manufacturing facility in Teesside.

With the rise in demand for polyalphaolefins (PAO) across the globe, Chevron Phillips Chemical has plans to expand its production capacity by establishing a new plant in Belgium. On completion, the project is expected to double the company’s PAO production capacity to 120,000 MT in the country.

Is it time to dispel outdated notions surrounding the term “digitization?” —  Speakers at the Smart Process Manufacturing Conference, a virtual event organized by PROCESS, described a whole series of reservations or myths. The fact remains: Digitization is not a sprint, but a marathon — and sometimes even combined with a hurdle race. But it is also a fact that the benefits can be immense if tackled correctly.

Fluid Components International’s (FCI) ST80 Thermal Flow Meter Series helps water engineers and plant managers to achieve precision air/gas measurement as well as optimizes their Ozone (O3) disinfection process. The flow meters also assist in reducing maintenance costs.

Solid deposits often have a negative impact on process performance. Learn how Ekato solved these problems by developing an optimised impeller geometry.

China's chemical industry has begun to remove one of the major hurdles to commercialising fuel cell. For the first time, a chemical company in China has succeeded in developing its own process for the production of highly pure by-product hydrogen.

The mega-merger between Sinochem and Chemchina is now official, the move will create the largest chemical company in the world. The new chemical giant in China will have estimated sales of more than 144 billion dollars, thus, making it larger than BASF and Dow combined.

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