Air Liquide has announced that it has closed its divestment of its entities in Czech Republic and Slovakia to Messer. The move is in line with the company’s strategy of focusing its expansion in key regions in order to enhance performance.

The mammoth propane dehydrogenation plant site in Kallo, Belgium has successfully received the propylene splitter which is one of the largest appliances ever delivered to the port of Antwerp in one piece by ship.

Greif has recently announced the launch of its Gcube intermediate bulk container (IBC) containing transparent post-consumer resin (PCR) in the bottle. The inner layer of this sustainable bottle remains 100 per cent virgin high density polyethylene (HDPE), while the two external layers are made from a blend of PCR.

With the rising demand of green hydrogen in the chemical industry, thyssenkrupp is expanding its production capacity of electrolysis cells which can be used in water electrolysis plants. These plants prove beneficial for producing green hydrogen cost-efficiently. Currently, the company can manufacture electrolysis cells with a power consumption of up to 1 GW annually.

PROFIBUS is the only fieldbus system that provides equal support for production and process automation as well as drive technology by leveraging a single, end-to-end communications protocol.

Under the terms of the contract, BP will license its latest generation of PTA technology to Dongying United Petrochemical for the production of purified terephthalic acid in China. The technology will be used at Weilian Chemical’s new plant.

Sinopec Hainan will make use of Lyondell Basell’s Hostalen ACP technology for its new 300 KTA high density polyethylene unit in China. The technology will be used for producing high performance and multi-modal HDPE resins which are used in pressure pipes, films and blow-molding applications.

The Chinese company Cepsa Chemical will build a new production facility for phenol and acetone at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park. The plant utilizes Honeywell's UOP phenol process technology.

Coperion is expanding its proven ZSK extruder series with a new extruder size in pharmaceutical design: As a result, the company now offers the ZSK 26 twin screw extruder that fulfills all of the pharmaceutical industry’s guidelines and covers throughputs of 5-20 kg/h, depending on the application and materials to be processed.

The ‘intrinsic safety’ type of protection covers a wide range of applications and is currently used in systems ranging from simple point-to-point wiring to digital automation for Industry 4.0. Ex i-protected solutions enable direct process data capture in hazardous areas, reduce installation work and can be tested and maintained during ongoing operation.