Under a joint project, Sibur will make use of Brochesia’s ‘B View’ solution for its Network Modernization-Digitalization’ transformation project. The solution enabled the Russian petrochemicals company to enhance its production processes through Augmented Reality and Remote Assistance.

ABB offers a suite of remote-enabled solutions for customers in critical industries in order to operate facilities and keep production running in the background of Coronavirus. With these digital solutions, field operators and service engineers can now stay at home and get access to control rooms and key performance indicators of their plants.

Selection and configuration of centrifugal pumps — Even though it doesn’t make happy reading for manufacturers of displacement pumps, centrifugal pumps are generally regarded as the workhorse of the process industry — with an estimated market share of around 80 %. And workhorses need to be properly looked after, meaning that operators can reduce trouble down the line with a more careful selection and configuration of centrifugal pumps. Here are some ideas and suggestions for this …

Situated in Dalian City, China, the PTA line boasts of a capacity of 2.5 million tonnes per annum and makes use of Invista’s P8 PTA technology. The line also produces benzoic acid as a co-product.

The new polyethylene unit (PE3) is expected to produce 270,000 tonnes of modern high-density polyethene granulate per year. The PE3 facility has been awarded the highest investment ever in the history of Czech Republic’s chemical industry.

Located in Germany, the new units will produce raw materials for Nouryon’s biodegradable chelates. Ineos will operate and maintain the new facilities which are scheduled to be completed in 2021-2022.

Endress+Hauser has expanded its center of competence for advanced analysis in Lyon, France. The Group invested 2 million euros in a new production facility and office space to meet the growing demand in the area of advanced process analyses.

With this acquisition, Akzo Nobel intends to expand its presence in Sub-Saharan Africa. Mauvilac has also handed over a local production facility, four concept stores and access to a strong distribution network to the Netherlands based company.

Kinetrex Energy, EDL and South Side Landfill have collaborated to establish the mega facility – Indy High BTU plant – in Indiana, USA. The plant is expected to convert landfill methane gas into approximately 8 million gallons of renewable natural gas annually and also reduce greenhouse gas air emissions in the region.

Global Data offers an insight into two of the core problems—waste and carbon—which the pharma industry faces today along with its possible solutions. Allie Nawrat, a senior medical reporter with Global Data shares her viewpoint on this.