Pune-headquartered Kirloskar Ebara Pumps (KEPL), a joint venture of Kirloskar Brothers in India, continues to prove its excellence in kaizen practices by bagging numerous awards and rewards at the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

Pumping is a delicate process — even more when handling media as sensitive as world class wines. While every vineyard will have its own recipe, the challenges they are facing are rather similar: World class vintages need a world class process. With pumping being a crucial step …

After becoming the first licensee of Chevron Phillips Chemical’s proprietary technology for production of metallocene-based polyethylene resins, Repsol has implemented this technology at its plant in Tarragona, Spain.

PQ Group Holdings has entered into an exclusive alliance with KD Corporation to produce polyolefin catalysts from KD’s facilities in the Republic of Korea.

An innovative new liquid gas extraction technology— requires only moderate pressure and leads to improved efficiencies and performance. It offers significant cost savings in small batch applications.

With an investment of 1.39 billion dollars, the new complex is expected to handle an annual production capacity of 200,000 tonnes of polyether polyol. Once completed, the project will make MOL the only integrated producer of polyether polyols in Central and Eastern Europe.

The maxim “Time is money” is particularly appropriate for the current situation in the pharmaceutical industry. The companies here are therefore striving to keep the time to market launch of a product as short as possible. An efficient information management system helps them in this and optimizes the design and operation of a plant. Consequently, they achieve considerable competitive advantages.

United Chemical Company Shchekinoazot Shchekinoazot launched a methanol and ammonia co-production plant licensed by Haldor Topsoe in the Tula region of Russia. The new plant can produce 450,000 tons of methanol and 135,000 tons of ammonia per year and is based on Topsoe’s Imap technology.

Virtual worlds have until now mainly been known from the field of computer games. But through information technology, they have also found their way into industrial automation. What are the opportunities and risks of a production plant in a virtual environment and how can virtualization solutions be implemented?

At Achema, the company has introduced the new crusher Rubato: a high-capacity mill from coarse to fine grinding.