Syngenta has announced the completion of capacity expansion projects at key sites in Brazil and Switzerland.

Emerson has agreed to acquire UK-based Permasense, a provider of non-intrusive corrosion monitoring technologies for the offshore and onshore oil production, refining, chemical, power, pipelines, metals and mining and other industries.

The company has plans to carry out the production process at its Singaporean subsidiary, Mitsui Phenols Singapore. This move is expected to strengthen and further expand Mitsui Chemicals’ global supply.

The plant has already begun production and aims to generate granulated urea fertiliser as its main product. With this plant, the new ammonia-urea complex is expected to produce 1,200 tonnes of ammonia and 2,000 tonnes of urea per day.

Under the agreement, both the companies will work towards potential synergies in the production of lubricants and coolants. They will also jointly participate in four oil production fields in Abu Dhabi.

Schenck Process has launched a new platform to visualize the status of all machines, no matter if it is Schenck Process- or any other equipment.

The addition of a third crude oil unit in the Beaumont refinery will increase its crude processing capacity by more than 65 per cent, and enhance the refinery’s position thereby establishing it as a leader in the U.S. refining industry.

The UCC Shchekinoazot plant is based on Haldor Topsoe’s integrated methanol and ammonia production methanol+ process. The plant comprises a production capacity of 450,000 tonnes of methanol and 135,000 tonnes of ammonia per year.

Speciality chemical company Perstorp plans to expand onto the 1,6-hexanediol market: The company has successfully entered the production of this key building block in industrial scales, speakers explained.

With the help of Nouryon’s Cid technology, Karpatnaftochim plans to increase and improve its reactor output, while making its production process safer.