The new stringent quality standard ISO 13485-2016 is expected to become mandatory for device manufacturers. The firm has adopted this strategy across three of its sites in USA, Europe and Asia.

Gea has developed high-temperature filters with ceramic elements that enable the removal of NOx, dioxins, mercury and VOC through an integrated catalyst matrix. Bis Cat ceramic catalyst filters are chemically inert and corrosion-resistant. This means that for many applications only one single system is required instead of three.

Archroma recently announced the introduction of a new optical brightening agent (OBA) specially designed for food packaging and paper, Leucophor AFCN liq. The newly launched OBA has been approved for food contact by the US Food and Drug Administration.

Toyo has been awarded a contract to construct a 650,000 tonne per year ethylene and polyethylene plant in Russia as well as an EPC project in Thailand.

With a capacity of 80,000 tonnes, the plant will be the first to produce PIB in the Kingdom. The specialty chemical project will also be a part of the large-scale Amiral petrochemical complex in Jubail.

Carried out for Kiilto Oy’s production facility in Finland, the aim of the simulation was to understand the functioning of the facility's polymerising reactor in possible disturbances.

Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded a contract by Singapore Refining Company (SRC), a joint venture between Singapore Petroleum Company and Chevron.

Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing with regard to all types of plastics has kicked off at Friedrichshafen on October 14, 2014. The ‘plastics processing showcase’, which places second in global rankings for its sector, presents the entire process sequence beginning with R&D, right on up to mass production of plastic part.

Right application of blowers and compressors is very essential for the most optimised performance. A good system layout offers more power saving and higher efficiency. It is also important to make sure that proper care is taken during piping design and installation.

The soniccatch, an add-on for various process-sensors, is used to catch small particles in industrial liquids and present the resulting agglomerates to the process-probes. The Viennese start-up use-PAT has developed the technology.