Permanently magnetically coupled centrifugal pumps with borosilicate canister—The most central topic in the development of magnetically coupled pumps is the improvement of energy efficiency. Newly developed magnetically coupled centrifugal pumps with a borosilicate canister are an energy-efficient alternative to all conventional pumps with mechanical seals.

CB&I has been selected by HPCL Mittal Energy (HMEL) for the license and basic engineering of a 1,200 kta mixed feeds ethylene plant for the Guru Gobind Singh refinery in Bathinda, India.

The specialty materials company Celanese sees the growing demand for low-VOC (volatile organic compounds) paints in Southeast Asia and will meet this with a new vinyl acetate ethylene (VAE) emulsions production unit.

Sintered metal filter elements have been successfully used in different applications for years. Asymmetric metallic membrane elements have various advantages over standard sintered metal filter cartridges. Here’s an overview of how the overall performance of these filters has been improved.

Air Liquide, one of the world's biggest air separation companies, has lined up an investment of about US $2 billion to ramp up production in India over the next 10 years. The investment would be pumped in through the company's Indian subsidiary, Air Liquide India located in Delhi.

Some valve makers fear emerging markets, others place their bets on them. Competition from companies from threshold countries is growing rapidly, yet at the same time demand for machinery and plants from industrialized Western countries is high in order to maintain the upswing. One thing is certain—success has pampered emerging markets in the past years, even when other states were slightly weakened.

In the age of digitization Chemical Distribution is facing new challenge. International trading platform like Alibaba and Amazon Business are changing the rules. Now, the German start up Pinpools has created an independent B2B platform to connect chemical business.

Beumer Group will exhibit its expertise as a system provider for complete high-capacity packaging lines at Powtech. The Group optimises the performance of each machine, its components and the high-level controls to ensure high throughput of the lines for (petro) chemical products and building materials.

Airgas has signed a long-term agreement to build an air separation unit (ASU) to supply tonnage oxygen and nitrogen via pipeline to Westlake Vinyls, a Westlake company, at its expanded Calvert City, Kentucky manufacturing complex.

With an aim to tackle dairy waste issues, the EU-funded project, Agri Chem Whey plans to valorise over 25,000 tonnes per annum, of excess Whey Permeate and De-lactosed Whey Permeate at its first-of-a-kind bio-refinery.