In response to current market trends, Covestro is further intensifying its cooperation with Tongji University in Shanghai to address the market needs even faster. The Covestro -Tongji Innovation Academy is now expanding its open innovation collaboration by focusing particularly on digitalization, enhancing EV battery performance, and deriving innovative materials to improve car interior air quality as well as exploring the Chinese robotics industry.

British oil multi BP has finished the last major milestones of its refinery upgrading project at Whiting, Indiana, USA. The start–up of a new 102,000 barrel per day coker in mid-November was the last big step in the project, designed to create US $ one billion per annum of additional future operating cash flow.

South Korea's Lotte Chemical will invest 253 billion won ($ 215.82 million) to increase the ethylene production capacity at its southwestern Yeosu plant by 2018, Reuters reports.

“The Masters of the Columns” was our title three years ago, when PROCESS visited the firm Iludest/i-Fischer and subsequently outlined their work. Now these masters are once again attracting attention by presenting a new phase equilibrium device.

For nearly 20 years, Sharplex Filters (India) has been fulfilling the need of filters for various industrial verticals, such as chemical, pharmaceutical, F&B and so on. Their vast experience in the field helps them offer customised solutions to the buyers. Satish V. Khadke, Sharplex’ Managing Director, gives an insight into the emerging market potential and recent technological developments.

Achema is set to be lit up with a veritable fireworks of innovations, as Vega, the German measurement specialists from the Black Forest, have timed it just right for the biggest event in the processing industry calendar to introduce their plics plus instrument concept, an upgrade on plics which has been simplifying the world of measurement technology since 2003.

Safety is the top priority in WFI (Water for Injection) production, but cost efficiency is also an important consideration. Intelligent media flow configurations provide the answer.

Wison Engineering announced that it has been awarded an EPC contract for a new liquefied natural gas project by Astana Trans Oil.

At this year’s easyfairs Schüttgut, Rembe will be presenting EVA High End, a new evaluation electronic system for the company's C-Lever direct flow meter and Uniband belt weigher. Schüttgut 2012 takes place on November 7 and 8, 2012, in Dortmund, Germany

The time is rapidly approaching when oil, gas and coal will no longer be able to satisfy worldwide demand for energy. In response, politicians are forcing the development of renewable and alternative sources of energy. As is the case in conventional process engineering, pumps have a crucial role to play.