Air Liquide inaugurated in France, in the frame of the "Connect" project, an operation center that is unique in the industrial gas sector

The scale of US shale gas reserves is conjuring up scenarios that seemed unimaginable just a short time ago. Ammonia plants and crackers are now under construction in a country where the chemical industry appeared to be in terminal decline. Gold fever is currently gripping the plant engineering industry, and everyone wants to be first in line...

Neste and Lyondell Basell jointly announce the first parallel production of bio-based polypropylene and bio-based low-density polyethylene at a commercial scale at the production site in Wesseling, Germany.

Apart from using approved system components, operators have to fulfill a number of obligations to meet the strict requirements of today's explosion protection directives. If this is not sufficient, there is a number of constructive measures available to reach this goal.

Lödige Process Technology presents industry-specific mixing technology and related processing technologies for metallurgical applications at the Metec 2019 (Hall 4 / F23). Particularly ploughshare mixers—which are based on the mechanically generated fluid bed process patented by Lödige—are ideally suited to the manufacture of sinter material and ore mixtures.

A successfully commissioned valve is crucial for trouble free performance. Unfortunately, the period between valve testing and commissioning is when the valve goes through lots of abuse and mishandling leading to non-performance. Here’s an overview of the steps that should be taken in order to safeguard ball valves and ensure performance.

It all started with a customer’s request to pack his cement into tight, water-resistant PE bags — a challenge that Haver & Boecker, specialist for packaging and processing technology, was more than happy to accept. The result is a form-fill-seal system named Haver Adams. This system can not only pack powder-type products, microgranulates and powders into PE bags, but is also able to gently fill products with challenging flow properties.

Lanxess has completed Level 3 Certification in the ZDHC Gateway for all organic leather chemicals and has also become the maiden company to achieve this feat. The firm has also received the Chem-MAP Multi-Site Award.

Construction begun for Ineos' and Sasol's joint venture high-density polyethylene (HDPE) manufacturing plant in in La Porte, Texas. The 470.000 tons/year production plant at the premises of Ineos' Battleground Manufacturing Complex will use the company's Innovene process technology under a license.

The Kaneka Group has drawn up its new medium-term management plan with a special focus on growth strategy, R&B strategy, global strategy and M&A strategy.