Petrofac has appointed Mohammed Ghazi Al-Mutairi in Kuwait owing to the numerous projects undertaken by the company in the Gulf country. The petite nation also holds strategic importance for the firm.

Integra 520 V is the fastest of the robotic blister packaging lines made by Marchesini. It is a perfect fit for the new labeller by Neri BLA 525 and the new fast bundler FA 04 by Multipack, which are both built to manage the flow of 500 cartons a minute.

Total, Novatek and other project shareholders have announced the launch of Arctic LNG 2, a major LNG development in Russia. The project is expected to have a production capacity of 19.8 million tonnes per year and will be exporting its first LNG cargo by 2023.

Unicyte, the regenerative medicine company with translational programmes aims to use the huge amount to commence clinical trials of its first product candidates in 2020. The capital will also be used to establish the required manufacturing processes.

Solvay announced that it is further focussing its activities by selling its refrigerant business and pharma propellants in Frankfurt, Germany, to the Japanese Daikin.

Under the terms of the agreement, Saudi Aramco will expand its downstream investment in the Zhejiang Free Trade Zone. The MOU also includes a long-term crude oil supply agreement and the ability to utilise Zhejiang Petrochemical’s large crude oil storage facility to serve its customers in Asia.

Following a construction phase lasting 20 months, Wacker has brought a new spray dryer for the production of dispersible polymer powders on stream in Ulsan, South Korea. The plant is part of an ongoing site expansion aimed at boosting the company’s production capacity for dispersions and dispersible polymer powders in Asia.

Ineos Technologies recently announced that its Bichlor membrane technology has been selected by Olin Corporation for the conversion of their Charleston, Tennessee site.

A new research by the Duke and Kent State universities provides surprising results: Although hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") consumes less water than conventional gas wells, the waste water can still overstress local disposal and cleaning systems...

Lonza announced the acquisition of Hansa Biomed Life Sciences, based in Tallinn, Estonia, and a strategic investment into Exosomics Siena, Italy.