Air Products has entered into a JV with the Debang Group to build, own and operate a coal-to-syngas processing facility in the Jiangsu Province of China. Under the terms of the agreement, Air Products will own 80 % of the JV while the remaining 20 % will be with the Debang Group.

Saudi Aramco and Air Liquide Arabia have signed a new long-term nitrogen supply agreement for Saudi Aramco’s operations in Qurayyah, Saudi Arabia. The nitrogen will be used by Saudi Aramco in the processing of seawater related to oil production.

Dupont Electronics & Imaging has entered into an agreement with South Korean firm SK Siltron to sell its Compound Semiconductor Solutions business. The transaction is expected to close towards the end of this year.

All machines that process food have areas that pose different levels of contamination risk: the product-contact area, the splash area and the product-free area. A new series of hygienic sensors by Pepperl+Fuchs tries to meet the requirements for cleanliness and hygiene of the food industries with three different technologies: Ultrasonic, inductive and optical sensors.

Mexichem has recently announced that it has changed its name to Orbia. The company has also introduced its new innovative logo concept – the Impact Mark which aims to measure the firm’s progress against six factors related to people, planet, and profit.

According to Rembe, the C-Lever direct flow meter for solid materials is the first weighing system that truly fulfills the function of weighing. Optimal measuring accuracy is achieved by applying fundamental physical principles. The system is completely unfazed by density, friction, particles and flow rate fluctuations.

The Maag Group, comprising Maag Pump Systems, Automatik, Gala Industries, Reduction Engineering Scheer and, since 2018, Ettlinger Kunststoffmaschinen, is enhancing its systems expertise by focusing on Centers of Excellence.

National Oilwell Varco announced entering into a memorandum of understanding with Saudi Aramco to form a joint venture in Saudi Arabia. The joint venture will manufacture high-specification land rigs, rig and drilling equipment, and offer certain aftermarket services.

Pembina and Petrochemical Industries Company of Kuwait have announced that they have made decisive progress on the realization of an integrated propylene and polypropylene production facility in Sturgeon County, Alberta.

JGC Corporation, Ebara Environmental Plant, Ube Industries, and Showa Denko announced that they started a study of collaboration for an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) business for plastic waste gasification facilities utilizing the Ebara Ube Process (EUP).