Invista plans to invest more than US $100 in a new Lycra Fibre production facility in Paulínia in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. The new production plant is expected to open in late 2012 with construction work beginning immediately.

Shell recently announced that a Technip Samsung Consortium (TSC) will do the detailed design and construction of Shell's floating liquified natural gas facility Prelude FLNG.

Akzo Nobel and chemicals manufacturing company Atul have formally agreed the joint venture partnership announced last year for the production of monochloroacetic acid (MCA) in India.

KBR announced it was awarded a contract by Cambodian Petrochemical (CPC) to provide licensing and engineering services for the Veba Combi Cracker (VCC) Unit to be implemented in the Kampong Som Petrochemical Industrial Zone of Cambodia. Tianjin Petrochemical Engineering Design (TPED), the EPC Contractor for the Unit, executed the agreements on behalf of CPC.

When handling corrosive medias like hot acids, heat transfer can be a difficult task. It is tricky to find a heat exchanger that is corrosion resistant, efficient and cost effective. Tantaline, a producer of tantalum surface alloys for hot acid environments, recently announced the introduction of a tantalum alloyed heat exchange unit to cover this need.

CP Kelco announced that it is investing in the expansion of its gellan gum production capacities in China and the USA. The measures are to enhance the supplier's flexibility to meet global demand variability and mitigate potential supply chain risks.

Hyosung aims to become among the top three producers of carbon fibers in the world. With the heavy investment, the firm plans to expand its production capacity from the current 2,000 metric tonnes a year to 24,000 metric tonnes.

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The unmistakable trend towards the Conti process in pharmaceutical solid dosage production requires intelligent approaches. Continuous direct compression with Glatt’s Modcos system fulfills every wish for an economic and stable process. Continuous Direct Compression is a lean, effective and economic process.

Against the backdrop of the restructuring of its refining capacities, mineral oil companies are often anticipating a mammoth task: the complete dismantling of a production site. The fact that a sustainable and economically viable concept for a site conversion can be successfully implemented is exemplified by the dismantling of the Ingolstadt Refinery — a pioneering project