Have we learned our lesson? The emerge of digital plant automation has not only increased efficiency and versatility but also our vulnerability to cyber attacs – one of the major trends at this year’s PMA in Antwerp.

The Linde Group has been selected by Braskem as the lead engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractor to build a new world-scale polypropylene (PP) production line in Texas.

PQ Group aims to expand its current polyolefin catalysts portfolio and also target new customers with this move. Catalysts continue to be a strategic growth platform for the firm.

The collaboration between Dow and Evonik aims to bring the unique technology to market maturity. For this purpose, the firms have also planned to build a pilot plant in Hanau, Germany which is expected to be constructed by 2020.

Giacomo Sasselli will join the leadership team of Korean Songwon Industrial as the company's Executive Vice President for Corporate Manufacturing and Engineering.

Honeywell’s C3 Oleflex technology which converts propane to propylene will be used by Zibo Qixiang Tengda Chemical Co. (QTXD) in order to meet the growing demand of plastic in China.

The automatically cleanable ‘Easy Clean flow’ magnet from Goudsmit Magnetics of Waalre recently underwent a redesign. This magnetic separator removes metal particles and weakly magnetic stainless steel particles from powders as fine as 30 µm in the food, chemical, ceramic and plastic industries.

Arkema announces an investment plan of some $ 343 million over five years in the biosourced polyamide 11 chain, which is used in particular in automotive, 3D-printing, and in consumer goods markets such as sports and electronics.

With an investment of 16 million dollars, St1’s mega project is the firm’s largest single investment till date. The new plant will be built in Sweden and ÅF Pöyry’s service will include all engineering disciplines, procurement and scheduling services.

Uhde Inventa-Fischer has been awarded a major contract from the Polish chemical group Grupa Azoty to build a polyamide 6 plant. The multiline plant will be built at the company’s headquarters in Tarnow, Poland, and will have a total capacity of 80,000 metric tons per year of polyamide 6 for film applications and engineering plastics.