Clean water is more than just nice to have - it's a necessity. Especially in developing countries, huge efforts are undertaken to supply water for population and industry alike.Lanxess has developed a new water treatment technology that involves the stateof-the-art plant as well as advanced software to complete the solution...

What are your natural inclinations? Do you feel more comfortable with a process control system that has a proven track record, or are you by nature receptive to advanced developments and new approaches such as model predictive control, soft sensors and real time optimization? No matter what your natural tendencies may be, this year’s Namur General Meeting broadened the horizon for conservative users and innovators alike.

Sanofi announced plans to evolve its business with the creation of five global business units. The new structure with General Medicines & Emerging Markets, Specialty Care, Diabetes & Cardiovascular, Sanofi Pasteur and Merial will be implemented beginning in January 2016.

By 2020, on-purpose propylene technologies could account for 20 percent of the global propylene production: As petrochemical production shifts towards, ethane, new sources of propylene supply are needed.

Bechtel will supply coker technology for the Rijeka refinery in Urinj, Croatia. Site operator INA Industrija Nafte will use Bechtel’s Thru Plus coking technology, a proprietary process for upgrading heavy oil into high-value, light hydrocarbon liquids, for its new delayed coking unit complex.

The biggest glue factory in the world starts up the production line: After inauguration in September, the new plant of Henkel expands the company's production capacity in a major emerging market and delivers innovative adhesive technologies more quickly to customers in China and the Asia-Pacific region...

JGC will provide its proprietary hydrogen sulfide and sodium sulfide production process technology for customers in China: The Japanese company has signed a license agreement with with Zhejiang Engineering Design, to serve as a proxy for licensing the technology to Chinese clients.

Kalika orders milling technology from Siemens: The Indian steel producer plans to use Siemens rolling mill equipment for its 250,000 tons per year Jalna plant in the state of Maharashtra...

As for any complex process, the devil is in the detail, and, in manufacturing, there are few exceptions. Here is where a system's smallest components can make or break a company's financial targets for success. To improve the operational efficiency of o-rings, gaskets diaphragms, valves and pump stators, perfluoroelastomer seals may be the right choice.

Pluss Polymers, a polymers research and manufacturing company involved in the field of specialty polymeric additives and phase change materials for thermal energy storage, is starting a new manufacturing unit at Bawal in October 2013.