How to reduce contamination from iron fragments, sand, and mineral particles in recycled cooling water — Production downtime tears a hole in manufacturers pockets. Preventing interruptions is therefore a main topic on the agenda of each production manager. Read in this article how the right filtration solution could reduce contamination in recycled cooling water and protect from system shut-downs and production loss.

Borealis strenghtens its melamine and fertilizer production facilities in Linz, Austria. The heart of the so-called "Linz 2020" programme is a EUR 80 million investment package to boost the overall long-term competitiveness of the Linz location.

The EU chemicals sector continues to register positive growth in 2018, Cefic reports. According to the European Chemical Industry Council, chemicals output was up 1.1 % between January and May, while chemicals prices climbed 2.3 % during the same period.

Turkey is expected to be Europe's next–door emerging market: With its unique position between orient and occident and its focus on progress the country is set for growth. Projects in Turkey's emerging pharmaceutical industry offer great chances but also distinctive challenges – Chemgineering provided qualification and validation support for a Turkish pharmaceutical company in building a new plant for contract manufacturing. Read what two participants from Business and Technology Design experienced there.

Petroleum engineers responsible for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) operations will find the ST100 Series Thermal Flow Meter from Fluid Components International (FCI) provide precision CO2 gas mass flow measurement in a highly reliable and fully Hazex agency approved no-moving parts instrument.

Ten years after starting Saltigo is one of the world’s leading exclusive synthesis specialists. Its business development is based on know-how and experience, proprietary synthesis processes and a wide range of technologies and products. Now the company is to be invested around EUR 60 million in expanding the Leverkusen site by the end of 2017.

Lanxess announced plans to sell its remaining 50 % stake in Arlanxeo to its joint venture partner Saudi Aramco. The two companies, that founded Arlanceo in 2016 as a 50:50 joint venture for synthetic rubber, signed a respective agreement.

After the traditional blockbuster era the new blockbusters are specialty medicines — This may change the manufacturing strategy for many pharmaceutical companies and it means new opportunities and challenges for pharmaceutical manufacturing. But today’s technology and equipment require rethinking of the industry to meet the demands of the “new pharma reality”. Who is going to make the pace?

Liquids terminaling and logistics provider Moda Midstream has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Oxy Ingleside Energy Center and certain crude oil and LPG infrastructure from Occidental Petroleum Corporation.

With an increasingly tight competition and small margins the cosmetics industry is forced to consider to boost productivity with bigger and more efficient facilities. Ekato's new SRC 10.000 combines agitation and homogenisation for highly viscose emulsions for a productive, flexible and easily reproducable product processing.