Worley Parsons has been awarded a project management consultancy (PMC) contract by Persero in Indonesia and an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Chevron for the China Manufacturing Plant Project in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China.

Mitsui Elastomers Singapore, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsui based in Singapore, plans to raise its production capacity for Tafmer high-performance elastomers.

Lyondell Basell announced that Qingdao Jinneng New Material has selected their polypropylene fifth generation Spheripol technology for a 450 KTA unit to be constructed in their petrochemical complex in Qingdao City, Shandong Province, China.

The planned merger of Praxair and Linde threatens to fail on the demands of the US antitrust body. Apparently, the FTC is demanding further asset sales, which could exceed the self-imposed limit the two companies agreed on. Linde and Praxair set the threshold for divestment of assets at $ 4.3 billion.

Dopla, one of Europe’s major producers of plastic tableware and disposable food containers, has chosen Robuschi vacuum pumps based on screw compressor technology for its thermoforming operations. The new Robox WS 65/2V/3F screw vacuum compressor unit has improved process efficiency while reducing consumption of both power and water.

At Powtech 2016 from 19 to 21 April in Nuremberg, trade visitors can experience first-hand an entire range of mechanical processes. Furthermore they will have free access to an extensive supporting programme including latest information about the growing Indian market and various opportunities available at the India Day.

Process digitalization: The Solvay/Butachimie chemical platform in Chalampé is an illustrative example for the factory of the future — Using the simulation tool Simit from Siemens the company realizes the changeover from the previously used process control system to the PCS 7 system, which is a Siemens tool too.

The benefits of using air-operated double-diaphragm (AODD) pumps are not unheard of. However, figuring out which one in the market best suits your needs might be a cumbersome activity. This article presents the results of headto-head comparisons between the top AODD pumps and the final data acquired during those tests. The results will help illustrate the impact differing ADS technologies have on air consumption, energy use and overall flow rate.

Hoerbiger of Switzerland continues its shopping spree with the acquisition of Brilex, a German manufacturer of explosion relief venting products.

Toyo Engineering Corporation was awarded an expansion of naphtha cracking furnaces project from Maruzen Petrochemical, which is intended to increase ethylene production at its Chiba plant.