Bio Live’s findings have been carried out in relation to the world’s first ever biopharma league table. On the basis of a number of characteristics, the table calculates the status of leading bio manufacturing countries across the globe.

Gea has delivered two centrifuges for monoethylene glycol (Meg) purification at BP’s West Nile Delta offshore natural gas field in Egypt.

Ineos Styrolution has signed an acquisition agreement with Total for two polystyrene (PS) production sites in China. The deal includes the purchase of the wholly owned Chinese PS business including two production sites in Ningbo and Foshan and two related offices in Guangzhou and Shanghai.

Bio Live, the new bioprocessing and manufacturing event running alongside this year’s Cphi Worldwide — announced the initial findings of the first biopharma league table, which evaluates the reputations of major bio manufacturing countries across a number of characteristics.

Technip was awarded a contract to provide project management by Air Products. The contract includes engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for a new industrial gas complex for Bharat Petroleum Corporation – Kochi Refinery (BPCL-KR) located in the state of Kerala, India.

To expand its petrochemical business, the firm has installed a new reformed gasoline xylene recovery equipment at the refinery which is capable of producing 170,000 tonnes of mixed xylene per year.

Wacker Chemie officially opened its new polysilicon production site in the US State of Tennessee. The ceremony in Charleston was attended by numerous guests from politics, business and government.

The agreement has been signed with the Guangdong Provincial People’s Government in order to take the proposed project forward. Once, completed, the complex is expected to meet the country’s demand for chemical products.

Solvay Aroma Performance, manufacturer of diphenol and derivatives intermediates, plans to increase its capacity of hydroquinone (HQ) production in China in 2018.

The Japan-based company has decided to go ahead with this facility investment as it intends to expand its production capacity for silicone monomer and other related end products not only within the country but its global bases as well.