The groundbreaking ceremony was hosted to celebrate the final phase of the methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) expansion project at its Verbund site in Geismar, Louisiana, USA. The project is expected to increase production capacity to approximately 600,000 metric tons annually to meet the growing demands of its MDI customers in the North American region.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of February 2023’ from all over the world. Right from Europe’s most sustainable cracker securing a funding of 3.5 billion euros to Exxonmobil investing 2-billion-dollars for expanding its Baytown chemical plant in the US, find out all the projects making headlines here.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of January 2023’ from all over the world. Right from inaugurating one of the world’s largest plants for krypton, xenon production to developing the world's largest low-carbon hydrogen facility, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Bentley Systems has recently launched itwin Experience, itwin Capture, and itwin IOT to extend its itwin platform. The new solutions are expected to empower Bentley Infrastructure Cloud and advance the company’s engineering applications.

Inosim has introduced Version 13 of its Process Simulation Software which offers Inosim Bicon. This enables one to better analyze the complex, dynamic behavior of the production plant and its interdependent processes. The latest version also comes with the Inosim Foresight system which forecasts the future state of a plant, based on high-precision digital twins.

Siemens Digital Industries Software has joined hands with sustamize and developed the new Teamcenter Carbon Footprint Calculator software which helps companies to measure, simulate, reduce and track their product carbon footprint early on in the development phase.

Circularise and ISCC have announced a joint project under which numerous companies will test a pilot blockchain-based digital system with certification procedures to validate sustainability claims in the chemicals sector.

Digital pumps are here to stay: A recent study shows that the market for digital and connected pumps could nearly double in size within the next decade. But which trends and developments drive the market and what to expect of the next decade?

Diosna has recently introduced an innovative IOT solution for the food industry which is capable of optimizing process flows in manufacturing. The solution is available 24x7 and has the ability to transform existing manufacturing processes into Industry 4.0 processes.

Siemens made its presence felt at the Achema 2022 trade fair through the show’s Green Innovation Zone and Digital Hub. The company focussed on the topics of chemical recycling and hydrogen at the event.