With an aim to enhance MOL’s steam cracker plant operations and make it more energy efficient, Linde Engineering was awarded a contract for the digitalization of the plant in Tiszaújváros, Hungary.

Evonik has unveiled its plans to develop the mega production plant for bio-based and fully biodegradable rhamnolipids in Slovakia by investing a significant three-digit million-dollar amount. The new plant is expected to come on stream in the next two years.

Nabaltec has plans to invest in the double-digit million range to more than double production capacity of Boehmite at its Schwandorf site in Germany from 10,000 to 25,000 tons per year. The move has been undertaken to meet the growing demands of the lithium-ion battery market.

The multinational technology company will make use of its software, AI and data for developing innovative, sustainable and digital tools for Alfa Laval which will help in the service and maintenance of its plate heat exchangers.

The newly introduced minicon series of plug connectors by R. Stahl offers protection against electrical equipment in hazardous areas and its modular structure can be configured in a number of ways for explosion-protected power supply, bus and Profinet networking.

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is characterised by its high availability at competitive conditions and a lower emission burden compared to the combustion of coal and oil. As it is highly flammable, explosion protection must be guaranteed throughout the entire value chain. R. Stahl supports this sector with explosion-protected products and systems for all process steps from natural gas extraction to liquefaction and transport, all the way through to reconversion and supply.

Under a MOU signed between Siemens and LGES, both the companies will work together to enhance digitized production processes in the field of battery manufacturing. Through this collaboration, they will also promote the process of battery manufacturing intelligence at LGES production facilities across the globe.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of January 2022’ from all over the world. Right from the development of Europe’s most sustainable cracker to Linde starting up the world’s first plant for extracting hydrogen from natural gas pipelines and Microsoft investing 50-million-dollars for building the world’s first alcohol-to-jet SAF plant, find out all the projects making headlines here.

With governments and companies rooting for the circular economy, innovative technologies such as digital twins will further help to build the circular economy. Market researchers predict that the global economy will reach 10.5 % circularity by 2030 and that the digital twin technology will play a vital role in it.

Coperion has designed a compounding line as a complete turnkey solution for Lanxess. The line has helped the company to produce high-performance polyamide compounds at throughputs never achieved before. Built around the ZSK 92 Mc18 twin screw extruder and equipped with special features such as the ASC strand conveying system, the turnkey system ensured a high degree of automation which helped to deliver high output and maintain good product quality.