The mega-merger between Sinochem and Chemchina is now official, the move will create the largest chemical company in the world. The new chemical giant in China will have estimated sales of more than 144 billion dollars, thus, making it larger than BASF and Dow combined.

Shorter planning and construction times, more flexible utilization options through rapid modifications, and everything as energy-efficient as possible: The Enpro initiative (Energy Efficiency and Process Acceleration for the Chemical Industry) is opening up interesting options for the process industries with its various development projects. New designs for pumps also offer undreamed-of opportunities, as the first modular concepts and the Hector project show. We explain how tomorrow’s pumps may be both modular and energy-efficient.

Global chemical company OQ Chemicals has signed a final investment decision to build additional propionaldehyde capacity and infrastructure. This will support methacrylate producer Röhm in the construction of a large-scale methyl methacrylate (MMA) production plant.

BASF’s new acetylene plant can produce 90,000 ton of the versatile chemical annually. A byproduct of the process is what is known as acetylene coke. To prevent the coke from clogging the combustion chamber, it is removed by so-called poking robots, specially developed in-house by BASF.

China wants to accelerate the concentration of its petrochemical industry into five industrial clusters. The ‘big five’ are listed in the People's Republic's just published new five-year plan. The China Market Insider Report presents them in detail.

With the rise in demand for polyalphaolefins (PAO) across the globe, Chevron Phillips Chemical has plans to expand its production capacity by establishing a new plant in Belgium. On completion, the project is expected to double the company’s PAO production capacity to 120,000 MT in the country.

Air-Operated Double-Diaphragm (AODD) pumps can be used for numerous applications and their unique characteristics such as simple start-up, self-priming capability, overload-proof, etc make them all the more attractive amongst industry players.

Shanghai Chemical Industry Park Industrial Gases, a subsidiary of Air Liquide, will invest more than 204 million dollars to build two hydrogen production units and related infrastructure in Shanghai Chemical Industry Park.

Speciality chemicals company Solvay has announced its plans to invest in a new facility to produce electronic grade hydrogen peroxide (eH2O2) in Casa Grande, USA, to supply the growing U.S. semiconductor manufacturing market.

Hydrowatt is presenting its radial pump portfolio at the trade fair. One of the product highlights at the show is the hermetically sealed radial piston pumps which have an integrated and extensible elastomeric sleeve.