Técnicas Reunidas has bagged a contract for project management, engineering, procurement and construction management and supervision services for Ineos’ mega ethylene facility in Europe. Claimed to be a milestone project in the European chemical sector, the plant will be built in the Belgian port of Antwerp and will have a production capacity of 1.5 million tons annually.

Fujian Petrochemical has announced that the world's largest ethylene project to date will be realised together with Saudi chemical giant Sabic. The plant in the Chinese province of Fujian is expected to produce 1.5 million tonnes of ethylene per year.

Under the European Green Deal, the EU chemical industry is looking to develop a more sustainable and green industry with the incorporation of clean technologies and solutions in the sector. PROCESS Worldwide shares the many dynamics of this significant market.

Exxonmobil has developed an innovative methanol-to-jet SAF technology by using renewable methanol as feedstock. The move is aimed at decarbonizing the aviation industry and achieving a net-zero future.

Braskem and Haldor Topsoe have recently achieved their first demo-scale production of bio-based monoethylene glycol (MEG) from sugar in Denmark. This confirms the potential for large-scale production of renewable MEG by making use of the Mosaik technology.

Fintoil has partnered with Emerson and Neste Engineering Solutions to optimize operations at its under construction biorefinery in Finland. Automation software and advanced digital technologies will be installed at the plant which is expected to produce advanced biofuel and biochemical feedstocks that will assist in reducing emissions.

A time and space-saving combination of process steps in one mixing reactor — In industrial production processes, chemical reactions are generally part of a multi-stage process chain comprising both the synthesis process itself and a number of processing steps before and after. The vacuum mixing reactors of Lödige Process Technology make it possible to perform several of these steps one after the other in the same machine.

Why do you only need to remember one radar level sensor from now on? Whether you’re dealing with liquid or bulk material, whether at 6 GHz, 26 GHz or 80 GHz — in future, one radar sensor will cover all applications. It couldn’t be simpler, promise the radar experts at Vega, who have one thing in mind above all: better processes for the user.

Dow and Shell have achieved a significant milestone by starting up the e-cracking furnace experimental unit in the Netherlands. With this project, the companies aim to decarbonize one of the most critical petrochemical manufacturing processes.

Kubota Corporation has taken over Brabender Technologie, one of the largest gravimetric feeding system firms in the world. With this move, the company intends to further expand its business in the gravimetric and volumetric feeder market.