Technip Energies has won an Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning (EPCC) contract by Petronas Chemicals Group Berhad to develop a 60,000 ton per annum greenfield melamine plant which will be integrated into the company’s existing complex in Malaysia. The project will make use of the Casale Low Energy Melamine technology and the CO2 generated in the melamine production process will be recycled.

In line with BASF’s ambitious climate targets announced earlier, the company has now come up with a detailed action plan to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 25 % by 2030 and aims to reach its goal of net zero emissions globally by 2050.

Perstorp has submitted a 107-million-dollar application to the EU Innovation Fund for Project Air which comprises the development of a sustainable methanol production facility in Stenungssund, Sweden. The project has the potential to reduce global CO2 emissions by 400,000 tons.

The NA6 Sodium Analyzer from Electro Chemical Devices (ECD) is equipped with an advanced glass electrode sensor that measures sodium in water to the parts per billion, parts per million or milligram per liter levels and is used across various industries such as pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, H2 electrolysis, steam turbine and boiler water, electronics, refineries, etc.

Trinseo has teamed up with global technology provider Synova and global engineering services company Worley to establish the mega chemical recycling plant which is expected to process 15 kilotons of recycled polystyrene flakes every year. The flakes will then be converted into high quality recycled styrene to enable further production of polystyrene.

Técnicas Reunidas and Axens have entered into an agreement to develop CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage) facilities that will make use of technologies from Axens. The carbon capture technology solutions are expected to reduce direct emissions from industries.

The 2022 edition of Ipack-Ima is just around the corner. Taking place in Milan from May 3–6, the event marks the return of exhibitors and visitors, serving as a meeting point for demand and supply of processing technologies, packaging solutions and materials. Valerio Soli, President of Ipack Ima, tells us about the many meanings of an exhibition that brings together the various stakeholders in a complex production chain.

One of Sun European Partners' subsidiaries has completed the sale of its stake in Elix Polymers, a European producer of ABS polymers (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene) and derivatives, to Sinochem International for $ 224 million.

The Fluid Components International’s (FCI) FLT93 Series Flow Switch is SIL-2 rated and assists in protecting pricey pumps from dry running conditions which shorten their lives.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of February 2022’ from all over the world. Right from China’s first megaton CCUS project to developing Europe’s first lithium refinery, find out all the projects making headlines here.