The European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) has requested to hold talks with the European Commission to jointly develop a ‘EU Chemical Industry Transition Pathway’ to assist the industry to transform into a cleaner and more sustainable one. The move has been undertaken in the background of Cefic’s recent study on the business impacts of the Commission’s ‘EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability’ policy.

Elobau’s stainless-steel immersion float switch has the capability to monitor tank applications and empty and overflow control in process engineering. The freely configurable one-size-fits-all solution is suitable for level measurement of water, oil and chemicals.

By investing in DMC Biotechnologies, Solvay Ventures has made the company its first portfolio company in biotechnology. The biotech firm offers robust and predictably scalable biocatalysts through microbial fermentation which leads to the production of cost-competitive bio-based chemicals for numerous applications.

With this acquisition, Clariant aims to expand its Functional Minerals business in the Americas and further enhance the company’s position in renewable fuels purification. The deal is expected to close in summer this year.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of November 2021’ from all over the world. Right from building one of the world’s lowest carbon-emitting crackers to developing a new novel methane-reducing feed additive manufacturing plant, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Saint-Gobain has plans to take over Rockwool India from the Alghanim group. The soon to be acquired firm offers numerous insulation products for thermal, acoustic and fire safety applications as well as has two manufacturing facilities in India with a total capacity of around 50,000 tons. With this move, the company plans to enter into the country’s stone wool insulation market.

LAR Process Analysers has further developed its proven Total Organic Carbon (TOC) analyzer with UV persulfate oxidation – QuickTOCuv. The new QuickTOCuv II, a measuring device for continuous online determination of total carbon (TC), total organic carbon, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) in pure water, now comes with improved features.

Thyssenkrupp Uhde’s Envinox technology has been installed at the specialty chemicals company Arxada in Switzerland. The unique technology is expected to reduce the chemical firm’s annual emissions of laughing gas by at least 98 %, thus saving up to 600,000 tons of CO2-equivalents annually.

The safe and sustainable supply of high-quality water is a major challenge for municipal authorities - and all the more so in view of growing urbanization. Domo Chemicals, a leading manufacturer of polyamide-based plastics, has a range of solutions specially designed for such applications. Together with the pump supplier Wilo, added value is to be created for water processes.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of December 2021’ from all over the world. Right from MOL Group and DCM Shriram digitalizing its plant operations to one of the world’s largest polymer production plants set for completion, find out all the projects making headlines here.