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.

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.

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.

In a recent report by Vertex Hydrogen, the company has provided the details of developing the low carbon hydrogen production project in the UK. Under the project, natural gas, refinery fuel gas will be converted into low carbon hydrogen and carbon dioxide will be captured and permanently stored under the sea bed.

Exxon Mobil has plans to transform its business structure by combining its chemical and downstream companies and centralizing technology and engineering, and other support services. Under the new streamlined structure, the company will be organized along three business lines – Upstream Company, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions which will help the firm to enhance integration, grow value and reduce costs.

Versalis has begun the production of bioethanol at its Crescentino plant in Italy. The facility complies with the European legislation for the development of renewable energy RED II and makes use of the Proesa technology to produce sustainable bioethanol.

Sumitomo Chemical has decided to build additional production lines for its liquid crystal polymer Sumikasuper at its plant in Ehime, Japan. The liquid crystal polymer will be produced at Sumitomo Chemical’s Ehime plant and at the Harima plant of its subsidiary Taoka Chemical in Japan. This expansion will increase the group’s production capacity by about 30 percent. The new production lines are scheduled for completion in summer 2023.