Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation announced that it has decided to absorb its consolidated subsidiary The Nippon Synthetic Chemical Industry Co. (NSCI) as of April 1. 2019.

Individual valves or valve terminals to control pneumatically-automated process valves? What are technical and economic advantages of these two methods? How to judge the influences with regard to commissioning? Answering this questions can result in more than 40 percent cost savings.

Production at a nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) plant in Nantong, China, of a Lanxess and TSRC of Taiwan JV has started production. With joint investments of US $ 50 million, the new 30,000 metric tons per year plant caters the world’s biggest and fastest-growing NBR market, with a compound annual growth rate of approximately 10 percent.

Nouryon (formerly Akzo Nobel Specialty Chemicals), Tata Steel and the Port of Amsterdam have joined together to study the feasibility of a large green hydrogen cluster in the Amsterdam region.

“Continuous reliability” is the motto of Berndorf Band, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of process and transport belts. PROCESS has visited the firm. Immerse yourself in a fascinating world of endless belts.

The company has undertaken this move to focus on its two higher growth businesses – Aerospace, Technology, Environmental & Nuclear; and Buildings, Infrastructure & Advanced Facilities.

Bye-bye, naphtha cracker: A new steam cracking process allows petrochemical producers to skip the refining stage in the production of ethylene – with potential cost benefits of hundreds of dollars per ton.

Covestro is developing and marketing new polyether carbonate polyols that are produced with the aid of carbon dioxide. The company now offers the first representative of a new series of thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) containing polyether carbonate polyols based on CO2 technology.

McDermott has been awarded a technology contract for Map Ta Phut Olefins petrochemical plant in Rayong Province, Thailand. The client is a joint venture company of SCG Chemicals Company Limited, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of SCG, and the Dow Chemical Company.

A report by Global Market Insights has predicted the lithographic printing chemicals market to reach 17.5 billion dollars by 2025 owing to the rise of the packaging, publication, and promotion industries.