The scope of work includes engineering, procurement, fabrication, and construction of the HDPE plant. Capable of producing 625,000 tonnes per year, the facility is expected to be complete by 2021.

OPW Engineered Systems’ Dave Morrow will be giving a presentation titled ‘Are You Selecting the Right Coupler for Your Application?’ at this year's Hose+Coupling World Expo Americas. In addition to this, the firm will also be displaying its portfolio of industry-leading couplings and product-containment systems.

PAI Partners announced the transfer of their interest in Perstorp from PAI Europe IV to a new fund managed by PAI Partners and backed by Landmark Partners and other co-investors. As a part of the deal, the investors of the new fund have agreed to commit approx. $ 150 million for investment activities.

The race for the competitive advantages through Internet of Things, Industry 4.0 and digitalization has begun. Siemens Division Head Dr. Jürgen Brandes gives insights on how Siemens will optimally support the challenges in the process industries with more speed, innovation, shortening of the Time to Market, flexibility and efficiency. This can happen only through more industry expertise, open interfaces and Coopetition. No doubt: The Siemens world is becoming more open.

Lihuayi Lijin Refining & Chemical Co. has plans to make use of KBR’s proprietary Catalytic Olefins Technology (K-COT) and Selective Cracking Optimum Recovery (Score) Technology for its new olefins plant in China.

Process and/or safety engineers and managers need to clearly understand, plan and execute future emergency relief system design work for plant projects, such as Process Hazard Analyses (PHA), unit expansions, debottlenecking studies etc. This article focuses on the usefulness of Design of Emergency Relief Systems (DERS), Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) and Safety Integrity Level (SIL) tools.

Technip announced the acquisition of Hummingbird ethanol to ethylene technology from BP Chemicals.

Vega is sending to the starting line a real “game changer” in radar level measurement — the first 80-GHz sensor for liquids characterized especially by extremely good focusing. This feature will make level measurement more reliable than ever before. Measuring points that were previously considered problematic, such as vessels with internal installations, will benefit most from this “world first”.

The Swiss pump manufacturer CP Pumpen has been recently awarded with a contract over five MKP pumps from a customer in Benelux. The magnetic driven pumps will be used in a sulphuric acid process with a maximum temperature of 100 °C.

Akzo Nobel Specialty Chemicals has completed its acquisition of Polinox, a Brazilian producer of ketone peroxides, an essential ingredient in the manufacture of polymers.