Global lubricant and fuel additive producer Afton Chemical Corporation announced the completion of the Phase II expansion of its chemical additive manufacturing facility in Jurong Island, Singapore.

Fluor and IBM announced the use of artificial intelligence-based systems to predict, monitor and measure the status of engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction (EPC) megaprojects from inception to completion.

Market and raw material trends set the direction in the chemical industry. That is one of the reasons why the 2008/2009 crisis signaled the start of a paradigm shift in chemical plant engineering and construction. Traditional EPC suppliers (general contractors based in the Western industrialized nations) are facing increased competition from Asia. At the same time, the plant engineering teams at global chemical companies are intensifying their partnerships with EPCs and spreading the workload across the international engineering resource base.

Optimized combination of modular valve block solutions and durably reliable sealing with sealing method free from O-rings.

Photanol and Akzo Nobel have collaborated to work on a specialised technology which makes use of cyanobacteria. This bacteria assists the technology to produce chemical building blocks from carbon dioxide.

Mitsui Chemicals and Prime Polymer announced the increase of their production of polypropylene at three of its global PP compound hubs in the United States, Mexico, and India.

Ineos goes digital plant: The chemical producer uses Intergraph's CAD Worx plant design suit to standardize and automate work processes, minimize the amount of transposition errors and increase integration, speakers explained...

A multi-year collaboration between researchers within Resource Recovery at the University of Borås and a textile manufacturing company has resulted in a new type of reactor made of a textile material. The reactor transforms different kinds of waste into new products, such as biofuel.

A new project at Jacobs University is set to drastically simplify the application and implementation of biocatalytic processes in industrial practice.

Reliance Industries has appointed Texan based Fluor with project management services at its its world scale Jamnagar refining and petrochemical complex in Western India, wehere the company plans one of the largest coke gasification facilities worldwide.