Praxair’s largest investment in China comes after the company signed a long term agreement with Shanghai Huayi to supply oxygen and other industrial gas to the latter’s new chemical material facility.

There is currently a lot of talk about mega-trends, such as globalisation. Our look at the trends will not centre on these headline issues. Read here what is on the mind of the process industry at this year’s ACHEMA.

With this new catalyst, the institute has proven that catalysts found on earth that are abundant, cheap, and benign metals such as iron or manganese can be considered as possible alternatives for challenging reduction reactions.

Bayer Material Science's chlorine membrane electrolysis takes the next step: After nearly one year of tests, the company announced the adaption of this electricity-saving technology for its global chlorine production. Furthermore, the company is undertaking tests for another pioneering process - known as the oxygen depolarized cathode process - that would further reduce energy consumption for the production of chlorine.

China, the world’s largest consumer of coal, will ban the construction of new coal to chemicals plants as well as coal fired powerplants until 2018. In the same time, mining and oil refining overcapacities shall be cut to viable measures, news agency Reuters reports.

Vancouver-based Methanex, the world’s largest supplier of methanol, plans to relocate one its production sites from Cabo Negro, Chile, to Geismar, Louisiana, USA. The company explains this step with the difficult supply of natural gas in Chile.

The global chemical company has signed a MOU with the Tamil-Nadu based research institute. Under this agreement, the firm aims to discover potential collaborative technology for increasing the production of cathode materials.

The winners have been awarded for their innovative projects that focus on improving health, safety and environmental standards in the chemical industry. Spearheaded by Cefic, the industry council aims to advance the Responsible Care programme in Europe.

BASF and Sinopec have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Beijing to further strengthen their partnership in upstream and downstream chemical production in China.

Through targeted “debottlenecking” at the Krefeld-Uerdingen site, Lanxess could increase the product availability of its Bayferrox and Colortherm micronized red pigments by more than 5,000 metric tons per year.