Shin-Etsu Chemical announced plans to invest approx. $ 180 million in the cellulose derivative production at their Naoetsu Plant in Joetsu City, Japan and at SE Tylose in Wiesbaden, Germany.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), jointly with Apex Energy of Malaysia, and PT Rekayasa Industri in Indonesia, has received an order from Petronas Chemical Fertilizer Sabah for a project to construct a large-scale ammonia/urea fertilizer plant.

Time runs out for mercury cell technology in chlorine production, and alternatives are in high demand—Although the December 2017 deadline for the prohibition of mercury cell technology in the EU still seems to be quite far away, time is running out for chlorine producers who have yet to start the conversion or closure process. Even though the regulatory pressures hit a struggling industry hard, it is important to start investigating cost-effective solutions.

Lanxess and Genomatica announce that Lanxess has run a production campaign of bio-based PBT in the world-scale production plant using 20 metric tons of bio-based BDO made with Genomatica’s commercially-proven process.

Darleen Caron will be joining the company from October 30, 2017 and has previously led HR functions along with environment, safety and health.

Effebi soft-seated ball valves are suitable for all the most important industrial applications, including chemicals, petrochemicals, refineries, hydraulic and pneumatic installations, food plants and distribution lines for gas, air, water and vacuum.

The Pörner Group is a complete engineering service provider. Making use of their Austrian-German culture and taking a personal approach to each project, the company ensures that the customer is supported from the very start of the project.

Speciality materials company Celanese and Mitsui of Japan plan a joint venture for methanol production at Celanese’s integrated chemical plant in Bishop, Texas.

BASF opens its ffith and largest so far construction chemicals plant in Asia at Nellore, India (Andhra Pradesh, South-East India). The new facility shall support regional customers with high-performance construction materials, the company explained.

Wether tracking proteins, DNA or endotoxins, adsorber capsules play an important role in all kinds of chromatography analytics. Yet, impurities can affect the precision of the measurement significantly. Now, a new dsevelopment effectively removes various impurities from protein feedstocks and are available in lab and process scale.