Flowserve will provide more than 1500 rotary control and automated on/off valves to Klabin‘s Puma Project. The new paper mill will have an annual production capacity of 1.5 million tons of short and long-fibre pulp

Partnering with an adept fluid management company – which has a vast experience from almost all types of process plants and 100 countries of the world – makes sense to encounter the ever-increasing challenge to move aggressive, corrosive, explosive, solid-laden or viscous fluids, under high pressure and extreme temperature condition.

Ammonia is in demand: The boom of biofuels, emerging economies, a growing population and dietary improvements in many regions drive the demand for this raw material. With this perspective and the abundance of cheap shale gas, fertilizer Projects boom in the US a new study says.

After been granted two patents on bio–based isobutanol, American biofuels company Gevo filed a lawsuit against Butamax, a BP and DuPont business, for patent infringements. Its only the latest development in a long row of legal activities of the two companies.

Tunable diode laser (TDL) technology has proven to be exceptionally reliable for measuring trace gas components like H2O, H2S, CO2, NH3 and C2H2. TDL absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) is a highresolution technique that enables the measurement of specific gases with precision while avoiding interferences that are common with traditional analyzers.

Over the course of their long existence solenoid valves have developed slowly but continuously so that they are opening up new fields of application. Today they are a central element in controlling fluids in a broad spectrum of different applications. One of the newer areas of application is in the life sciences. A new actuation technology now allows a significant reduction in size with no loss of performance.

The growing need for operational excellence in process industries has fuelled the use of optimization solutions such as Distribution Control Systems (DCS) in India. The integrated offerings that include control, safety and power management further boosts market revenues.

Researchers at theTokyo Institute of Technology developed a catalyst promoting the dissociation of the nitrogen bond in ammonia production so that it is no longer the step limiting the rate of the reaction.

Celanese announced the completion of key debottlenecking projects and product transfers at its global manufacturing facilities to support customer demand and project pipeline growth in the company’s engineered materials business.

The joint venture between plant engineering and construction specialist Thyssen Krupp Industrial Solutions and electrochemical technologies supplier De Nora was concluded successfully on April 1st, 2015. It will trade under the name Thyssen Krupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers and is operational with immediate effect.