Solvent cementing is an ideal and proven jointing method for numerous applications in industrial pipeline engineering, one example in particular being pipelines used to transport aggressive chemical media. Two examples in the article demonstrate the advantages of this method.

Viewed in terms of energy cost of ownership over their entire service lives, compressors, air blowers and vacuum generators cost much more to run than they do to purchase and install. Which is why many manufacturers will be using this year’s Comvac, the leading trade fair for compressed air and vacuum technology, to highlight the energy efficiency of their systems.

Lonza has acquired Micro-Macinazione, a contract manufacturer providing micronization of active ingredients for the pharmaceutical and fine chemical industries.

Molten salt for heating and cooling up to 550 °C offers high-temperature systems with a unique working temperature range. A tasty solution: A leading manufacturer of Constant temperature equipment and systems introduces liquid salt into the world of temperature control. The advantages: unique working temperature range up to 550 °C and high operational safety for seamless production processes.

In times of flexible production and small batch sizes, the chemical and pharmaceutical industries are using modular construction. Also Bilfinger CEO Tom Blades wishes to grow further with pharmaceutical projects and pre-assembled systems and is investing in new production capacity for this purpose. Can a plant from the modular system reverse the fortunes of the foundering maintenance specialists?

The European chlorine industry has now reached a crossroads. An EU directive mandates the early phasing out of the conventional amalgam process. We were at the Euro Chlor Technology Conference 2014 in Madrid to listen in on what the European chlorine industry plans to do next..

Jacobs Engineering Group proprietary Euroclaus sulfur recovery technology was selected by Tüpraş for its new sulfur recovery units that will be installed in the company’s Izmit, Izmir and Kirikkale refineries in Turkey.

Akzo Nobel recently broke ground on a new alkoxylation facility in Ningbo, China. For this project the company budgets an investment of more than 400 million Euro.

Sadara, a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and The Dow Chemical Company, announced the commissioning of the last of its 26 plants: an isocyanates section currently producing crude quantities of toluene di isocyanate (TDI) and other specialty chemicals.

A new technology could help to significantly cut energy consumption of chlorine productions, Bayer states. CEO Thomas calls upon politicians to foster the development of energy-saving process technology.