Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America has completed the construction of a large-scale two-train polyethylene plant in Mont Belvieu, Texas, for Exxon Mobil Chemical Company.

Teijin Aramid is going to expand its aramid production capacity for its Twaron super fiber and will invest in new spinning technology at the facility in Emmen, the Netherlands. The start-up of the new facility is scheduled for the first quarter of 2019.

CB&I received a contract for their Novolen technology to be applied on a polypropylene plant to be built by Carbon Holdings in Egypt.

Sadara announced that it has successfully started up its Propylene Glycol (PG) plant in the company's chemical complex in Jubail Industrial City II.

Lyondell Basell, one of the world’s largest plastics, chemical, and refining companies, appointed Jeff A. Kaplan as their new executive vice president and chief legal officer.

From mining big data to preventive error detection – This year’s Process Management Academy (PMA) presented by ARC Advisory Group and PROCESS was focused on the more holistic approach of process and asset management. But, despite all technological developments, people remain the factor that makes or breaks a given system…

The food vs. fuel debate has cast a dark shadow over the potentials of biofuels - now second generation processes aim to untap to huge heaps of biogenic residues that forestry and agriculture produce. One of them, the Bioliq process of KIT and Air Liquide, announces anew milestone; The start up of the second stage of its pilot plant...

Biodiesel is produced from raw plant oils. The by-product is glycerin. This can be sold in a freshly extracted form or refined in various grades of purity. In order to extract glycerin from the waste product compound, it is necessary to ensure the compound has to be discharged safely. The focus lies on a slide gate valve suitable for any challenging application.

Batteries are the key technology for the electromobility of the future. Over the next five years, BASF will be investing a three-digit million euro sum in researching, developing and the production of battery materials. Part of the investment is being channeled into the construction of a production plant for advanced cathode materials.

Giacomo Sasselli will join the leadership team of Korean Songwon Industrial as the company's Executive Vice President for Corporate Manufacturing and Engineering.