Companies that produce polyolefins, PE, PVC and PET in old plants are under pressure from spiralling costs and the need for modernization to meet environmental and safety standards. ThyssenKrupp Uhde offers solutions.

Jacobs Engineering has been selected by BP to provide engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for the Phase 2 of the Khazzan Project in the Sultanate of Oman.

Eagle Burgmann, a Joint Venture of the Freudenberg and EKK Group, has acquired Tianjin Nibot Seal Technology, the Chinese company in Tianjin, to 100 %, to boosts its strategic alignment towards the end user business in gas seals in China.

Akzo Nobel Specialty Chemicals and Gasunie New Energy have joined forces to investigate the possible large scale conversion of electricity into hydrogen via the electrolysis of water.

Sanofi wants to enhance the environmental performance and water management of its manufacturing sites together with Suez Environment. Under a new agreement., Suez will develop solutions for energy efficiency and water reccyling.

Unipetrol, the Czech Republic’s largest refining and petrochemical group, continues the modernization of its chemical plant in Záluží u Litvínova. Shortly after the announcement a fire occurred at the same site, disrupting refining operations.

An official groundbreaking marked the start of one of BASF's major projects: The company builds a new, world-scale chemical catalysts production facility at itss existing site in the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park, China.

A growing energy awareness drives the global heat exchanger market. New design features and materials promise higher efficiencies, but raw material scarcity clouds the outlook.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has concluded an agreement to license technology for its flue gas carbon dioxide (CO2) capture plant to PJSC Metafrax, a major Russian chemical company.

Sumitomo Chemical announced that its three Indian subsidiaries, Sumitomo Chemical, SC Enviro Agro India (SCEAI), and New Chemi Industries (NCI) have been merged to establish a new company.