Nexam Chemical will deliver an initial order of Nexamite for production of multifunctional masterbatch to KWI Polymers in Canada.

Engineeringcompany Fluor and BASF signed an agreement to continue their global engineering collaboration.

Growing demand for intelligently automated laboratory solutions has fuelled Gerstel’s growth in Southeast Asia. To provide the best possible local support for the ever-growing number of customers and partners in the region, Gerstel LLP in Singapore has moved to new and bigger offices with a larger application laboratory. The new Gerstel LLP offices were officially inaugurated on June 22, 2015.

With Smartsens, Krohne has unveiled the first family of analytical sensors that eliminates the need for external transmitters, thus allowing users to rule out some of the typical problems that affect analytical measurement. A revolution in analytical measurement, Krohne states — but read for yourself ...

Most people entering Frankfurt by car from the autobahn heading for the city center or the fair grounds take notice of an unusual sight: The impressive ammonia reactor in front of the DECHEMA Research Institute. Fewer people, however, are aware of what is going on in the blue-tiled building behind the corroded column: At the DECHEMA Research Institute, chemists, engineers, and biotechnologists work on the development of sustainable technologies for future generations.

Formosa Plastics Corporation will expand its production of polyvinyl chloride resin at its facility in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

China XLX Fertiliser announced that the commissioning phase of its fourth urea production plant has commenced. It is expected to start trial production this month and full operation next year. The Group’s aggregate annual urea production capacity will then surge 64 % or 800 000 t from the existing level, while its annual synthetic ammonia production capacity will add 450 000 t.

Nova Chemicals announced two growth projects for its Ontario operations involving a capital investment expected to exceed $ 1.57 billion.

Package unit integration: how do you assemble a modular system? — Package units, modular system design and process skids are hot topics at the moment. Thinking in systems is becoming a familiar soundbite in the component manufacturing and chemical industries, but the building block approach is not making as much headway as had been expected. Interfaces to existing automation and control systems are lacking. An overview.

The UK government grant Ineos an infrastructure loan guarantee worth € 285 million or £ 230 million. This allows Ineos to raise the money necessary to build a new terminal to import and store ethane for Grangemouth as North Sea availability declines.