Allgaier has debuted two new products at Achema. First, the company introduced an energy-efficient indirectly heated contact dryer, the CD Dryer, where wet material is fed over an assembly of rotating disks, which are internally heated using saturated steam.

Mol Group entered into a strategic partnership with Inovacat, a Dutch technology innovator in the refining and petrochemical industries. The cooperation is expected to further upscale and commercialize the partners Gasolfin technology that converts naphtha into propylene, butylene and BTX (benzene, toluene, and xylene).

Sadara takes the next step: After the start-up of the first Solution Polyethylene facility in the Middle East in December, the Saudi–American mega-JV displayed a broad portfolio of performance chemicals and plastics products as well as the latest development of its Plas Chem Park at GPCA Plasti Con 2016.

Asahi Kasei does not plan to restart its Mizushima cracker: The unit, which was scheduled for turnaround in February, will be idled instead, the Japanese company stated.

One of the largest chemical complexes in the world is currently being developed at Jubail Industrial City II in Saudi Arabia. Friatec Division Rheinhütte Pumpen will supply pumps of various types.

In a press conference held Tuesday, Antares Vision presented solutions to mitigate concerns about counterfeit products, specifically pharmaceuticals. According to Antares Vision CEO Emidio Zorzella, inspection, track-and-trace capabilities and smart data management are the keystones of ensuring secure and safe pharmaceuticals.

Solberg, a U.S. manufacturer of industrial filters, separators and silencers, opened a new office in Nuremberg, Germany, at the beginning of May.

The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) announced a series of phased, incremental investments to expand its global glycol ethers capacity to meet increasing demand in key end-markets and applications. The company also announced plans to invest in an alkoxylation facility on the US Gulf Coast.

Covestro is planning to build its own chlorine production plant in Tarragona (Spain) and will use oxygen-depolarized cathode technology, which consumes around a quarter less energy than the conventional method.

Fluor together with its JV Partners have been assigned to deliver two engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction packages for the Al-Zour refinery project which is expected to produce 615,000 barrels per day.