The agreement has been signed with the Guangdong Provincial People’s Government in order to take the proposed project forward. Once, completed, the complex is expected to meet the country’s demand for chemical products.

The Japan-based company has decided to go ahead with this facility investment as it intends to expand its production capacity for silicone monomer and other related end products not only within the country but its global bases as well.

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company now published plans to expand the low viscosity polyalphaolefins (PAO) capacity at its Cedar Bayou plant in Baytown. The expansion will allow the company to meet the increasing demand for high-performance lubricants in automotive and industrial applications.

Groundbreaking ceremony in Antwerp: Evonik Industries celebrated the on-schedule start of construction on the first plant for the production of Aquavi Met-Met, a food additive in Antwerp, Belgium.

What has advent of additive manufacturing in store for the process industry? – The 3D-printer becomes a gamechanger: While some companies set themselves apart by using customized materials or dream of the pill out of the printer, others fear the impending marginalization of the chemical industry. Gold rush or hangover? An industry is looking for answers between polymer filaments, prototypes and printed pills.

In line with the state-owned oil company’s Downstream strategy, the plant is expected to extract maximum value from heavy oils and slurry. The Carbon Black & Coker Project is anticipated to produce 40,600 tonnes of two different grades of Carbon black per year, and 430,000 tonnes of high value anode grade calcined coke.

Sivance, LLC, a subsidiary of Milliken & Company, invites Chemspec Europe visitors to Booth G101 to discover its highly-flexible custom manufacturing capabilities, offering rapid and confidential support to customers requiring reactive silicone-based intermediates and fine chemicals.

Why seal-less pumps can provide benefits over pumps with packing rings or mechanical seals — When manufacturing or handling dangerous and hazardous substances, full product containment may be necessary to prevent costly downtimes or risky exposure of workers or environment. Thus, pump failures are a common risk in chemical operations — and the seal a major cause of concern. Can seal-less pump designs do better?

Are you too struggling with high project expenses and extended targets? To overcome outdated project approaches and to promote the process industries, Emerson Process Management has dedicated itself to this objective and this also was the central theme of the Global Users Exchange 2016 in Brussels. A keyword that was propagated again and again: “Project Certainty”.

Filling above-level, sub-level or below bunghole: this is what you hear when experts talk about drum filling technology. Feige Filling develops Ex solutions for Atex Category 1 because their filling machines mainly operate in hazardous areas. To meet these requirements, the company relies on the universal Wago-I/O-System 750 at the I/O level.