How screw pumps strip out even highly viscous media – When emptying an oil or fuel tank (a process refferd to as stripping), quite often residual product of the highly viscous media is left behind. But does it have to be that way? Pumps with excellent intake at low NPSHr values can in fact completely empty tanks – even of crude oil and bitumen. And one technology in particular outperforms the rest...

More from less — that was the slogan of the More project, whose goal was the definition of real-time indicators for more resource efficiency in the process. But how to monitor the complex production processes of a cracker? The two consortium participants Ineos and S-Pact developed a ready-to-use feed stream analyser based on Raman Spectroscopy. A real success story paid off in cash.

With its pilot plant in Duisburg/Germany ThyssenKrupp builds a bridge between coke plants and Christmas baking. Because the new plant uses a newly developed process, that converts process gases into the baking powder ammonium bicarbonate.

5,600 billion Euros is the ultimate Grand Prix for chemicals. But the winner is by no means identified — The chemical industry experienced above-average growth globally. With this development, chemical companies could pocket 5,600 billion Euros per year till 2035. But the global distribution is not equal: The North American market is growing strongly whereas the market in Europe has stagnated. The consequence: The significance of the old continent could get marginalized for this industry. There is still time to change course.

Construction Kits for LPG production — Liquefied gas could become the fuel of the future — but its handling, storage and liquefaction demands elaborate process plant. Now, gas specialist Linde introduces a modular concept for LNG liquefaction in small and medium size. Their vision: The liquefaction toolbox for plan engineers …

Feige Filling together with Haver & Boecker and Newtec Bag Palletizing will display complete value-added systems and thus play a decisive role in shaping the future of the market. The Feige Integra 84 is a powerful machine that meets all requirements for modern, fully automatic and calibrated high-performance filling.

Akzo Nobel named a group of 10 start-ups and chemical researchers as winners of the 2018 edition of the Specialty Chemicals' Imagine Chemistry challenge. Imagine Chemistry was launched to help solve real-life chemistry-related challenges and uncover sustainable business opportunities. The 2018 edition generated 150 ideas from startups, scale-ups, scientists and others.

End-to-end thin client solutions for the process industry — PC-based visualization of complex plants has been used in the process industry for years. The hardware components used for this often originate from an IT environment and were primarily developed for use in office scenarios. As conditions in the process industry are often completely different to those in offices, many devices are operated in scenarios that do not correspond to their specifications. At Pepperl+Fuchs, the industrial Box Thin Client device family has been designed specifically for use in a process environment.

Clariant and CB&I cooperate and have been awarded to design world's largest single-train propane and butane dehydrogenation unit in China. The new unit is to be built for Hengli Petrochemical Refinery Co. in Dalian.

Speciality chemicals firm Lanxess launches its second production line for high-performance plastics compounding in Gastonia, North Carolina, thus completing its US $ 15 million dollar expansion project.