The planning of process plants for the production of chemical and petrochemi-cal products is often complex. Precise and comprehensive scheduling is the only way to ensure that the plants are completed on time and within budget.

Nextchem will make use of its Conser Man proprietary technology with an aim to boost efficiency of maleic anhydride production at the existing plant in North America.

ABB’s FSS400 Swirl and FSV400 Vortex flowmeters have become the first flowmeters in the market to obtain a Fieldcomm Group Ethernet-APL physical-layer certification. The certification assures product quality for process instrumentation and reliable interoperability throughout industrial communication networks.

In June, Germany will once again be the centre of the chemical, pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries worldwide: The 34th Achema will take place from 10 to 14 June 2024 in Frankfurt. The trade fair will be accompanied by a varied and extensive congress programme on all five days.

Cemvita has surpassed its 2029 goal of producing up to 500 barrels per day of sustainable oil from its first commercial plant by quadrupling its planned output. The firm has unlocked new efficient technologies that make this possible.

With an aim to expand its silicone business and meet the growing demand in China, Shin-Etsu Chemical has decided to develop a new plant for silicone products. The project is scheduled for completion in February 2026.

Worley has been selected by Rock Tech Lithium as its EPCM partner for developing Europe's First Lithium Converter in Guben, Germany. On completion, the project is expected to have a capacity of 24,000 tons of lithium hydroxide per year.

The first Lummus Advanced Waste Plastic Recycling plant will be located at Tiszaújváro, Hungary and is expected to have a processing capacity of 40,000 tons of mixed waste plastics per annum. The unit will also produce circular petrochemical building blocks which will be processed by MOL in their petrochemical facility.

CF Industries has awarded a licensing and engineering contract to Topsoe to support a front-end engineering and design study of a new low-carbon ammonia plant in Louisiana, USA.

Process excellence — Fette Compacting has been scoring points in the market for a long time. Now the market leader in tablet presses is going through a reinvention and presenting itself to the pharmaceutical, nutrition and chemical industry as a process partner for powder formulation and tableting. Why this is the way forward for the machine manufacturer?