Perstorp has developed a new plant in Gujarat, India to meet the growing demand for Penta chemicals. With this project, the company plans to further strengthen its position as a sustainable and reliable partner in the Asia region.

Solvay has inaugurated a new blowing agent production unit in Rosignano, Italy. This project is expected to revolutionize the plastic foaming industry.

The Maag Group along with Witte will present their first joint product development at Achema 2024 – the new Chem-X gear pump. The pump features an advanced gear tooth design which has been optimized for minimal hydraulic pulsation and maximum volumetric efficiency.

A 20-million-dollar investment has been announced by Lubrizol towards its Gastonia plant in North Carolina, USA. With this mega investment, the company aims to improve its production of innovative acrylic emulsions.

Cepsa and Evos will work together to store green methanol produced by Cepsa at Evos’ storage facilities in Algeciras, Spain and Rotterdam, the Netherlands. In addition to this, green ammonia will also be stored in Algeciras, Spain.

The new carbon capture and utilization technology will be tested at OMV Petrom’s Petrobrazi refinery in Romania. The tests which are a part of a demonstration campaign will be carried out in three countries - Denmark, Romania and Greece.

Qatar Energy and Chevron Phillips Chemical recently held a groundbreaking ceremony to develop a 6 billion-dollar integrated polymers complex in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar. The project is expected to include the largest ethane cracker in the Middle East and one of the largest in the world.

Industrial plants are high risk zones and have to be monitored carefully to avoid any catastrophe. Supervision technologies such as advanced robots and drones play a crucial role here to make the job of monitoring the diverse elements of the facility less stressful, more convenient and less time consuming. Read on to know more about the benefits of these hi-tech technologies in industrial settings.

Thyssenkrupp Uhde has entered into a contract with Egypt-based Delta Company for Fertilizer and Chemical Industries. Under the terms of the agreement, Thyssenkrupp Uhde will provide engineering solutions for revamping the ammonia plant complex as well as supply its ammonia technology for the production of ammonia and urea at the unit.

Linde under its subsidiary White Martins has plans to build, own and operate a second electrolyzer to produce green hydrogen in Brazil. On completion, the plant is expected to supply green hydrogen to glass manufacturer Cebrace to reduce emissions from their glass melting furnaces.