Samson Pfeiffer offers smart valves that can be used for the purpose of hydrogen production. The firm supplies its valves to companies that focus on the development of electrolysis plants.

Borealis has successfully completed the sale of its nitrogen business to Agrofert for 810 million euros. With this move, the Czech-based company will have access to Borealis’ production assets in Europe which will help the firm to strengthen its existing capabilities in the fertilizers and technical nitrogen business in the region.

With 3 petaflops of computing power, the new supercomputer is the world’s largest supercomputer used in industrial chemical research and has been started up at BASF’s Ludwigshafen site in Germany.

Maag Group will be displaying a range of integrated solutions for the processing of polymers in the recycling process at the upcoming Plast show in Italy. Some of its product highlights include the Eco 500 high-performance melt filter from Ettlinger and the underwater pelletizing system Pearlo 350 EAC.

India Oil Corporation Ltd has awarded a project management consultancy contract to Mc Dermott for a Maleic Anhydride unit at its Panipat Refinery and Petrochemical Complex near New Delhi, India. It is claimed to be India's first mega-scale MAH plant to manufacture chemical products.

Chemical pumps of the Mega CPK type series of KSB are now available in 55 sizes with more than 78 hydraulic systems. The available materials of grey cast iron, nodular cast iron and cast steel, stainless steel as well as duplex and special alloys, such as titanium and Hastelloy, result in a wide range of applications.

Topsoe will lead the Frontfuel project which intends to produce highly efficient sustainable aviation fuel from carbon dioxide, water and renewable energy. The Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program has granted a fund of 3.9 million dollars for the project.

Achema, the international trade fair for process industries is expected to be held from June 10 – 14, 2024 in Frankfurt, Germany. The main highlights of this edition are five ‘Innovation Themes’ and a special show on hydrogen.

Under the heads of agreement signed between both the parties, Purecycle Technologies and Mitsui will develop a polypropylene recycling plant in Japan. The project is expected to transform PP waste into an ultra-pure recycled resin and will have an annual capacity of 59,000 metric tons.

The multiple dividing wall column separates multi-substance mixtures in a single equipment item, thus reducing investment and energy costs. So far, this complex device has remained a pipe dream, but that is about to change: The first plant worldwide has been put into operation and should come as close as possible to the thermodynamic optimum.