The collaboration aims to create high performance biopolymers which can be used by plastic manufacturers as an alternative to fossil-based plastics for single-use as well as durable applications. Industries such as packaging, electrical & electronic equipment, hygiene products, consumer goods and automotive are expected to benefit from this biopolymer.

Expanded digital twin portfolio accelerates workforce upskilling to improve operator response time while reducing risk.

With an aim to expand Mitsubishi Gas Chemical’s super-pure hydrogen peroxide business, the company has plans to establish a new production facility which will enable the firm to meet the growing global demand for semiconductors.

Kinetrex Energy, EDL and South Side Landfill have collaborated to establish the mega facility – Indy High BTU plant – in Indiana, USA. The plant is expected to convert landfill methane gas into approximately 8 million gallons of renewable natural gas annually and also reduce greenhouse gas air emissions in the region.

BASF has broken ground on the second phase of its Innovation Campus Asia Pacific at its Pudong site in Shanghai, China. The €90 million expansion consists of an additional regional research and development (R&D) building and auxiliary facilities and it will be completed by the end of 2015.

The renewable polypropylene will be produced at Borealis’ production facilities in Kallo and Beringen, Belgium. The move supports the company’s Ever Minds venture which aims to boost the circular economy concept.

The world of bulk material handling seems easy at first glance: moving, filling, delivering. The art of dealing with a variety of different materials, however, lies in the details, such as the docking and undocking of containers at weighing stations. In the process, cross-contaminations and the release of dusts can occur. Azo Clean Dock prevents this problem. Its latest generation can do even more: it “thinks” for itself.

The Muroran Institute of Technology has introduced a technology that makes use of highly selective zeolite catalysts to decompose waste plastics into specific monomers. In the joint research, the institute will create more sophisticated catalysts and Sumitomo Chemical will support the R&D of this technology.

Located in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, the new industrial gas hub will comprise a steam methane reformer, an air separation unit, hydrogen pressure swing adsorption units, and the installation of comprehensive pipeline networks.

In many chemical industry plants, a safety controller ensures the required level of safety — in the event of danger, it switches off. In order to do justice to this task, it decides, like a watchman, which signals from the field level may be forwarded to higher-level systems and which not. Field device diagnostics for maintenance and optimization have so far been left out of the scope. For the first time, a solution jointly developed by Endress+Hauser and Hima also grants access to advanced diagnostics from instruments applied in safety loops.