Lanxess celebrates the opening of Asia's most modern butyl rubber plant as well as the companies biggest investment project ever. The German speciality chemicals specialists have invested around € 400 millions in the new 100.000 tons/year facility at Jurong Island...

Airgas has signed a long-term agreement to build an air separation unit (ASU) to supply tonnage oxygen, nitrogen and argon via pipeline to Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa, a subsidiary of Nucor Corporation, at its steel manufacturing plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Solvay plans to cut costs in Europe by € 100 million per year as of 2016 – plans that also include the closure of a plant in Portugal in restructuring measures at several other sites...

Chemieanlagenbau Chemnitz (CAC) will work on the conversion of an existing chloralkali process plant in Thann, France: The company will convert the electrolysis plant and to update and expand the bromine recovery production facilities.

Technip was awarded a contract comprising technology, engineering services and supply of core equipment for Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company – Takreer's new coke calcination unit. This new unit is part of the Carbon Black & Delayed Coker project being implemented adjacent to Takreer’s existing Ruwais refinery located in the United Arab Emirates.

Site visit in Leverkusen, Germany: The foundation is being put in place for a third revolutionary production methodology in the process industry to take its place along side of continuous and batch production. European producers are joining forces to ensure that they stay one step ahead in the technology race, and an initial demonstration line has been constructed at the purpose-built research centre.

At the 10th World Congress of Chemical Engineering ,the plenaries offered a representative view of the chemical industry with presentations of top level executives from the world’s largest chemical companies. The representatives addressed global challenges and explained their solutions in specific applications.

Partnering with an adept fluid management company – which has a vast experience from almost all types of process plants and 100 countries of the world – makes sense to encounter the ever-increasing challenge to move aggressive, corrosive, explosive, solid-laden or viscous fluids, under high pressure and extreme temperature condition.

Ammonia is in demand: The boom of biofuels, emerging economies, a growing population and dietary improvements in many regions drive the demand for this raw material. With this perspective and the abundance of cheap shale gas, fertilizer Projects boom in the US a new study says.

Since many ports were not able to cater with the spurt in demand for coal and iron ore world wide, offshore transshipment became the only answer. Up-to-date transshipment facilities employ more than one crane on the pontoon and a complex cargo handling system consisting of hoppers, conveyors and ship loader. Three examples show how it is done.