Tunable diode laser (TDL) technology has proven to be exceptionally reliable for measuring trace gas components like H2O, H2S, CO2, NH3 and C2H2. TDL absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) is a highresolution technique that enables the measurement of specific gases with precision while avoiding interferences that are common with traditional analyzers.

Explosion-proof mobile computers for strategic maintenance and live video conferencing systems not only improve work flow and asset management, they also increase the availability and flexibility of systems and optimise processes. Read here about the opportunities presented by maintenance based on Wi-Fi networks in hazardous areas.

Wacker Chemie starts up its new production plant for food-grade polyvinyl acetate (PVAc) solid resins at its Nanjing site (Jiangsu province) in China today. The plant has an annual capacity of 20,000 metric tons and is certified to the highest food standards.

Phillips Carbon black plans its fifth production site in India with a planned annual capacity of 150,000 tons. The Indian company is currently the world's eighth-largest carbon black producer.

Researchers at theTokyo Institute of Technology developed a catalyst promoting the dissociation of the nitrogen bond in ammonia production so that it is no longer the step limiting the rate of the reaction.

Separlab, a Czech specialist in high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), has standardized on Wanner seal-less Hydra-Cell multi-diaphragm pumps in its industrial-scale systems, using them to deliver solvents for the mobile phase and to inject sample mixtures. Learn why the company prefers such “specialists” over single-diaphragm and piston-plunger pumps in these applications.

The joint venture between plant engineering and construction specialist Thyssen Krupp Industrial Solutions and electrochemical technologies supplier De Nora was concluded successfully on April 1st, 2015. It will trade under the name Thyssen Krupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers and is operational with immediate effect.

Adopting international guidelines and maintaining product quality, Sharplex Filters (India) produces complex filtration equipment that offers ease in operations. Now the company has set is sights on new business opportunities: New developments and future markets could become the make or break factor for suppiers of filtration technology...

Innovative equipment design in combination with modern image processing technology allowed to reduce the manufacturing costs of a high quality medical device product. The new process solution replaces a costly visual inspection step carried out by several qualified QC staff.

The market for high density polyethylene (HDPE) plastics grows – but not all regions profit from this devleopment. While US recovers and Asia booms, Europe's HDPE producers shut down sites.