Chevron Corporation announced a seven-year partnership with Microsoft establishing the company as their primary cloud provider, accelerating the application of advanced technologies including analytics and the Internet of Things (IoT) to drive performance and improve efficiencies.

Technip signed a Project Management Consultancy contract for the upgrading of the Basra refinery in Iraq. Together with its partner Unico, a Japanese engineering consultant, the company will provide expertise for the engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, start-up and warranty management phase.

The new facility Pfieffewiesen of B. Braun Melsungen AG in Germany is a masterpiece of engineering – from architecture to logistics to the office organisation. The core is the ‘Leading Infusion Factory Europe (LIFE),’ the most modern manufacturing of infusion solutions in Europe. LIFE was automated with excellent valve terminal technology in pre-assembled cabinets from Festo.

Royal DSM and the industrial bioscience company Amyris have enhanced their strategic alliance through the sale of Amyris Brasil Ltda to DSM and the establishment of a long-term manufacturing partnership for Amyris’ high-volume products.

Roughly 50 % or more of substances used in the chemical industry are solids which need to be processed, handled and transported, so it is hardly surprising that exhibitors and visitors at ACHEMA have an interest in bulk solids technology. A learning curve is associated with the handling of powder and granulate.

Grace and Chevron have big plans for their catalyst joint-venture Advanced Refining Technologies: Together, the companies plan to spend around US $ 135 in a worldscale catalyst production site in Louisiana.

The company has sold its shares in its joint venture, Hisun-Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, to Sapphire I (HK) Holdings. Post the transfer, the joint venture will retain its current rights to manufacture, sell and distribute the company’s products in China.

Future chemicals could be generated from shale gas, biomass, residual materials and waste gas — In fact, chemical companies and institutes around the world are working on the material use of CO2 and other effluents. Are projects like Carbon2Chem bringing about a new era of recycling management?

Finnish companies Stora Enso and Kemira have started the construction work for pilot projects addressing water-related issues in three villages in Guangxi Province in Southern China.

Weather green fuel or energy storage for overrun of solar and wind energy — hydrogen is an essential building block of the energy transition. Therefrom also Siemens benefits. The Technology-Company has been awarded to supply hydrogen electrolysis system to Germany and Switzerland.