Not much is possible without catalysts: More than 80 % of all chemically manufactured products undergo a catalytic step during their production. The active material is usually platinum or another precious metal, so production is correspondingly expensive and requires several steps. Physicists at the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) have now filed a patent application for a process that produces highly active and long-term stable catalyst material in a single step.

Haldor Topsoe has plans to build a 10 kg/hour methanol plant to demonstrate the company’s electrified and extremely compact e SMR Methanol technology for cost-competitive production of sustainable methanol from biogas.

HaloPolymer experts presented an analytical overview of the fluorspar global market. Main market trend, according to the company, is reducing volume of extracted raw materials in China and geographic shift in production.

Automation company ABB announced the acquisition of B&R, the largest independent provider focused on product- and software-based, open-architecture solutions for machine and factory automation worldwide.

Now that the industry is entering in the Industry 4.0 era, it is important to evaluate if your company is ready for it. Read this article to know how ready is your company to connect people, processes and technologies.

Nouryon has undertaken this move after completing a major expansion project at its site in China. Its plant can now produce up to 38,000 tonnes per year of Dicumyl Peroxide. The project is expected to meet the growing demand for DCP within the region as well as around the globe.

Thomas Schulz, President of Sandvik Construction and member of the Group Executive Management, is leaving Sandvik for a position as CEO with the global engineering company Flsmidth, based in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Mátra Kraftwerk, Hungary, mines some 8 to 8.5 million tonnes of lignite each year, most of which is used to generate electricity in the company’s own power plant. To expand the capacities of its Bükkábrány open-cast mining sites, the company ordered a compact bucket wheel excavator with a capacity of 6700 cubic metres per hour.

Following a detailed appraisal, the Cologne district authority has granted Bayer Material Science the permit to build and operate the new high-tech facility for the production of the chemical TDI (toluene diisocyanate) at Chempark Dormagen.

At the turn of the year, the Bilfinger Group's largest business segment, now briefly and succinctly known as Bilfinger Industrial, implements two major changes.