For BASF Nigeria is a particularly dynamic growing market for construction chemicals in West Africa. The new production plant for concrete additives in Lagos/Nigeria will help the construction industry to become less dependent on imports and reduce long lead times for supplies. Besides Nigeria BASF concentrates on neighboring west African countries, too.

Technip FMC had supplied steam reforming technology and had also undertaken EPC of the 40 million standard cubic feet-per-day hydrogen plant which is now in full operation.

Quo vadis process automation? — Every 18 months, the processor performance of a chip doubles. This statistical observation, which is described with Moore’s Law, also promotes the developments in the sensor and measurement technology at a fast pace. The following statement should fuel the necessary discussion regarding the future of process automation for users and suppliers.

Borealis and United Chemical Company (UCC) have signed a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) for the development of a world-scale polyethylene project, integrated with an ethane cracker, in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Basf will be offering its customers in Europe GPPS (general purpose polystyrene) from its production facility in Ludwigshafen.

The world's first subsea gas compression system went on stream recently at the Statoil-operated Åsgard field. Aker Solutions has delivered the subsea compression system for this field development.

Looking for new analytical indstruments, lab equipment or machniery? Why not buy second hand? Equip Net India, a specialist in used laboratory instruments and production equipment, suggests measures to buyers to make the most of their purchasing deal – In this article, the background to the growing second-user revolution in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and chemical industries is highlighted.

Learn how Antares Vision kickstarted the packaging industry into the future — Health and safety: Two small words that mean everything to a company like Antares Vision. They are the leader in the pharmaceutical market, which is now ten years ahead of other industries in terms of regulatory tracking requirements.

The new facility will supply carbon monoxide and hydrogen to Huntsman’s Geismar operations. The project is also expected to be connected to the world’s largest hydrogen pipeline and network system.

Thyssen Krupp Industrial Solutions has received an order to build a cement clinker production line from Cementos Argos, the biggest cement producer in Colombia and one of the biggest in the Caribbean.