Emerson witnesses a record margin: With sales going up by 15 percent, profits of US $ 4.2 billion could be achieved. But what is the secret behind this tremendous success? According to Nick Denbow of Automation Industry Insider its the company's commitment to wireless and safety technology.

Akzo Nobel Specialty Chemicals and Evonik Industries have started production at their new joint venture plant in Ibbenbüren, Germany. The membrane electrolysis technology is being used by the facility to produce 120,000 metric tonnes of potassium hydroxide and 75,000 metric tons of chlorine annually.

The chemical reaction at the heart of the world’s largest gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant starting up in Qatar is borne out of Shell’s long history and expertise in catalyst technology and innovation. A unique catalyst developed for the Pearl GTL plant is key to the efficient conversion of synthesis gas into heavy hydrocarbons that provide feedstock for advanced fuels, base oils and chemicals.

At the end of last year, a Chinese isocyanate manufacturer awarded SGL Group another contract for a recovery system for the reprocessing and use of hydrogen chloride (HCI). The order value is in the mid single-digit million euro range.

The digital EE871 probe from E+E Elektronik measures CO2 concentrations up to 50,000 ppm. The compact probe is now available with a special filter cap which ensures high accuracy and long-term stability in H2O2 contaminated environment such as the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.

A consortium of companies comprising Air Liquide, Akzo Nobel Specialty Chemicals, Enerkem and the Port of Rotterdam has signed a project development agreement covering initial investments in an advanced waste-to-chemistry facility in Rotterdam.

Akzo Nobel Specialty Chemicals, DSM, Google and Philips have started receiving power from the Bouwdokken wind farm in the Netherlands. The companies established an energy purchasing consortium that enabled construction of two Dutch wind farm projects.

Sumitomo, PTT Global Chemical Public Company and Kuraray have been jointly conducting a detailed feasibility study on the production and sale of butadiene derivatives in Thailand. The partners recently concluded a joint venture agreement.

CAC has been awarded a contract by Neolyse Ibbenbüren – a production joint venture of Evonik and Akzo Nobel – for the performance of EPCM services as general contractor for a new membrane electrolysis to be constructed at the Akzo Nobel site in Ibbenbüren, Germany.

Learn how a special type of pumping technology, positive displacement (PD) solid-body plastic air-operated double-diaphragm (AODD) pumps, possesses the design and construction features that are necessary to guarantee full containment of dangerous chemicals, while also offering working characteristics that enable the highest level of operational efficiency to be achieved.