The agreement has been signed with the Guangdong Provincial People’s Government in order to take the proposed project forward. Once, completed, the complex is expected to meet the country’s demand for chemical products.

Solvay Aroma Performance, manufacturer of diphenol and derivatives intermediates, plans to increase its capacity of hydroquinone (HQ) production in China in 2018.

What has advent of additive manufacturing in store for the process industry? – The 3D-printer becomes a gamechanger: While some companies set themselves apart by using customized materials or dream of the pill out of the printer, others fear the impending marginalization of the chemical industry. Gold rush or hangover? An industry is looking for answers between polymer filaments, prototypes and printed pills.

Sivance, LLC, a subsidiary of Milliken & Company, invites Chemspec Europe visitors to Booth G101 to discover its highly-flexible custom manufacturing capabilities, offering rapid and confidential support to customers requiring reactive silicone-based intermediates and fine chemicals.

Why seal-less pumps can provide benefits over pumps with packing rings or mechanical seals — When manufacturing or handling dangerous and hazardous substances, full product containment may be necessary to prevent costly downtimes or risky exposure of workers or environment. Thus, pump failures are a common risk in chemical operations — and the seal a major cause of concern. Can seal-less pump designs do better?

Cevital, the first private company in Algeria, will be showcasing their new technology for water treatment and ultra pure water production at the Achema. Together with its subsidiary Evcon, the company will unveil UPW 1.0, their first station for ultra pure water production for pharmaceutical industry.

Hydrogen specialist Air Products breaks ground for a world-scale steam methane reformer (SMR) at Covestro’s Baytown facility in Texas. The already sold-out site shall be connected to world’s largest hydrogen plant and pipeline system…

Amidst the many agreements, the most recent deal which the company has bagged includes an EPC contract by Abu Dhabi Polymer Company (Borouge) for a new polypropylene unit in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The plant is expected to produce a maximum capacity of 480,000 tonnes per year.

Synbra Technology in the Netherlands had put a PLA (polylactic acid) plant into service. The plant can produce up to 5000 tons PLA per year and Synbra plans to further expand the capacity. Furthermore Sulzer decided to built its own 1000 tons a year PLA production plant to support customers in the development of new applications.

Sabic’s new PP operation answers fast-accelerating demand from automotive OEMs and tiers for local supply of globally-consistent PP materials in North America, supporting production of both regional and global vehicle platforms.