The onshore EPC contract comprises the construction of seven cracker furnaces of 1200 KTPA Dual Feed Cracker Units at HPCL’s Bathinda Refinery in Punjab. LTHE intends to make use of its modular fabrication facilities in Gujarat for the fabrication of furnace modules.

The efforts of both the specialised companies will enable the diversion of polystyrene waste from landfills by converting it back into valuable polymers and monomer building blocks. In addition to this, Green Mantra’s secondary product from the polystyrene depolymerisation process is expected to be evaluated for use as a raw material by Ineos Styrolution for its polystyrene resin production.

A plant revamp is much more than just a scheduled shutdown: Done right, it can become the perfect solution to re-establish competitiveness and comply with regulations and market demands — As good as new or even better: Plant revamping to achieve capacity increase, modernization to conform to ever changing regulations or product diversification can put an established production site back on top of the competition. But such delicate rejuvenation projects require dedicated specialists. With the right partners, a production plant can stay forever feasible …

With an aim to accelerate value creation for the Solvay Group, the company has plans to simplify and realign its Executive Committee. With this new plan, members of the Executive Committee will be responsible for execution of corporate strategy and financial performance of their respective portfolios.

The mega plant will be responsible for producing amino 11 monomer and Rilsan polyamide 11 resins. The strategic location offers many benefits including infrastructure, logistics, industrial integration and operational excellence, as well as optimisation of the activity’s carbon footprint.

Speciality chemicals firm Lanxess launches its second production line for high-performance plastics compounding in Gastonia, North Carolina, thus completing its US $ 15 million dollar expansion project.

Evonik plans to expand its production capacities for transparent polyamides of the Trogamid CX brand at the Marl Chemical Park. The company announced that the reason for this was the growing global demand for high-performance polymers.

The contract is for Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company’s (Kipic) Petrochemical Refinery Integration Project in Kuwait. The contract includes basic engineering, technology license, and catalyst for an integrated Low Pressure Recovery and Olefins Conversion Technology unit.

Maag Americas adds the Colorex color mixer to its line of Ambient Pulverisers. The mixer is used to mix product in-line with a pulveriser to eliminate the typical cleanup time of a central mixer. It is designed for most polymers and for production rates up to 907 kg/h (2,000 lbs/hr).

Lanxess ion exchangers are being used for brine purification in chlor-alkali electrolysis in India. The Lewatit MDS TP 208 ion exchanger protects highly sensitive electrolysis membranes and its fine beads enhance the brine treatment process.