The new plant is the company’s third manufacturing base for Long Glass Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene and is expected to increase the firm’s production capacity to 10,500 tonnes per year.

Potash, Sugar or APIs are commonly formed by crystallisation. In an optimised crystallisation system the particle size distribution can be narrowed and the impact on the crystals, e.g. breakage or the production of fines, will be reduced.

Science, industry and politics are joining forces to turn exhaust gases into chemical raw materials —  Some 20 million tons of CO2 are at stake — this is the amount of greenhouse gas Germany's steelworks emit into the atmosphere every year. No surprise then that experts see great potential for the material use of waste gases. Can the mammoth project “smokestack chemistry” succeed? The Carbon2Chem conference is campaigning for a cooperation between the different players.

Plant construction without annoying interfaces — There are not many technology and plant construction firms who can cover the full range of engineering services. But the EPC Group can! PROCESS visited the traditional — yet highly innovative — company from Thüringen/Germany.

With the creation of a new commercial platform dedicated to 3D printing, Arkema aims to address the needs of the demanding and innovative 3D printing markets.

Maag will be exhibiting examples of its broad-ranging portfolio of extrusion-related systems on stand 6202 in hall A6 at Fakuma 2018 in Friedrichshafen, Germany, between October 16 and 20.

Despite increasing volaties, the market for agricultural inputs could grow to € 100 million, Bayer's Crop Science division believes. These figures are especially encouraging as the parent company just decided to focus solely on agrochemicals and healthcare products and divest the remains of its materials and polymers business..

With the appointment of Rainer Höfling, the company aims to provide higher agility and increased customer focus for the specialised business.

Nalco, a subsidiary of Ecolab, plans a new polymer production facility at the company’s complex in Garyville, Louisiana. The 300,000 square-foot facility will produce dry polymer products for use in removing contaminants from wastewater, increasing production efficiency in the paper industry and recovering minerals in the mining industry.

The 37-acre plant is operational and is expected to increase the firm’s global carbon fiber production capacity. The facility has also generated 370 jobs for the locals.