The new stringent quality standard ISO 13485-2016 is expected to become mandatory for device manufacturers. The firm has adopted this strategy across three of its sites in USA, Europe and Asia.

Toyo has been awarded a contract to construct a 650,000 tonne per year ethylene and polyethylene plant in Russia as well as an EPC project in Thailand.

Thailand's chemical industry is back on a solid growth curve. Especially the petrochemical industry is seen as a major driving force of the country's economy by the German foreign trades association. Industry experts expect high investment volumes and solid growth rates at the Ma Ta Phut industry area.

Eastman Chemical Company plans to expand its copolyester site in Kuantan, Malaysia.

Toray has decided to construct a new PPS (polyphenylene sulfide) compound production facility at the Hungarian site of its US subsidiary Zoltek Companies. It is the company’s first resin compound production facility in Europe and is expected to start operations in March, 2018 with 3,000 tons annual production capacity.

Exxon Mobil Chemical Company's Singapore affiliate has completed the acquisition of one of the world’s largest aromatics facilities on Jurong Island in Singapore. The acquisition was first announced in May 2017.

The ever-evolving computer based simulation has revolutionised the way industrial processes are developed today: In many fields, accurate simulations can replace experiments and plant field tests with multi-scale and multi-physics models. But can these products bridge the gap between science and engineering?

How well does industry manage water resources? The general tendency today is to take a holistic systems approach. More process water is being recirculated and industrial producers are recovering reusable substances and water treatment chemicals. Companies are also taking a new approach to effluent management. Partial flows are being diverted at an early stage, making treatment easier and less expensive. Technology is even available which can virtually eliminate effluent. Industrial water management will be one of three focal topics at ACHEMA 2015, the world's leading fair and exhibition for chemical and process industries.

The caravan moves on — while markets like China and India took the spotlight during the last years, the Middle East is about to tap into its industrial resources. Major plant projects boom in states like Bahrain. Now wonder that the country was able to attract companies like BASF, Siemens, DHL and many others …

Shin-Etsu Chemical announced plans to invest approx. $ 180 million in the cellulose derivative production at their Naoetsu Plant in Joetsu City, Japan and at SE Tylose in Wiesbaden, Germany.