It is essential to select the right equipment in order to achieve reliable results when measuring humidity. The same is true of calibration processes which are carried out at regular intervals and should be based on traceable standards. This will serve to guarantee reliable results in the long term.

Located in Alabama, the plant is Arkema’s maiden facility in the USA. The move is in line with the firm’s ambitious growth strategy for developing high-performance polymers and advanced materials.

The fresh facility is expected to handle an annual production capacity of approximately 400,000 tonnes of ADN and is claimed to be the first world-scale ADN plant to be built in a long time.

Chemical production in Leverkusen has one foot in the future. The F³ project was launched to ensure that the European chemical industry remains competitive in the world market. PROCESS took a look behind the scenes.

The F3 Factory Project was launched to enhance the competitiveness of the European chemical industry by developing alternative production concepts with fast and flexible production process. In an exclusive PROCESS interview, Dr. Thomas Bott, who is head of the Polymer Technology Unit in the Polymer Research organization at BASF and is involved in the F3 Project, explains how that approach might look like in practical application.

With an intention to grow strongly in the Asian market, Lubrizol Corporation has installed a new TPU line in its China plant. This is the company’s second such expansion in a single year which aims to support Lubrizol’s Engineered Polymers business.

Oil as a natural resource is becoming scarcer and more expensive and there is a need to look at eco-friendly ways of extracting it, thereby reducing CO2 emissions. White biotechnology offers a solution: scientists are now using microorganisms such as bacteria to generate substances for the production of polymers. The advantage is that these miniature biochemical factories run on renewable resources or agricultural waste converting it into valuable chemicals.

Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions has signed an agreement with the Russian jointstock company Polyester Plant Ivanovo to build a new PET polymer and staple fibre production plant. The contract is worth around €150 million and includes engineering, procurement and the supervision of erection and commissioning.

The capacity expansion is expected to take place at Solvay’s Saint-Fons plant in France and will be fully operational in Q2-2019. With this move, the firm aims at improving the security of supply on three continents.

The Indian raw and wastewater market is estimated to be around `2,000 crore (about US $ 300 mio) and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 12 per cent during 2016–2021. In this background, we interacted with a few industry players and experts from the sector to more about the latest trends, business opportunities and technologies in the wastewater treatment sector…