Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemical Company started its UOP Advanced Methanol-to-Olefins (MTO) unit during a 10-day test to confirm successful operation.

AkzoNobel is to invest more than €60 million in boosting production capacity for its Bermocoll cellulose derivatives, providing additional momentum for the company's accelerated growth strategy which includes doubling revenue in China to $3 billion by 2015.

Researchers from the Federal Institute of Technology Zurich have developed a new process to produce polylactic acid (PLA) from glycerol, a waste by-product in the production of biodiesel.

BioAmber has joined forces with Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation in the field of biobased succinic acid, in a strategic agreement that makes BioAmber and its Asian distribution partner Mitsui & Co. the exclusive suppliers of biobased succinic acid to Mitsubishi Chemical.

Several leading chemical and energy companies including Exxon Mobil, Total and BASF announced their planned investments in the Port of Antwerp

Specialty chemicals company Lanxess is investing € 17 million in the expansion of its production capacities for polychloroprene rubber at Dormagen, Germany.

Clariant will expand its plant in Lewiston and install a new compounding line for pre-colored medical plastic compounds that are supplied under the Mevopur brand name.

Pumping is one of the challenging tasks in the process industry. Depending on the company’s area of operations, content to be pumped vary, and hence the choice of pumps also differs. However, peristaltic is one of the pump types that is capable handling various kind of contents including abrasive, viscous, high density, corrosive, etc. This feature makes the pump ideal for varied purposes such as yeast pumping, vending machine applications, chemical pumping and many more.

The use of chillers is essential to the operation of any pharmaceutical plant—for process cooling, HVAC loads and the maintenance of humidity and space temperature set points in Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) spaces. These machines consume a lot of electricity for its working. In this article, an automation expert shares his experiences of how a pharmaceutical company enhanced its operational efficiency and reduced energy costs by incorporating state–of–the–art automation...

The first industrial production facility for renewable 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF) has started its production at the Biochem-1 facility of AVA Biochem in Muttenz, Switzerland. In a first phase, Biochem-1 will produce up to 20 t/a 5-HMF from renewable feedstock.