Water re-circulation and re-use are two crucial aspects of ‘smart water’ – How well does the industry manage water resources? The general tendency today is to take a holistic systems approach. More process water is being re-circulated and industrial producers are recovering reusable substances and water treatment chemicals. Companies are also taking a new approach to effluent management.

Chinese petrochemical giant Sinopec starts up its 800,000 tons/year ethylene production at Wuhan, PR China. The facility is the core asset of a new petrochemical complex at Wuhan...

Instant food and flavour stimulants are barely conceivable without the use of aromas. For the composition of food and flavourings, the mixing process is quality determining. When it comes to characteristics like homogeneity, flowability and dissolving behaviour of food, the most important challenge for a manufacturer of mixers is to meet the customer´s core requirements.

Hanwha Total Petrochemical, a 50/50 joint venture between Hanwha and Total, will invest more than $ 300 million to expand its integrated refining & petrochemicals platform located in Daesan, South Korea.

BASF has inaugurated its world-scale production complex for acrylic acid, butyl acrylate and superabsorbent polymers in Camaçari, Bahia, Brazil. The complex has a capacity of 160,000 tons of acrylic acid per year. The investment of more than € 500 million is the largest in BASF’s more than century-long history in South America.

A new material changes its conductivity depending on the concentration of CO2 in the environment. The researchers who developed it have utilized the material to produce a miniature, simply constructed sensor.

Anellotech announced the completion of the commissioning of its T-Cat-8 pilot plant, and the commencement of the critical development and testing program. The unit is designed to demonstrate the Bio-T-Cat (thermal catalytic biomass conversion) process in a fluid bed reactor with internal process recycle streams and continuous catalyst regeneration.

Dupont Performance Polymers has increased production capacity of Dupont Zytel PA 66 and PA 6 at its Uentrop facility in Hamm, Germany by 20 percent to meet growing demand primarily in the global automotive industry.

Production capacity for bio–based polymers will triple from 5.1 million tons in 2013 to 17 million tons in 2020, representing a two percent share of polymer production in 2013 and four percent in 2020. The bio-based polymer turnover was about € 10 billion worldwide in 2013. Europe looses considerable shares in total production to Asia.

The Indian plastics industry is at par with its global counterparts. It has been growing at an increased pace despite challenging economic conditions. President, PlastIndia Foundation and Managing Director, Kadakia Plastics & Chemicals, Subhash K Kadakia talks about the industry and how it can boost the growth of other sectors in the country... Discover the views of an industry stalwart on the current scenario of the plastics industry!