Succinity, the joint venture between Corbion Purac and BASF for the production and commercialization of biobased succinic acid, has announced the successful start-up of its first commercial production facility.

Enerkem has started the commercial production of cellulosic ethanol at its facility in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The facility is the first commercial-scale plant in the world to produce cellulosic ethanol made from non-recyclable, non-compostable mixed municipal solid waste.

Akzo Nobel's Specialty Chemicals business is studying plans to build a world-class plant for its Bermocoll business, which supplies ingredients for the paint and buildings and construction industries.

If you want to see the checkered flag, you need to get your pit stop strategy right. The same applies to plant inspection, maintenance and revamp. With good turnaround organization and management, a plant shutdown can be turned into a competitive weapon. We were in The Netherlands to witness a refinery turnaround.

Products from centrifuges or filtration processes often come in the form of wet, lumpy cakes — powdering and drying are usually important processing steps. Combining de-lumping and vacuum drying within a single step can bring big benefits for the industry while providing excellent quality even of sensitive products.

BASF plans to begin production of 1,4-butanediol based on renewable feedstock (renewable BDO) using the patented process of Genomatica, San Diego/California. The one-step fermentation process is based on sugars as a renewable feedstock.

Akzo Nobel's Specialty Chemicals business has entered the next phase of a major expansion at its organic peroxides facility in Ningbo, China, which will increase production capacity by more than 100 % by the third quarter of 2018.

From September 25th-29th, 2011, Berlin is the focal point of European process engineering and biotechnology. More than 3,000 participants from Europe and beyond are expected for the 8th European Congress of Chemical Engineering and the 1st European Congress of Applied Biotechnology.

Ammonia is in demand: The boom of biofuels, emerging economies, a growing population and dietary improvements in many regions drive the demand for this raw material. With this perspective and the abundance of cheap shale gas, fertilizer Projects boom in the US a new study says.

Tunable diode laser (TDL) technology has proven to be exceptionally reliable for measuring trace gas components like H2O, H2S, CO2, NH3 and C2H2. TDL absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) is a highresolution technique that enables the measurement of specific gases with precision while avoiding interferences that are common with traditional analyzers.