Stiphout’s facility in the Netherlands has an annual processing capacity equivalent to the amount of plastic packaging waste generated by over 500,000 Dutch citizens per year. With this acquisition, Lyondell Basell aims to strengthen its existing assets in the Netherlands and Germany.

The following statements focus on the question if the use of organic heat transfer fluids creates the necessity to classify an explosion zone around the heat transfer system. They are based on a long experience in designing, manufacturing and doing maintenance, repair and technical service work on a huge variety of different HTF systems as well as on our knowledge of explosion protection regulations.

Covestro, the Chemicals group is planning to cut up to 10 % of jobs worldwide. Up to 1700 jobs across the globe, and more than 900 in Germany might be cut by the end of 2023, according to initial estimates.

Hithium’s battery production facility in Xiamen, China has been certified as carbon neutral. By 2035, the company aims to achieve carbon neutrality throughout its industry chain.

Maintenance in automatic machines is usually addressed on a time basis. This means that parts are checked or substituted at regular time intervals or at a predetermined amount of working hours. This approach is called ‘pre-emptive maintenance’. An alternative approach, called ‘predictive maintenance’, suggests performing maintenance only when necessary.

With an investment of 190 million dollars, Irving Oil has plans to conduct a major refinery turnaround at its Saint John refinery in Canada. With this, the firm aims to focus on the continued safe, sustainable and reliable operations of the refinery.

Making the right decision when it comes to packaging material is a challenge for manufacturers. Factors such as product protection, machine runnability, environmental friendliness, cost-effectiveness and consumer expectations all need to be reconciled. A seemingly sustainable material may not necessarily be the most ecological solution. Packaging machine manufacturer Schubert has been building up comprehensive expertise for several years, which it intends to make increasingly available to its customers in the future.

Located in Pennsylvania, the project – Shell Polymers Monaca is the first major polyethylene manufacturing complex in the Northeastern United States which is expected to produce 1.6 million tonnes every year.

Under a MOU signed between both the parties, CB&I will assess its liquid hydrogen (LH2) storage tank design for the ship while DSME will focus on developing the ship’s design to install the storage tank. The study is expected to help in the development of a large-scale LH2 carrier in terms of future design.

Bristol Myers Squibb has plans to strengthen and expand its cell therapy manufacturing network by adding a new U.S. manufacturing facility for producing in-house viral vectors. The move follows a partnership agreement with Novartis.