Under a MOU signed between Röhm and OQ, both the companies will work together to construct a methyl methacrylate plant on the U.S. Gulf Coast with a design capacity of 250,000 tons of MMA annually.

The new Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer (RTO) will be installed at Borealis’ polyolefins plant in Porvoo, Finland by 2023. With this move, the company aims to lower CO2 emissions, energy consumption, and flaring at its facilities.

Honeywell has opened a new production line at its catalyst manufacturing facility in Shreveport.

Lonza has plans to divest its Specialty Ingredients business to Bain Capital and Cinven for 4.6 billion dollars. The move is expected to assist Lonza to refocus its business in the healthcare industry.

Johnson Matthey and Eastman announced that Inner Mongolia Jiutai New Material (Jiutai) has chosen their advanced, proprietary technology for the production of ethylene glycol from coal at its planned 1,000,000 tonnes per annum ethylene glycol facility.

Oneok plans to construct additional natural gas liquids (NGL) and natural gas infrastructure. The measures include a new 125,000-barrel per day (bpd) NGL fractionator in Mont Belvieu, Texas, and related infrastructure.

Pfeiffer Vacuum has opened its new production facility in Cluj, Romania. The new building has increased the production and service capacity for turbopump and backing pump components.

Emerson has recently introduced a new software to boost process automation and the application of the Roxar 2600 Multiphase Flow Meter (MPFM) for the oil and gas industry. The Rapid Adaptive Measurement software architecture enables the Roxar 2600 MPFM to do parallel computations at 10 Hz and autonomously select the optimal configuration for a particular time period. This leads to more automation in operational processes, reducing the need for what previously were manual configuration changes.

Propagroup’s Propasecard is a stiff card, “cobalt-dichloride free”, with reversible reading spots of the relative humidity (HR), changing the color from blue to rose when a relative humidity level has been exceeded.

The UF technology will be deployed as RO pre-treatment for the sea water desalination plant. Once completed, the new plant will be capable of offering 170 million litres per day.