Jointly owned by Clariant and Beijing Tiangang Auxiliary Co. (Tiangang), the new production facility is based in Cangzhou, China. With this plant, Clariant aims to expand its presence in the Asian country.

With an aim to boost retail hydrogen capacity in California, True Zero will be making use of Linde’s highly efficient Cryo Pump 3.0/90 for its new retail hydrogen fueling stations.

From Autumn 2013, another Terex Gottwald portal harbor crane is helping to efficiently move bulk cargo in Brazil. Terex Port Solutions had received an order from Fospar for the supply of a Model 4 crane in the G HSK 4316 B variant. This new portal harbor crane, together with an identical machine delivered in 2012, handles fertilizer at the bulk terminal of the customer in Paranagua, South Brazil.

In order to balance out spikes in power grids resulting from non-uniform regenerative energy conversion from wind or sun, surplus power can be used for the decentralized production of chemicals. German research center Fraunhofer IGB has developed an electrolytic cell in which hydrogen peroxide can be produced on site with electric energy from just water and air – along with oxidative wastewater treatment.

Invista Technologies and Ariha Chemicals have agreed upon licensing of Invista’s R²R Technology. “Ariha is excited to be embarking on this new venture that could benefit its environmental and variable cost performance by using the R²R Technology from Invista.”

Air Products plans to build a world-scale liquid hydrogen plant with a capacity of approximately 30 tons per day at its La Porte, Texas industrial gas facility.

Stefan Oelrich will succeed Dieter Weinand as head of the Pharmaceuticals Division w.e.f. November 1, 2018. The Supervisory Board has also extended the contracts of Board of Management members Liam Condon, Head of Crop Science Division and Dr. Hartmut Klusik, Labor Director.

The gases group Linde has signed a long-term contract with the Hungarian chemical company Borsod Chem to supply nitrogen, oxygen and compressed air to the chemical complex in Kazincbarcika.

The worldwide petrochemical industry will experience significant growths within the next five years, recent figures indicate – Yet, this growth is not equally distributed: While markets in China, the US or Iran are thriving…

In 2020, the Port of Antwerp witnessed a fall in chemical demand; crude oil throughput also fell by 60 % due to reduced refining activities in the background of the Covid-19 pandemic.