Under the terms of the collaboration, Sabic and Plastic Energy’s advanced recycling unit will receive pre-sorted and treated plastic waste from Siemer’s sorting plant in Germany. The unit will convert the plastic waste into pyrolysis oil which will then be treated and used as alternative feedstock by Sabic to produce certified circular polymers.

Slowly rotating vertical mixing systems for powdery goods have been around for a long time. Their area of use was primarily where large quantities of bulk goods had to be blended and the proportional composition of the components was to a large extent similar.

Rejves Machinery is an expert in developing filling and capping machines for packaging cosmetic, pharmaceutical, chemical and food products. With this acquisition, the Marchesini Group aims to achieve new growth targets by diversify its customer portfolio even further.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of October 2022’ from all over the world. Right from the world’s first demo plant for electrically heated steam cracker furnaces taking off to Dow and Mura developing Europe’s largest advanced recycling plant in Germany, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Maag Group has announced the appointment of Paul Merich, former Vice President Maag APAC, as incoming VP/GM for Maag Americas while Aaron Kong, GM of Maag China will be succeeding Merich.

Saipem and Stockholm Exergi have plans to develop a large-scale CO2 capture plant in Sweden. On completion, the plant is expected to capture 800,000 tonnes of biogenic carbon dioxide annually from the biomass-fuelled Värtaverket power plant in Stockholm.

Occidental’s first large-scale Direct Air Capture (DAC) plant in Texas, USA will be using Siemens Energy compressors to capture up to 500,000 metric tons of CO2 annually. Occidental’s subsidiary 1PointFive will be developing the project.

Fluor Corporation has sold its Ameco South America business to the Stracon Group. With this move, the company will be able to focus on its core businesses and capital priorities.

The introduction of robotics into manufacturing plants benefits both products and staff, delivering greater operational flexibility, safety, quality and process efficiency compared to what traditional mechanical solutions allow. However, the price to achieve this is a reduction in production rates.

Exxonmobil has plans to sell its Billings refinery as well as a few select midstream assets in Montana and Washington, USA to Par Pacific Holdings. The deal also includes associated pipelines along with product terminals.