Evonik is investing a double-digit million dollar amount in the construction of a new multi-purpose facility at its Geesthacht location in Northern Germany, 30 km outside the city of Hamburg.

Demand for TPE is strongly focused on the largest economic powers: Currently, processors in China, the USA, Japan, and Germany combined account for about two thirds of global demand, Ceresana says in a study.

The company has plans to increase its linear mercaptans production capacitiesin order to meet the growing demands for polymers from the transportation and electronics markets.

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation will establish a new carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic pilot plant in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. The company’s latest technology which boasts of manufacturing high-quality carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic with low void content will be incorporated into the facility.

With Industry 4.0 making it easier to drive operational efficiencies with wireless cellular connectivity, Alfa Laval is introducing the Alfa Laval CM, a condition monitoring system for rotating equipment, to its portfolio of sensing and control products. The new CM is another step forward in a digital transformation journey that the firm is pioneering with customers to harness the power of digital data for the hygienic processing industries.

The Swiss company Endress+Hauser has weathered the crisis year 2020 in good shape. However, the Group’s consolidated sales fell — strongly influenced by exchange rate effects — by almost 3 % to just under € 2.6 billion.

Technip FMC has been awarded a significant integrated Engineering Procurement Construction and Installation (iEPCI) contract by NIpetco and Petro Amriya, two Joint Ventures between Energean and Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (Egas) and Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) for a subsea tieback located offshore Egypt on the North El Amriya and North Idku concession.

Titan Enterprises reports that its High Pressure Oval Gear (OG4) flowmeters provide an ideal solution for applications, within the oil and gas industry, that require a highly accurate and chemically resistant flow measurement device, such as metering high pressure additive injection.

The India-based project is expected to process 1.2 million barrels of crude oil per day and will produce a range of refined petroleum as well as petrochemical products. Expected to be commissioned in 2022, the project aims to meet India’s fast-growing fuels and petrochemicals demand. Read more about the engineering mega project in the article.

CVR Energy’s subsidiary has selected Haldor Topsoe’s hydroflex technology to revamp its Oklahoma refinery in the USA in order to produce 100 million gallons of renewable diesel per year. Under the terms of the contract, Topsoe will deliver basic engineering, license, proprietary equipment and catalyst for its Hydroflex technology.