With an aim to meet the growing demands of monochloroacetic acid (MCA) in India's agricultural, personal care and pharmaceutical markets, Nouryon and Atul have collaborated to establish a new production plant in Gujarat, India.

Honeywell UOP’s C3 Oleflex technology has been selected by Anchorage Investments to produce 750,000 metric tons per year of polymer-grade propylene for its new Anchor Benitoite petrochemicals complex in Suez, Egypt.

The static-dynamic mixer vipro-Duomix is perfectly suited for compressible, two-component materials – with very different viscosities, extreme mixing ratios and high-pressure sensitivity. The extended version with optimized mixing blocks for low-viscosity, and high-viscosity materials on either side brings a further advantage: It is ideally suited for materials that are difficult to mix – with different or identical viscosities.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the most recent plant engineering projects from all over the world. Right from Front-End Engineering Design (Feed) contracts to plant revamp projects, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Wacker announced plans for a collaboration with Dynaplak, a Dutch manufacturer of biobased raw materials for agricultural and industrial applications. Together, the two companies want to develop hybrid binders based on starch and polymers.

With a capacity of 45 ktpa, the new facility is expected to monetise Sibur’s own feedstock, enhance the hydrocarbon processing rate in the country and also export its Man to Western as well as Eastern Europe.

The special anniversary ceremony took place in Leverkusen, Germany where Dr. Dirk Müller, Head of the Global Technology & Innovation team focused on the significance of catalysis for the chemical industry.

Under the deal, LU-VE Group will be taking over Alfa Laval’s air heat exchanger business. The move is expected to affect about 400 employees at various production sites such as Italy, Finland and India.

Maire Tecnimont has bagged the EPCC contract from the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) for a new Para-Xylene plant along with its associated offsites facilities in Odisha, India. Once complete, the new facility is expected to have a capacity of 800,000 tons per year.

Danfoss has inaugurated its new filter-drier factory in Chennai. The factory comprises an area spanning 10000 sq ft and is considered to be the largest filter drier facility in the country. The facility plays an important role in Danfoss' Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Controls business, and will manufacture filter-driers for Refrigeration and Air-conditioning applications, speakers explained.