Carson is non-executive Chairman of Oxford Instruments and TT Electronics, a non-executive director of TI Fluid Systems and also a former non-executive director of Amec Foster Wheeler and Paypoint.

The new screw vacuum pumps Dryvac DV 500 and DV 800 will be presented by Leybold in the spring of 2021. These vacuum pumps compress completely dry, i.e. without operating lubricant in the compression chamber and are therefore ideally suited as backing pumps in food packaging or in pumping sets in heat treatment or coating systems, as they have significant advantages over oil-lubricated piston or rotary vane vacuum pumps.

The new stringent quality standard ISO 13485-2016 is expected to become mandatory for device manufacturers. The firm has adopted this strategy across three of its sites in USA, Europe and Asia.

Gea has developed high-temperature filters with ceramic elements that enable the removal of NOx, dioxins, mercury and VOC through an integrated catalyst matrix. Bis Cat ceramic catalyst filters are chemically inert and corrosion-resistant. This means that for many applications only one single system is required instead of three.

Archroma recently announced the introduction of a new optical brightening agent (OBA) specially designed for food packaging and paper, Leucophor AFCN liq. The newly launched OBA has been approved for food contact by the US Food and Drug Administration.

Total Energies and Novatek have signed a MOU for reducing CO₂ emission resulting from the production of LNG. The companies will also work together to develop large-scale carbon capture and storage solutions and explore new opportunities for developing decarbonized hydrogen and ammonia.

Midwest Fertilizer has chosen KBR's ammonia technology for its new fertilizer manufacturing plant in Mt. Vernon, Indiana: The 2,200 tons–per–day ammonia plant will utilize the company's proprietary Purifier TM technology to reduce capital costs and improve overall plant operations.

Coperion is supplying an extrusion system to Ghent University in Belgium for comprehensive research and development tasks in chemical recycling of mixed plastic waste. The company designed this laboratory system, built upon a ZSK 18 Megalab twin screw extruder, especially for chemical recycling of post-consumer waste within a throughput range of 1-10 kg per hour.

By 2019, China’s chemical production outstripped Europe and North America combined! The Middle Kingdom is dominating the Worldwide Chemical Segment already. What are the projections?

Toyo has been awarded a contract to construct a 650,000 tonne per year ethylene and polyethylene plant in Russia as well as an EPC project in Thailand.