Essar Projects (EPL), a global Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractor has bagged three new orders totaling US $ 80m in Abu Dhabi underpinning its presence in the Middle East market.

At Dow’s annual meeting, the company’s Board of Directors decided that the present CEO Jim Fitterling should be selected as Dow’s new Chairman. Also, Jill Wyant, executive vice president and president of global regions at Ecolab was nominated to stand for election to Dow’s Board of Directors at the meeting.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s first bilateral enforcement operation with the Government of India resulted in ‘Operation Broadsword’ through which around 500 dangerous drugs and medical devices were stopped from reaching US customers.

Edward D. Breen who is currently the Executive Chairman at Dupont has also been handed over the Chief Executive Officer position by the Board of Directors at Dupont. In addition to this, Lori Koch has also been elected as the company’s Chief Financial Officer.

Flowserve will provide more than 1500 rotary control and automated on/off valves to Klabin‘s Puma Project. The new paper mill will have an annual production capacity of 1.5 million tons of short and long-fibre pulp

The R. Stahl Expert Forum welcomed its participants with a vast wealth of information about guidelines and standards, as well as offering plenty of hands-on knowledge as well — So which sets of technical rules are used as the basis for a hazard assessment? How do you assess the risk posed by a cellphone or by a smart watch with integrated heart rate monitor? And which rules apply in North America? As all-rounders, safety experts need to have the answers to many different questions at their fingertips. We have summarized all their answers for you in this article.

Celanese announced the opening of its state-of-the art polyoxymethylene (POM) production facility in Frankfurt Hoechst Industrial Park, Germany.

Partnering with an adept fluid management company – which has a vast experience from almost all types of process plants and 100 countries of the world – makes sense to encounter the ever-increasing challenge to move aggressive, corrosive, explosive, solid-laden or viscous fluids, under high pressure and extreme temperature condition.

With an initial cash consideration of 104 million dollars, the John Wood Group has sold its industrial services business with an aim to build a premium and higher-margin business in the future.

Bhaskar Mandal, Executive Vice President, Sector Cluster Lead Industry South Asia, Siemens Ltd and Executive Council Member Automation Industry Association, highlights the importance of automation and its usage especially in a country like India where people still tend to associate automation with loss of jobs. Speaking to PROCESS, he elaborates on how important it is to reach out to people to make them understand that automation contributes towards productivity and reduces life cycle costs in today’s competitive market.