India's vaccine industry ranks third in terms of volume globally in the world. Yet the question remains of why deaths are being reported even after immunization against a disease. One of the reasons for this is the improper transport of vaccines which cause the vaccine to lose its effectiveness. Use of phase change materials (PCMs) can help reduce vaccine wastage during transportation.

When building stadiums, planners are increasingly taking advantage of the benefits offered by membrane architecture, enabling the creation of new and modern forms. Two well-known examples are the Olympic Stadium in Berlin and the Green Point Stadium in Cape Town.

The ‘Best Plant Engineering’ projects from all around the globe have been showcased here. Right from developing the first full-scale zero carbon-emissions steel plant in the world to building the world’s largest polyethylene integration project, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Lummus Technology and Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) have secured multiple technology contracts from North Huajin Refining and Petrochemical Co. for its refinery and petrochemical complex in Liaoning Province, China. The petrochemical company has selected both the companies as the lead process technology providers for the project.

EuroChem wants to reduce dependency on third-party phosphate supplies. Against this background, EuroChem will take over Yara’s ‘Serra do Salitre Phosphate Project’ in Brazil. The integrated upstream phosphates project in Minas Gerais is expected to add 1 MMT to EuroChem’s annual phosphate production capacity.

A Foster Wheeler subsidiary will supply engineering and materials for a new double-cell Terrace Wall steam reformer heater and air preheating system of Russian oil company Gazprom. The unit will be part of a hydrogen production at the Salavat Refinery, in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia.

NatureWork overhauls its bio–polymers prododuction: New production technology will increase capacity at the NatureWorks' Blair, Nebraska, facility to 150,000 metric tonnes per annum, making new performance grades available in the second quarter 2013.

Measurements and optics specialist Carl Zeiss celebrates the opening of its new assembly and demo center for Industrial Metrology in Bangalore, India. The Tech Center there allows Zeiss' Industrial Metrology division to offer its customers additional services such as demos, training, contract programming, contract measurements and a service hotline.

Haldor Topsoe and Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum (Group) Co., (Yanchang) have established a joint venture which aims at producing MK-151+ methanol synthesis catalysts for the Chinese market. The companies will also develop a facility in Shaanxi Fupin, China for producing methanol synthesis catalysts.

A massive explosion occurred at the waste disposal centre of the chemical park operator Currenta in Leverkusen on 27 July. Black clouds of smoke could be seen over the city. At least two people were killed in the subsequent fire of a solvent tank.