Chemtura has expanded its Axion Mao (methylaluminoxane) production at its Bergkamen, Germany manufacturing facility, to meet rising global demands.

Lanxess announced the capacity expansion for the industrial chemical benzyl alcohol for the global market by around 30 %.

Whether major project or container factory: What is decisive is the networking — What does chemical production of tomorrow look like? While the mega plants score with their scaling effects in giant proportions, the modular plant scores in flexibility thanks to the construction kit principle. Container modules against projects worth billions — an unequal battle. But perhaps on closer look David and Goliath are not really so different?

Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemical is making use of Honeywell UOP’s C3 Oleflex technology to produce propylene in order to meet the rising demand of plastics in China. The C3 Oleflex technology uses catalytic dehydrogenation to convert propane to propylene.

Zhejiang Feida, the Chinese engineering joint-venture established by Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, has completed retrofitting works and begun operations of a a flue gas treatment system build for Huadian Zouxian Power.

They are made to work everywhere and still vary widely in size and application: fittings that ensure safety in the oil and gas industries, channel fluids through chemical plants, control the supply and drainage of water, gas or highly corrosive media or regulate the correct flow in the beverage industry.

Located in Louisiana, the complex includes a 1.5-million-tonne-per-year ethane cracker plant which comprises of six downstream chemical units and associated utilities. Under the joint venture, Fluor and Technip will also carry out performance testing for the world-scale complex.

The artificial intelligence framework called ‘KRTI 4.0’ aims to achieve operational excellence for industry, utilities, transportation and infrastructure organisations. The framework makes use of advanced digital concepts such as AI, cognitive/machine learning and machine-to-machine (M2M) for industrial environments.

With this partnership, Pure Cycle aims to set up its first plant in Lawrence County, Ohio to restore used polypropylene (PP) plastic to 'virgin-like' quality with a revolutionary recycling method. By 2021, the plant is expected to recycle 119 million pounds of polypropylene and produce over 105 million pounds annually.

Lanxess announces major milestone for the world's biggest Nd-PBR plant in Singapore: The German based specialty chemicals company celbrated the groundbreaking for its new 140,000 metric tons/year rubber production on Jurong Island. Lanxess plans to invest some € 200 million in the site.