Japanese Companies Toray Industries and Mitsui Sugar are going to establish in Thailand a joint venture for seeking business opportunities for manufacturing system of cellulosic sugar, a raw material used for producing various biochemical products, from the surplus bagasse generated at sugar mills.

Measuring turbidity with advanced optical infrared (IR) sensing and intelligent electronics, Electro Chemical Devices' Triton TR6 is a versatile solution for environmental monitoring, water treatment or backwash control applications.

Innovative hybrid sensor drive combines two technologies to deliver superior application performance.

Pharmaceutical manufacturing requires strict monitoring and control; product leakage or contamination can cost the manufacturer dearly, and stringent measures are in place to keep these occurrences to a minimum. An important element of process control — not just in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals but in chemical processing generally — is overpressure relief.

General Monitor's Multi-Spectrum Infrared (MSIR) FL4000H flame detector has been certified by the Building Research Establishment Global Group to the EN 54-10 standard of the European Construction Products Directive, a standard recognized worldwide to represent the highest quality levels for flame detection devices.

Brooks Instrument has launched the new GP200 Series, the first fully pressure-insensitive pressure-based mass flow controller for etch and chemical vapor deposition processes in the semiconductor manufacturing industry. The new pressure-based mass flow controller claims to improve flow measurement accuracy and repeatability in the specialized sector.

Exxon Mobil’s affiliate Imperial Oil has plans to produce 20,000 barrels per day of renewable diesel at a new complex at Canada’s Strathcona refinery. The complex will make use of locally grown plant-based feedstock and hydrogen with carbon capture and storage to meet the low-carbon fuel standards.

Invista Nylon Chemicals has plans to double its current nylon 6,6 polymer production at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in China in order to meet the rising domestic demand. With this move, the plant’s capacity will reach 400,000 tons/year.

Exxon Mobil announced its development of cMist technology, which dehydrates natural gas using a patented absorption system inside pipes and replaces the need for conventional dehydration tower technology.

Global operations management consultancy Dupont Sustainable Solutions has announced the creation of a new suite of methodologies aimed at helping companies to bolster their operational risk management systems. These solutions help companies to address technical skill shortages – an unintended consequence of demographic change – by building capabilities related to proper handling of hazardous materials.