With an aim to establish a global nylon 6,6 production facility at its South Carolina site in the USA, Invista has broken ground for a new nylon polymer facility at the site. The new plant is expected to increase the production volume of polymers at the site.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of July 2022’ from all over the world. Right from Lonza developing a large-scale fill & finish facility for commercial drug products to Shell building Europe’s largest renewable hydrogen plant, find out all the projects making headlines here.

The Antares Vision Group showcased a comprehensive ecosystem of solutions and technologies: inspection systems and machines, solutions for track and trace for transparency of supply chains and products and smart data management of products and processes to guarantee safety, efficiency and sustainability for the pharma sector.

Under a MOU signed between Ineos and Plastic Energy, both the companies will produce 100,000 tonnes of recycled raw materials from plastic waste and create virgin-quality polymers. The partners will also explore the construction of a commercial-scale plant.

Wood has partnered with Cuantec to develop separation facilities that will process shellfish waste to extract chitin, a 100 % compostable biopolymer. The move is expected to support the development of a circular economy within the UK’s materials industry.

Encina has partnered with Veolia Water Technologies to develop a world-class water treatment system for its Encina Point Township Circular Manufacturing Facility in Point Township, Pennsylvania, USA.

PT KPI has selected Topsoe’s Hydroflex technology for the production of renewable fuels at its Cilacap Refinery Complex in Central Java, Indonesia. The unit is expected to produce 6,000 bpsd.

North American Helium has entered into a long-term contract with Air Liquide in which the France-based industrial gas firm will be the primary off-taker of the new helium production facility based in Mankota, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Fluor has secured an EPC contract for Mitsubishi Chemical’s soarnol ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer facility in the UK. Fluor’s scope of work includes modifications to the existing facility and the addition of a new second production line that will increase capacity by 21,000 tons annually.

Wuxi STA has launched its first continuous manufacturing line for oral solids at its drug production site in Wuxi city, China. The continuous manufacturing line is equipped with the process analytical technology which helps to monitor blending uniformity, allowing for real-time analysis and control during production.