Röhm has recently launched a new Technology Center in Shanghai, China and plans to establish another Technical Center in Connecticut, USA in order to become a technology leader in methacrylates. The Shanghai Technology Center will offer modern technical application and development labs for innovative applications.

The Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) has awarded an additional EPCC contract to McDermott for the construction of a new naptha hydrotreating unit and a new isomerization unit with associated facilities at the Barauni Refinery Expansion Project in Bihar, India.

Chemical production in Leverkusen has one foot in the future. The F³ project was launched to ensure that the European chemical industry remains competitive in the world market. PROCESS took a look behind the scenes.

The F3 Factory Project was launched to enhance the competitiveness of the European chemical industry by developing alternative production concepts with fast and flexible production process. In an exclusive PROCESS interview, Dr. Thomas Bott, who is head of the Polymer Technology Unit in the Polymer Research organization at BASF and is involved in the F3 Project, explains how that approach might look like in practical application.

Italvacuum has manufactured vacuum pumps and vacuum dryers for the chemical and pharmaceutical industries since its establishment in 1939. The company supplies turnkey systems and bespoke equipment built to suit its customers’ needs.

Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobras), Latin America’s largest company and one of the world’s largest oil producers, is turning to Sandvik’s Rotoform solidification technology to handle the increasing volumes of sulphur produced at its Brazil refineries.

Exact and reliable chemical analysis of feedstocks and products is very important in the manufacture of fine chemicals. Laboratory gas chromatographs are among the techniques traditionally used for this task, but pressure to improve process operations has brought change. Online process gas chromatography now provides significant benefits, as shown on a naphtha cracker.

Radar level measuring instruments have written a success story. The areas of application were gradually extended. However, according to the unanimous opinion of the experts, a measuring instrument that really covers all applications had not yet been sighted. Thanks to the higher frequency ranges and new instrument versions, a new instrument comes very close to this ideal.

Without the presence of “nothing,” literally nothing goes in many chemical processes. Whether for vaporization, sublimation, rectification, filtration, drying or conveying: Vacuum accelerates these process steps or is required to make them possible in the first place. Pfeiffer Vacuum has embodied a fascination for vacuum technology and its possibilities for more than 125 years.

Wood has plans to build a new Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) production plant for Röhm on the site of OQ Chemicals in Bay City, Texas, USA. Work on this project is expected to be fully integrated with technology solutions provided by Aveva.