How do you survive as a German machine builder for over a century and a half? “There are two essential ingredients: innovation and quality,” says Stephan Brand, Vice President Marketing & Product Management at Aerzen. He believes that the chemicals market is a particularly challenging industry.

AkzoNobel is to invest more than €60 million in boosting production capacity for its Bermocoll cellulose derivatives, providing additional momentum for the company's accelerated growth strategy which includes doubling revenue in China to $3 billion by 2015.

Air Products has plans to establish a 4.5-billion-dollar energy complex in Louisiana, USA which is expected to produce over 750 MMSCFD of blue hydrogen. The mega project is the company’s largest-ever investment in the U.S. and will also feature the world’s largest instance of CO2 capture for permanent sequestration.

Yokogawa’s strategy of growth through cooperations bears fruits: The Japanese process automation specialists teamed up with Eaton to develop an all new integrated production control system.

Praxair will double the capacity of its Memphis, Tennessee, air separation complex to produce oxygen and nitrogen in order to supply Nucor Corporation and Valero Energy Corporation.

ThyssenKrupp Uhde has, through its US business partner, Uhde Corporation of America, been selected by CF Industries, one of the world's leading fertiliser producers, to provide engineering and supply services for two fertiliser complexes in the USA. Overall expenditure on the projects will total US $ 3.8 billion.

Nouryon has completed a $ 22.5 million project at Sundsvall, Sweden that raises production capacity for its Expancel expandable microspheres. These products are used to enhance the properties of products ranging from shoe soles and food packaging to wind turbines.

Mc Dermott announced that CCS JV, a joint venture between Mc Dermott, Saipem and Chiyoda, has reached full agreement for a contract with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation for the Mozambique Area 1 Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Development.

Intelligent linking with simulation data saves many weeks of engineering work: easier Feed scenario handling as well as its documentation and calculation.

Rovnag Abdullayev, President of Socar, and Murat Gigin, President of Tekfen Holding, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the construction of a new urea production facility in Azerbaijan.