Maire Tecnimont has formed and incorporated Vinxia Engineering in the Czech Republic in order to reinforce their revamping segment.

Pumping is one of the challenging tasks in the process industry. Depending on the company’s area of operations, content to be pumped vary, and hence the choice of pumps also differs. However, peristaltic is one of the pump types that is capable handling various kind of contents including abrasive, viscous, high density, corrosive, etc. This feature makes the pump ideal for varied purposes such as yeast pumping, vending machine applications, chemical pumping and many more.

In applications such as pH determination, process analytics is securely in the driving seat. As yet unexploited potential, in contrast, is still slumbering in spectroscopy. A solution is promised by new data analysis methods as well as the integration of analysis equipment into control systems.

RE Energy has plans to revive the operations at its acquired old biorefinery in Denmark. For this purpose, the company has appointed Valmet to rebuild the plant’s pretreatment system. Once the facility begins stable operations, it is expected to produce 2G bioethanol, lignin, and new innovative ingredients.

OQ Chemicals has declared force majeure on n- & iso-butyraldehyde, propionaldehyde, 2- ethylhexanol, n- & iso-butanol, and n-butyl acetate due to a technical snag at its Oberhausen site in Germany. To handle the situation better, the firm will be issuing a Sales Control program for Oberhausen-produced products.

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company announced the expansion of its Meta-xylenediamine (MXDA) production in Europe. In a first step, the company will build a 25,000 MTA plant in Rotterdam.

Speciality chemical company Evonik and Lyondell Basell signed an agreement to purchase high-pressure steam generated from natural gas. The agreement allows Lyondell Basell to phase out coal from its power plant in Wesseling, Germany, by December 2023.

The capacity of Mitsubishi Chemical's polyester film production in Wiesbaden, Germany, is to be expanded. The company invests approximately 110 million euros in a new production line.

Biogas projects in the UK are increasing. Weltec Biopower is building another two plants in the UK at the moment. The facilities go online in the next months the company said.

With the establishment of the uniform, standardized device integration technology Field Device Integration (FDI), leading manufacturers and associations are pulling together — in the interests of the users. Now the technology is getting ready to conquer the practise. The close alliance between Profibus & Profinet International (PI) and FieldComm Group is intended to speed up the market launch once again.