Neste Jacobs and Coolbrook in collaboration with University of Oxford’s Osney Thermo Fluids laboratory, University of Cambridge’s Whittle laboratory, and major chemical producers are developing a new process based on hydrocarbon cracking method, where ethylene, the core raw material for polyethylene is produced.

Proseal has developed a new ultra-hygienic conveyor to help food manufacturers meet the highest food quality and safety standards. The next generation OC Conveyor incorporates a number of unique features that avoid potential food traps, together with an enhanced design which ensures fast and thorough cleaning during wash down.

Pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim opened a new tablet production facility in Ingelheim. Starting immediately, the Solids Launch Factory will manufacture all the company’s new drugs introduced in tablet form (solids). Digital tools are a crucial pillar of the new plant.

JGC Holdings and Cosmo Oil Company have chosen Honeywell’s Ecofining technology for converting used cooking oil into renewable jet fuel. The project is claimed to be the first commercial scale sustainable aviation fuel project in Japan.

Orlen Lietuva has awarded an EPC contract to Petrofac for modernizing, upgrading and expanding its existing Mažeikiai Refinery in North-West Lithuania. With this move, the company intends to develop cleaner fuels and enhance the plant’s operational and carbon efficiency.

Marketing storage terminals are vital to the working of any oil and gas company or refinery, as they store products, which are to be marketed to direct or indirect customers. These terminals can affect the overall business of an organization if not managed competently. Therefor, the smooth operation of the assets becomes vital for oil and gas companies...Here’s an overview of how actuation technology brought about efficiency at the Vishaka Black Oil Terminal.

Growth expected on Indonesia's pharmaceutical market: Manufacturers of packaging solutions like glass specialist Schott present their portfolio at the recent Allpack in Jakarta/Indoneia. The recent trend towards social security and healthcare systems in Asia could offer pharmaceutical service providers and component suppliers new possibilities, company speakers believe...

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of October 2021’ from all over the world. Right from the Rotating Olefins Cracker technology advancing the energy transition of olefin production to Ineos investing more than 2 billion dollars on green hydrogen projects in Europe, find out all the projects making headlines here.

There’s a new innovative and revolutionary microfluidic system which allows the mixing and extracting operations to be carried out using a mini glass chip which was otherwise conventionally performed with large-scale equipment. This microfluidic process boasts of combining numerous microfluidic chips simultaneously, thus, creating a ‘desktop chemical plant.’ Now, NTHU and Daicel have plans to integrate this microfluidic system into the chemical manufacturing industry.

Elkem has plans to expand capacity at its Roussillon silicone upstream plant in France thus bringing the unit’s total capacity to 100,000 metric tons annually. The company will upgrade and debottleneck its plant to achieve this objective. The expansion is being carried out due to the growing demand for specialty silicones in EMEA and the Americas.