Fluor announced that Socar, a gas-processing project of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic, has selected Unipol PE Technology licensed by Univation Technologies for use in its world-scale 600 kta polyethylene plant to be built in Garadagh, Azerbaijan.

BASF announced plans to expand production capabilities at its Chattanooga plant to strengthen the company´s position as a supplier of emulsion polymers for the paper, paperboard and carpet industries in North America.

Sabic has plans to invest a whopping 1.37 billion dollars at the Teesside facility in the UK in order to decarbonize the plant. The investment includes strengthening the operations at the facility and enabling its chemical cracker transformation, thus leading to the development of one of the world’s lowest carbon-emitting crackers.

Increased research in weed control is urgently required now to address the severe agricultural problems of today and tomorrow. This was a fundamental consensus among all participants of a two-day symposium in Frankfurt and Monheim organized by Bayer Cropscience...

This year’s Start-up Challenge at Covestro is now getting down to the facts: The six best international start-up ideas have now been picked and the teams are preparing for the grand final.

Fluor announced that its global alliance framework agreement with Yara Belgium, European producer of ammonia and nitrate fertilizer, has been extended by three years and expanded to provide engineering, procurement and construction management services to support the client's global operations.

Ecolab has plans to takeover Purolite, a global manufacturer of high-end ion exchange resins for the separation and purification of solutions in biopharma and industrial sectors. The acquisition will strengthen the company’s life sciences business in order to develop better and more effective products for its customers as well as expand its capabilities in microelectronics, nuclear power and food and beverage industries.

During a field test at H.C. Starck in Goslar, Germany, the new Sitrans FC430 Coriolis flowmeter demonstrated exceptional stability and reliability in measuring the concentration of tungsten metal. Other benefits of particular interest to H.C. Starck included the meter’s multi-parameter measurement capability and its modular design, which facilitates easy operation and servicing.

A bearing failure and resulting gasket leak caused LSB Industries to shut down its chemical factory at Cherokee, Alabama. Repairs could take a whole month, LSB speakers stated.

Russia's biggest private oil group Lukoil commissions Glatt Ingenieurtechnik again with the construction of a plant for the production of sodium cyanide (NaCN), a chemical that is mainly used in gold mining.