Nexam Chemical has plans to double the capacity of its Scotland production facility and also intends to make improvements at its Lomma production unit in Sweden. Both the projects are expected to be completed in 2020.

The two facilities are located at the Eastern China Chemical Park and are expected to supply oxygen and nitrogen to Taixing Jinyan. With a combined production capacity of 29000 Nm3/h, the units will also supply gases to other customers situated in the Taixing Economic Development Zone.

Air Products has plans to build, own and operate a green liquid hydrogen production plant in Arizona, USA. The 10 metric ton per day facility will supply hydrogen to the mobility market in California and other regions with an aim to decarbonize its transportation sector.

The Fluid Components International’s (FCI) FLT93 Series Flow Switch is SIL-2 rated and assists in protecting pricey pumps from dry running conditions which shorten their lives.

Petrofac has won a contract in Oman to produce a basic engineering package to recover gas that is currently flared at three onshore locations. In addition to this, the company will produce a Feed for Waha Oil Company’s Gialo III field, onshore Libya and is also responsible for a four-month conceptual and pre-Feed study for the rehabilitation of the Dahra Oil Field in Concession 32, onshore Libya.

The European Union relies heavily on natural gas imports from Russia and the recent invasion of Ukraine by the Putin Government has changed the dynamics of the global energy market. In this background, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has listed out a 10-point plan on how Europe can significantly cut natural gas imports from Russia within a year.

Technip FMC has signed the technology agreement with Meghmani Finechem which aims to produce epichlorohydrin from renewable feedstock at its plant in India. With this move, the Indian firm will become the first to manufacture epichlorohydrin in the Asian country.

Air Products is expected to form a joint venture with Saudi Aramco, Acwa Power and Air Products Qudra in order to acquire the gasification, power and industrial gas assets at Jazan Economic City in Saudi Arabia.

French plant manufacturer Technip was selected to plan the Construction of a new Chemical Plant for Solvay in China.

To increase the quality of master batches, a sifting process can separate plastic granules that are too big from the “good” product. But sifting problems occur frequently, so a thorough analysis was required, to find a technique that achieves the desired results. By taking four facts into account, Fuchs Machines developed a universal plansifter with convincing results.