Ploughshare Mixers by Lödige Process Technology are equipped with rotating cleaning nozzles inside the mixing drum which offers a thorough rinsing of all product contact surfaces without any need for filling the machine with cleaning media. The rotating flat fan nozzles ensure an intensive and uniform cleaning of all surfaces which has the potential to save on resource requirements.

With this mega project in Illinois, USA, Air Liquide has plans to bring its worldwide biomethane production capacity to 1.8 TWh. The new unit will produce biomethane from biogas from a solid waste treatment plant and will have a production capacity of 380 GWh per year.

BP has acquired a stake in Green Biofuels which offers a low emission advanced hydrogenated vegetable oil fuel. This sustainable fuel can be used as a direct replacement for diesel and the acquisition will expand BP’s global biofuels portfolio and its lower carbon solutions.

Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCm) contract by BP Oil España for the revamp of the vacuum distillation unit (VDU) at their Castellón refinery, Spain.

KBR and Argus have been selected to carry out a feasibility study on hydrogen imports and downstream applications in Singapore. The study is expected to evaluate the feasibility of hydrogen for long-term cost-competitive emissions reduction in the country.

Bio based chemicals and fuels will be not an option, but an necessity: With growing demand and dwindling feedstock, innovations in biochemicals are required if more bio-based products are to replace petroleum-based ones, says a new report by analyst company Lux Research.

Akzo Nobel announced that it plans to invest more than € 10 million in Sweden to expand the capacity for its chelated micronutrients, which are used as essential ingredients in agriculture.

With its 750 XTR Series of products since 2014, Wago offers a solution that broadens the range of use for machines and systems with regard to environmental conditions and external interference factors, while providing the highest degree of flexibility. Now, Wago has defined a new dimension of use with the latest development for the 750 XTR Series.

ABB presented the new IRB 760 at the Interpack tradefair which the company claims to be the strongest full-layer robot palletizer. The IRB 760 provides a payload capacity of 450 kg, a reach of 3.2 meters and up to 880 cycles per hour at full load (400 mm, 2000 mm, 400 mm cycle). Thus, the four-axis palletizing robot can rotate big and heavy products with a position repeatability of 0.05 mm.

KBR announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide a License and Basic Engineering Design Package as part of the Ammonia Plant Revamp for capacity increase at reduced energy consumption by Nitrogenmuvek in the city of Petfurdo, Hungary.