Zibo Qixiang Tengda Chemical Company (QXTD) is the first company to make use of Dow’s LP Oxo Technology for producing sustainable isononyl alcohol (INA). The process technology will be utilised at the firm’s new manufacturing facility in China which is expected to have an annual capacity of 200,000 metric tonnes.

Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries (ORPIC) modernizes their refinery in Sohar Oman to the value of $ 1.8 billion. The Pörner Group, a leading Austrian engineering company, were commissioned for the license and engineering of a Biturox bitumen production plant.

From Weilly Diamond Industrial (WDI) comes a series of professional wire and PCD dies. High precision and constant quality control ensure durable and exact wire casings, the company says.

GEA aseptic blowing-filling & packaging specialists are currently installing the revolutionary ABF (Aseptic Blow-Fill) technology into the Amul Dairy in India.

Eight workers lost their lives and around 40-45 workers were seriously injured after a boiler exploded at a chemical factory in Gujarat, India. A massive fire also broke out post the blast.

Under the long-term agreement, Nutrien will supply anhydrous hydrogen fluoride to Arkema for the production of high added value polymers, fluoro-derivatives and fluorogases in the USA. Arkema will also invest 150 million dollars in a 40 kt/year AHF production plant in North Carolina.

With operational efficiency and flexibility being the current norm in production facilities, biopharmaceutical manufacturers are working on concepts that will facilitate this with ease. The move towards employing single-use systems (SUS) is a case in point. However, this poses several challenges, be it technical, logistical or any other. Some factors that need to be considered while designing such systems to prevent operational bottlenecks are mentioned in this article...

Pierre-Alain Ruffieux will be joining Lonza from November 1, 2020. Currently, he is the Head of Global Pharma Technical Operations at Roche. Until Pierre-Alain joins the firm, Albert Baehny, Chairman of the Board will be holding the CEO position for a temporary period.

An increase in production capacity provided Fixkraft Futtermittel, a producer of animal feed based in Austria, with the opportunity to restructure its energy supply. A system concept from plant construction company Ing. Aigner was introduced. It comprises a Bosch steam boiler featuring modules for increased efficiency combined with a solar thermal system.

India Gas Solutions (IGS) is a 50:50 joint venture company of BP and Reliance Industries that looks after sourcing and marketing of natural gas in India.