Upgradation of the distributed control system at a urea plant – A revamp project for the DCM Shriram Group, which operates a fertilizer plant, was completed well before time without any downtime or process interruption at the plant. Though the project was difficult, the company managed to complete the task.

Hte has delivered three high throughput testing systems for advanced catalytic research to Sinopec Research Institute of Petroleum Processing (Ripp) in Beijing, China.

The six pharma companies— Gilead Sciences, Moderna, Astra Zeneca, Roche, Sanofi and Biontech—are involved in Covid-19 research and data has revealed that the firms have witnessed this jump only in the last six months.

With an aim to reinvent BP, the company has agreed to the sale of its petrochemicals business – including global aromatics, acetyls and related businesses – to Ineos. The move is expected to strengthen BP’s finances and also deliver its 15 billion dollar target for agreed divestments ahead of schedule.

The life threatening Benzimidazole gas leaked from Sainor Life Sciences, a pharma unit located in Andhra Pradesh, India which left two people dead. This is the third gas leak accident reported in the state in the past six months.

The German plant and process engineering specialist Chemieanlagenbau Chemnitz (CAC) has won the order for a turnkey chlor-alkali electrolysis plant in Torrelavega in the North of Spain. Customer is the Portuguese company CUF-Químicos Industriais. Learn more about this project ...

Van Beek has developed the vertical silo mixer for mixing and homogenising free flowing, dry substances of different sizes and with different bulk densities. The silo mixer creates mass flows within the mixing silo; its operation can be compared to that of a chocolate fountain.

GEA Service has recently launched its new Visiocover Upgrade Program for the safe visual inspection of non-sticky-powder processes in the dairy, food, chemical and pharma industries. For customers currently using Sanicover to monitor their powder flow, fluidization and cleaning, the upgrade provides three standard sizes to match the Sanicover systems.

Allweiler launches the next-generation AEB-DE progressing cavity pump series of four pump sizes that share one installation footprint and are capable of bi-directional flow.

Two big players of the oil business join forces: Saudi Armaco and Sinopec of China announced to enter a joint venture for the development and operation of the Yasref refinery, Yanbu, Red Sea (currently under construction). This project marks Sinopec’s first international downstream investment, officials say.