A chemical pump must meet a variety of standards. Against the background of these standards, it seems very difficult to generate additional value for the customer that is not already explicitly covered in the standards’ scope. Nevertheless, designing a new chemical pump opens up new opportunities if expertise concerning application and experience in the field is taken as the basis for improvements.

Exxon Mobil announced its seventh oil discovery offshore Guyana, following drilling at the Pacora-1 exploration well. Pacora will be developed in conjunction with the giant Payara field, and along with other phases, will bring Guyana production to more than 500,000 barrels per day.

Aveva has combined with Schneider Electric’s industrial software business to drive digital transformation across the asset and operational life cycle for capital-intensive industries.

Spot on a new catalytic process to produce isomers: Münster University chemists have succeeded in turning to their advantage a chemical reaction which takes place in the eye and enables us to see light and dark. It can be used to create important carbon compounds which need a lot of energy to be produced by other means.

The American Chemistry Council’s (ACC) ‘Mid-Year Outlook’ report has stated that the U.S. chemical industry output is declining and that the sector is expected to have a potential rebound in 2021.

With an investment of 675 million dollars, Braskem has completed the construction of its polypropylene production unit – Delta in Texas, USA. The plant is the company’s maiden project in the USA and is expected to cater to the U.S. market and also export to other countries across the globe.

A new name for one of the leading polymer specialists: Bayer divests plastics business Material Science under the new name Covestro. An initial public offering on the stock markets is planned for 2016.

Under the ‘Carbon2ProductAustria’ project, Lafarge, OMV, Verbund and Borealis have come together to develop a carbon capture plant in Austria by 2030. The project aims to reduce emissions from cement production and use the CO2 as feedstock on an industrial scale.

Akzo Nobel plans to invest more than €1.3 million to build a pilot plant for coating resins at its Performance Coatings site located in Felling, UK.

Lanxess announced an investment of approx. $ 6.2 million in the capacity expansion for Macrolex dyes at its Leverkusen site. The current production capacity is to be increased by 25 %, which will be available by the end of 2018.