Rotoflow opens a turbomachinery solutions centre in China
Rotoflow, an Air Products business, has opened a new solutions centre in the Qingpu district of Shanghai, China, to better serve the turbomachinery needs of customers throughout Asia.
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Clariant catalyst to be used at propylene oxide plant in China
Clariant Catalysts has teamed up with Evonik and thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions in a major propylene oxide project.
Energy efficiency is the best way for industry to cut costs and reduce emissions
A new report from the Energy Efficiency Movement shows that improving industrial energy efficiency is the fastest and most effective way for a business to cut energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions.
KBC updates its production accounting software
KBC has announced the release of Visual MESA® Production Accounting 4.2 for yield accounting and data reconciliation in oil, gas and chemical operations.
Honeywell and Environ ink MoU
Honeywell has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Egypt’s Environ Adapt for Recycling Industries with the aim of advancing plastics recycling in the country.
Sichuan Energy Investment and hte sign MoU
Sichuan Energy Investment (SCEI) and hte have signed an MoU to establish a satellite laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany, to accelerate SCEI’s R&D activities.
Growth for the US petrochemical sector in 2022
Rising demand for plastics and resins has boosted ethylene and propylene manufacturing, leading the sector to its highest revenue since 2014, at nearly US$80 billion.
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GlobalData: Asia to dominate global PET capacity additions
Asia is set to lead the global polyethylene terephthalate (PET) industry capacity additions with a share of 58% by 2026 from new-build and expansion projects between 2022 – 2026, forecasts GlobalData.
Lummus Technology launches new PPure polypropylene grades
The new non-phthalate polypropylene portfolio delivers a variety of advanced attributes, supporting automotive, healthcare and food packaging end products.
S-OIL to build one of the world’s largest petrochemical crackers
Aramco's subsidiary, S-OIL, is making its biggest ever investment in South Korea to develop one of the world’s largest refinery-integrated petrochemical steam crackers.
Sulzer inaugurates digitised pump production line and logistics centre in Finland
Sulzer has finalised an extensive modernisation project at the Kotka pump factory in Finland, whereby new automation and digitisation capabilities will take production to a new level.
Neste, Brightlands Venture Partners, 4impact and Asahi Kasei invest in start-up
Neste, Brightlands Venture Partners, 4impact and Asahi Kasei are investing in Circularise, a start-up aimed at accelerating the transformation to more sustainable materials within the polymers and chemicals industry.
Chevron Phillips Chemical and QatarEnergy to construct integrated polymers facility
Chevron Phillips Chemical and QatarEnergy are proceeding with the construction of a US$8.5 billion integrated polymers facility in Orange, Texas, US.
Shell commences operations at polymers plant in Pennsylvania
Shell Chemical Appalachia LLC, a subsidiary of Shell, has commenced operations at its Pennsylvania chemical project – the first major polyethylene manufacturing complex in northeastern US.
Clean Planet Energy and Crossroads Real Estate to develop new plastic recycling facilities
Clean Planet Energy has announced a new joint venture with Crossroads Real Estate to fund the company's ecoPlant – an advanced recycling facility that will process waste plastics.