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Nouryon and Sumitomo Chemical expand partnership to encompass new DIOL plant

Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.nouryon.com) is expanding its partnership with Sumitomo Chemical Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; www.sumitomo-chem.co.jp) to include a new plant that Sumitomo is building at its site in Oita, Japan. The new plant will supply a key raw material…

Magnum Systems appoints new CEO

John Sinks has been appointed as CEO of Magnum Systems (Lanexa, Kan.; www.magnumsystems.com), a North American equipment manufacture of bulk solids pneumatic conveying and packaging automation systems. John has been in the industrial business sector for his entire career, with…

How Industrial Managers Can Identify and Prevent Failures in Facilities

The right mix of data collection, analysis, visualization and alerts can make the very daunting task of maintaining hundreds of pieces of equipment a simpler and more effective process Chemical manufacturing is a labor- and capital-intensive process that is both…

Yokogawa acquires Danish AI expert Grazper Technologies

Yokogawa Electric Corp. (Tokyo; www.yokogawa.com) announced that it completed the acquisition of all shares in Denmark-based Grazper Technologies ApS (Grazper), as mutually agreed. Grazper has developed advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for analyzing images, and Yokogawa aims to leverage these…

Integrated power-to-fuel project underway in Europe

The Power-to-Fuel project, led by Liquid Wind (Gothenburg, Sweden; www.liquidwind.se), will establish commercial-scale renewable fuel facilities. The Consortium (consisting of Axpo, COWI, Carbon Clean Solutions, Haldor Topsoe, Nel Hydrogen and Siemens) will combine their expertise and technology to produce liquid,…

Chevron Lummus Global awarded contract for lubricant base-oil project in Southeast Asia

McDermott International, Inc. (Houston; www.mcdermott.com) announced that Chevron Lummus Global (CLG), McDermott's joint venture with Chevron, has been awarded a sizeable contract by a Southeast Asian refiner for the license, engineering and supply of proprietary catalyst and equipment for its…

CPI Events Impacted by COVID-19

Many industry events are being impacted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This list will be updated continually as more information is available. To add an event to this list, please email [email protected]. AIChE Spring Meeting & Global congress on Process…

Air Products to supply oxy-fuel combustion technology to Techpack Solutions in South Korea

Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) has signed a new contract for its integrated oxy-fuel combustion solution with Techpack Solutions, the largest packaging materials manufacturer in South Korea. It is Air Products’ third project to support Techpack Solutions to convert…

Alfa Laval wins equipment-supply contract for biorefinery in Sweden

Alfa Laval (Lund, Sweden; www.alfalaval.com) has won an order from energy company St1 (Helsinki, Finland; www.st1.eu) for a process line to be installed in a new biorefinery in Sweden. The order has a value of approximately SEK 60 million (around…

Mitsui Chemicals expands production of meltblown nonwoven materials

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (MCI; Tokyo; www.mitsuichem.com) has expanded its production facilities for meltblown nonwovens at its wholly owned subsidiary Sunrex Industry Co., Ltd. The move comes as an effort to respond to growing demand for industrial-use meltblown nonwovens, and will…