The American Chemistry Council’s (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) Global Chemical Production Regional Index (Global CPRI) shows that the first quarter ended on a soft note, with the headline index essentially flat on a three-month moving average (3MMA) basis during…
QGC’s water treatment plant at its northern coal seam gas fields near Wandoan in Queensland, Australia, was named Industrial Water Project of the Year at the annual Global Water Awards. The award represents the most impressive technical or environmental achievement…
On Wednesday, April 27, 2016, Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) will host a luncheon and inauguration ceremony to celebrate the upgrade and expansion of its world-scale industrial complex located in the Bayport Industrial District, just east of Houston, Texas. The…
To help meet new regulations governing wastewater treatment at Chinese coal-to-chemical plants, a facility in Yulin City will install GE’s (Trevose, Pa.; www.ge.com) advanced zero liquid discharge (ZLD) technology. GE’s ZLD evaporator and crystallizer system will eliminate liquid discharge of…
The Chemical Activity Barometer, a leading economic indicator created by the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com), expanded 0.6 percent in April, following a revised 0.1 percent increase in March and 0.2 percent decline in February. All data are…
The U.S. Chemical Production Regional Index (U.S. CPRI) edged higher by 0.3% in March, following a 0.1% gain in February, and a 0.4% gain in January, according to the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report from the American Chemistry Council…
Solvay Engineering Plastics (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com), a world leader in polyamide-based performance materials, announces the creation of a dedicated part testing laboratory in Shanghai, China, to support the growth of its customers in the Asia region. Starting end of this…
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded a contract by Daelim Industrial Company* to provide proprietary equipment for the world’s first commercial High Severity Fluid Catalytic Cracking (HS-FCC) unit. The HS-FCC cracks heavy hydrocarbons into lighter olefins such as propylene and…
Handbook of Seal Integrity in the Food Industry. By Michael Dudbridge, Wiley & Sons, April 2016, 232 pages, $120.00. Curious Tales from Chemistry: The Last Alchemist in Paris and Other Episodes. By Lars Ohrstrom, Oxford University Press, January 2016,…
The February 2016 preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) was down from the previous month, with all subindices seeing a small decline. Within the Equipment subindex, the process instruments category was the only…