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CE Podcast: Changing Chemical Industry Business Models

On this edition of the Chemical Engineering Podcast, senior editor Scott Jenkins talks to Jan Haemer and Bhavin Manjee, two partners at the industry consulting firm Simon-Kucher & Partners. We discuss commercial challenges facing the chemical industry and how some…

Virus Countermeasures Drive Worker Safety

The COVID-19 threat has increased the urgency for implementing contagion-prevention strategies and controls for workers at industrial sites Chemical process industries (CPI) companies are used to managing a range of worker health risks related to chemical exposure, extreme temperatures and…

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Italian industry-academic collaboration yields prototype machine for making new masks

The Marchesini Group S.p.A. (Pianoro Bologna, Italy; www.marchesini.com) and a multidisciplinary research group at Bologna University (www.unibo.it) have created a prototype that manufactures “super” filtering material for face masks with greater protection against viruses and bacteria compared to materials currently…

Milliken invests to increase production of advanced PPE fabrics

 Milliken & Co. (Spartanburg, S.C.) has invested significant resources to increase domestic production of its Milliken Perimeter advanced medical fabrics. Since March, the company has distributed more than 10 million yards of reusable medical fabrics in response to the global…

Archroma starts hand sanitizer production in Pakistan

Archroma, a global leader in color and specialty chemicals, has started bulk production of a new range of hand sanitizers at its Landhi site in Pakistan. The new Kieralon HS range was developed by the R&D team at the Archroma…

Sadara and Sipchem team up for ethanol production in Saudi Arabia

Sadara Chemical Co. (Jubail, Saudi Arabia) and Sahara International Petrochemical Co. (Sipchem) have partnered to supply high-quality ethanol required for the manufacture of hand sanitizers. The ethanol has been provided to local manufacturers free of charge to enable them to…

Kuraray to expand production of meltblown materials for face masks

Kuraray Co. (Tokyo) plans to modify the production lineup of its meltblown nonwoven-fabric production facility, which is located on the premises of the Okayama Factory, a facility run by nonwoven fabric production and sales subsidiary Kuraray Kuraflex Co., Ltd. that…

Endress+Hauser launches Visual Support to assist maintenance personnel remotely

Extraordinary times require extraordinary measures: For this reason, Endress+Hauser AG (Reinach, Switzerland) has released the Visual Support service application ahead of schedule during the coronavirus crisis. In the acute phase of the pandemic, customers were able to take advantage of…

BASF supports search for active ingredients to combat coronavirus SARS-CoV-2

As part of its “Helping Hands” initiative, BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) is not just donating disinfectant and protective face masks. The company is also providing support worldwide to academic research groups in their search for a suitable active ingredient to…

Accelerating the WFH trend

The necessity to stay at home during the COVID-19 pandemic has thrust many into working from home (WFH) and setting up workplaces in dining rooms, living rooms, basements or anywhere they could. The new at-home workforce quickly became familiar with…