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Improve Energy Efficiency Using Heat Pumps

Heat pumps are an efficient way to provide space and process heating. Information on their types, and how to assess their potential benefits is provided here Approximately 40% of the energy that is used in buildings in the U.S. goes…

An Ounce of Prevention: Cybersecurity and the CPI

As the frequency and sophistication of industrial cyberattacks continue to rise, chemical companies can follow guidance from industry and government directives to help define their organization’s specific cyber-risk profile Cybersecurity risk is a key topic for all companies, due, in…

Valve Actuator Selection Guide

Information provided here can help guide the selection of valve actuators that are best suited to the demands of a particular chemical processing application Actuators are machines used to control the position of a valve remotely and automatically. They are…

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Why Innovation Operations are Critical

The future of the CPI depends on sound innovation. The guidance provided here will help organizations to shape an effective innovation strategy that can give them a competitive edge You would be hard-pressed to find a company in the chemical…

DuPont opens new biopharma tubing manufacturing site in South Carolina

DuPont (Wilmington, Del.) announced the opening of its new DuPont Liveo  Healthcare manufacturing site in Cooper River, South Carolina, to help better serve customers worldwide.  The site, located in Berkeley County, will be operated using the same quality standards as DuPont’s Healthcare…

Nippon Shokubai and Arkema to launch joint production of electrolyte salts

Nippon Shokubai Co. (Osaka, Japan) and Arkema S.A. (Colombes, France) are joining forces to launch feasibility studies and establish a joint venture (JV) for the construction of an industrial plant for the production of LiFSI (Lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide) ultrapure electrolyte salts,…

Saipem and Clough awarded contract for urea plant in Western Australia

Clough Group (Perth, Australia) and Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy), in an equally shared (50/50) joint venture, have reached a new agreement with Perdaman Industries for the development of urea plant on the Burrup Peninsula, northwest of Karratha, on…

Toyo Engineering to commence a feasibility study for green ammonia production in Indonesia

Toyo Engineering Corp. (Tokyo) received a contract from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Government of Japan and will start a feasibility study (FS) for green ammonia production in Indonesia, under the collaboration with Pupuk Indonesia Holding Company…

Lanxess and Advent to acquire Engineering Materials business from DSM

Specialty chemicals company Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany) and Advent International (Boston, Mass.), one of the largest and most experienced global private equity investors, are establishing a joint venture (JV) for high-performance engineering polymers. The two companies today signed an agreement…

LG Chem and B&M to establish JV to produce cathode material

LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) today announced a joint venture (JV) with Tianjin B&M Science and Technology (B&M), a subsidiary of China’s Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt (Huayou Cobalt) that specializes in cathode materials, a key component in battery manufacturing. LG…