Pöyry Oyj (Helsinki, Finland; www.poyry.com) has developed a PlasticsToBio concept and initiative to address the global plastics problem, providing an affordable and economically viable concept to decouple plastics from fossil based materials and turn all plastics bio-based. The concept looks…
Process conditions in chemical production are often challenging for in-line instrumentation. EasyClean™ 200 e is a robust and automated sensor cleaning system that helps keep pH probes operating at their best, and can increase their lifetime by more than 30…
Umicore N.V. (Brussels, Belgium; www.umicore.com) has reached an agreement to acquire Freeport Cobalt’s cobalt-refining and cathode-precursor activities in Kokkola, Finland, for a total consideration of $150 million on a debt and cash free basis, plus the value of the working…
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS; Yokohama, Japan; www.mhps.com) has received a contract from Elektrárna Dětmarovice a.s. a member of ČEZ Group in the Czech Republic for the full-scale renovation of the fluegas desulfurization (FGD) system at the Dětmarovice Power…
Bilfinger SE (Mannheim, Germany www.bilfinger.com) has been chosen as maintenance partner for a €60-million contract by SABIC UK Petrochemicals Ltd. to carry out a range of services across facilities on its Teesside site. The services will include mechanical, electrical and…
Advisian Digital (Aberdeen, U.K.; www.advisian.com) has partnered with USA DeBusk (Deer Park, Tex.; https://usadebusk.com) to achieve the first CAROL (Catalyst Removal Amphirol) launch in the U.S., for catalyst unloading from fixed-bed petroleum-refinery and petrochemical vessels Developed in 2017, this innovative…
The American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) reported that U.S. specialty chemicals market volumes fell 0.3 percent in April, reflecting soft manufacturing activity, following a 0.3 percent decline in March and 0.2 percent decline in February. All changes in…
DuPont Transportation & Advanced Polymers, a global business unit of the DowDuPont Specialty Products Division, is launching at RAPID + TCT 2019, new additions to the company’s portfolio of 3D printing materials, including six new Zytel polyamide and Hytrel thermoplastic…
Solvay USA (Alpharetta, Ga.; www.solvay.us) today announced a cooperation agreement with Stratasys (NASDAQ: SSYS) to develop new high-performance additive manufacturing (AM) filaments for exclusive use in Stratasys’ FDM F900 3D Printers. “Stratasys’ customers have been repeatedly asking for more varied,…
In the course of ongoing digitalization, the construction of large-scale plants is facing significant market changes, for which companies have to prepare intensively. This is the core result of a new, broad- based benchmark study by the VDMA e.V's (Frankfurt…