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Efficient emissions-removal systems for venting operations

ScrubPac VentClean Systems (photo) are compact, complete systems that can provide over 99% removal of storage-tank and rail-car vent emissions caused by breathing and filling operations. The system uses a triple-action scrubbing technology, is available in four model sizes —…

Extremely fast infrared moisture analysis

The Smart Q Quartz halogen moisture analyzer (photo) is said to be the fastest infrared (IR) moisture analyzer currently on the market. High-quality, analytical-grade internal components are housed within an extremely rugged shell, making the Smart Q suitable for both…

Clariant and Wuxi Xiyuan collaborate on new offgas treatment technology for formaldehyde producers

Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) announced that its Catalysts business unit has intensified its collaboration with Wuxi Xiyuan to support China’s formaldehyde producers with innovative, sustainable offgas treatment. The advanced emission control solution combines a new technology from Wuxi Xiyuan…

Arlanxeo invests in expansions for CR and NBR products

Arlanxeo Holding B.V. (Maastricht, the Netherlands; www.arlanxeo.com) is strengthening its market position by investing in its high-performance elastomer products CR (chloroprene rubber) and NBR (nitrile butadiene rubber), laying the foundation for the further increase of production capacity in order to…

Honeywell UOP technology selected to boost propylene production in Turkey

Honeywell announced that Ceyhan Polipropilen Uretim A.Ş. will use Honeywell UOP’s (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) C3 Oleflex technology to produce 457,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) of polymer-grade propylene for a new petrochemicals complex in Ceyhan, Turkey. Ceyhan Polipropilen Uretim…

Three share Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on Lithium-ion batteries

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 to John B. Goodenough, the University of Texas at Austin; M. Stanley Whittingham, Binghamton University, State University of New York; and Akira Yoshino, Asahi…

Arkema starts up new polyamide 12 production line

Arkema (Colombes, France; www.arkema.com) has successfully brought on stream a new production line for ultra-high-performance polyamide 12 powders at the Mont plant in France. The group thus increases its global capacity by over 50% to support the increase in demand…

Black & Veatch to lead consortium building Indonesia’s first alumina refinery

PT Borneo Alumina Indonesia has appointed a Project Management Consortium (PMC) led by Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.; www.bv.com) to develop an alumina processing facility, the first of its kind in Indonesia. Black & Veatch provides engineering solutions to…

Trinseo to build thermoplastic elastomer pilot plant in Taiwan

Trinseo (Berwyn, Pa.; www.trinseo.com) plans to build a Thermoplastic Elastomers (TPE) pilot facility in Hsinchu, Taiwan. The TPE pilot facility emphasizes Trinseo’s growth strategy for TPEs globally and will serve customers in the Automotive, Consumer Electronics, Footwear and Medical markets.…

Borealis and Ecoplast open advanced plastics-recycling plant in Austria

Borealis AG (Vienna, Austria; www.borealisgroup.com) and Ecoplast successfully concluded a strategic investment at their plastics recycling location in Wildon, Styria, Austria. Ecoplast processes plastic waste from both domestic and industrial consumers into top quality recyclate and now its existing production…