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…
According to the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com), the U.S. Chemical Production Regional Index (U.S. CPRI) rose by 0.3 percent in April, following a 0.3 percent decline in March and a 0.2 percent decline in February. During April,…
The NSF International (Ann Arbor, Mich.; www.nsf.org) joint committee of stakeholders that maintains the American National Standards for drinking water treatment and reverse osmosis (RO) devices recently updated two standards to include test methods and other requirements for the reduction…
The Chemical Activity Barometer (CAB), a leading economic indicator created by the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com), rose 0.4 percent in May on a three-month moving average (3MMA) basis, the third monthly gain after several weak months. On…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) plans to build an engineering plastics compounding plant and a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) plant at the company’s proposed integrated chemical production (“Verbund”) site in Zhanjiang, China. These will be the first production plants to come…
Recently, Mexican steel producer Altos Hornos de Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. (AHMSA) issued the Final Acceptance Certificate (FAC) for a twin Ruhrstahl Heraeus (RH) vacuum degassing plant supplied by Primetals Technologies, Ltd. (London, U.K.; www.primetals.com). The 150-ton RH plant was…