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Choosing the Right Toll Processing Partner to Navigate Supply Chain Disruption

In a sector where capacity constraints, regulatory demands, and raw material shortages increasingly threaten day-to-day operations, it is crucial for chemical processors to understand the key factors to consider when selecting a toll processing partner Chemical manufacturers are currently working…

Frontiers in Digital Transformation: Developments from the ARC Forum 2026

At the 30th ARC Industry Leadership Forum in Orlando in February, the prominent themes focused on industrial uses of artificial intelligence (AI), and involved the evolving digital transformation. In exploring these broad topics, presenters explored workforce challenges, such as combating…

Maximizing Autothermal Reformer Methanol Assets: A Strategic Revamp Approach

The revamp approach discussed here can deliver a 5% throughput increase at autothermal reformer (ATR)-based methanol plants without requiring any major equipment replacements or modifications Growing global methanol demand and tightening margins are pushing producers toward brownfield expansions that extract…

Breaking the ‘impossible’ barrier: How advanced filtration is revolutionizing optical film recycling

Manufacturers across all industries face mounting pressure to demonstrate progress with a circular economy business model while maintaining exacting performance standards. Yet one sector has long been considered beyond the reach of meaningful recycling: high-performance optical films. These critical components…

Robotics in Practice: Inside a Deployment at the Northern Lights CCS Facility

A robot named Roberta is now an integral part of operations at the Equinor-operated Northern Lights Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) facility in Øygarden, on Norway's west coast. The robot equips Equinor's team with autonomous inspection capabilities, allowing for continuous…

Design Tips for Raw-Water Pumping Systems

While chemical engineers are well-versed in designing plant piping and long-distance pipelines, the design of raw-water pumping systems is often overlooked, because civil engineers are normally commissioned to design such systems. However, it is important for chemical engineers to understand…

The Year in Innovation: A Look Back at 2025’s Top Chementators

Each month, Chemical Engineering highlights several novel technologies from academia and industry in the Chementator section. From water treatment to artificial intelligence to carbon capture (and much more), the Chementator section truly covers the gamut of groundbreaking chemical engineering work.…

The Year in Chemical Engineering: 2025’s Most Read Technical Features

Looking ahead to a new year also provides an excellent canvas to reflect upon the past year. We've published our 2026 CPI Business Outlook, but we also want to look back at the topics and features that resonated most with…

Outlook for the Chemical Process Industries (CPI) 2026: Putting the Pieces Together

Several 2025 year-end reports and data releases paint a nuanced picture of the global chemical process industries (CPI) as we head into 2026. The complex picture reflects the diversity of industry sectors comprising the CPI, and the wide range of…