Earlier this year, Salinity Solutions Ltd. (Coventry, U.K.; www.salinitysolutions.co.uk) signed an agreement with Te-Tech Process Solutions (Totton, Southampton, U.K.; www.te-tech.co.uk) to manufacture commercial water-purification systems based on batch reverse-osmosis (RO). This technology, originally characterized and developed at the University of…
Plant Watch ALPLA to construct PET recycling plant in South Africa June 13, 2023 — Alpla Group (Hard, Austria; www.alpla.com) is building a new recycling plant in Ballito, South Africa. The plant, with an output of 35,000 metric tons per…
Developments in mixing technologies permit efficient use of energy and resources and manage challenging applications Mixing equipment hadn’t changed much in the past 50 years until recently when chemical processors began demanding more efficiency from their mixing operations due to…
Accurately and efficiently weighing raw materials and reagents is a key part of many chemical processes, research projects and laboratory analysis. Poor weighing accuracy can contribute to lost revenue, increased labor costs and lower product quality. Calibration of weighing instruments…
At the outset, tackling emissions-reduction projects to achieve regulatory compliance can seem daunting, but by taking a proactive approach, leaks can be handled before they become a serious emissions issue To meet global emissions-reduction targets, chemical processing facilities are facing…
Effective control technologies are crucial for mitigating the adverse effects of air pollution. The selection of combustion-based or non-combustion-based technologies requires careful consideration of numerous factors Air-pollution control technologies are critical for reducing the negative impacts of industrial operations on…
Euro Manganese Inc. (Vancouver, B.C., Canada) has awarded the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Management (EPCM) contract for its Chvaletice Manganese Project in the Czech Republic to Wood Australia Pty Ltd. The Company has selected Wood as its EPCM partner following…
Siemens Energy (Munich, Germany; www.siemens-energy.com) and Schneider Electric (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.se.com), two vendors of industrial control systems for critical infrastructure facilities, were reportedly among a group of companies and organizations that have been added to a list of ransomware cyberattack…
Metso Corp. (Helsinki, Finland) has signed an agreement to acquire Ab A. Häggblom Oy, a privately owned Finnish engineering and manufacturing company. The company’s key offering includes mining truck bodies and buckets. Häggblom's service portfolio includes wear parts, truck body…
Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland) announced that the new AmoMax-Casale ammonia synthesis catalyst has proven itself in all of its first three industrial references. Jointly developed by Clariant and Casale SA (Lugano, Switzerland) , the catalyst features exceptional activity, stability, and…