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ALPLA acquires Polish packaging manufacturer APON

ALPLA Group (Hard, Austria) is boosting the presence of its pharma division in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) with the acquisition of the Polish company APON. APON produces plastic packaging for the pharma industry at its site in Żyrardów near…

Entegris completes acquisition of CMC Materials

Entegris, Inc. (Billerica, Mass.) announced that it has completed its acquisition of CMC Materials, Inc. (Aurora, Ill.). “It is an exciting day at Entegris. With the closing of the acquisition of CMC Materials, we are creating the global leader in…

Lonza to build large-scale fill and finish facility in Switzerland

Lonza AG (Basel, Switzerland) announced plans to construct a large-scale commercial drug product fill and finish facility in Stein, Switzerland. The investment will enable the company to provide customers with a complete and integrated end-to-end solution that includes commercial drug…

AkzoNobel to acquire performance coatings firm Lankwitzer Lackfabrik

AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) is to bolster its performance coatings portfolio after reaching an agreement to acquire the wheel liquid coatings business of Lankwitzer Lackfabrik GmbH. Completion, which is subject to regulatory approvals, is expected before the end of 2022.…

Wood awarded FEED contract for PRL refinery expansion in Karachi

Wood plc (Aberdeen, Scotland) has secured a new multi-million-dollar front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by Pakistan Refinery Ltd. (PRL) for its planned Refinery Expansion and Upgrade Project (REUP) in Karachi. PRL’s refinery, situated on the coastal belt of Karachi, is…

Wacker opens new silicones production site in India

Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany) opened a new production site for silicones in Panagarh, India. The plant, which is situated 160 km northwest of Kolkata, will manufacture silicone rubber and ready-to-use silicone compounds for electromobility, medical technology and electrical transmission…

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Facts At Your Fingertips: Alternating-Current Induction Motors

Alternating-current (a.c.) induction motors are widely used throughout the chemical process industries (CPI) and other manufacturing sectors to convert electrical energy into mechanical energy to power rotating equipment, such as centrifugal pumps, compressors and fans, as well as other industrial…

Atmospheric Pressure Releases: Which Require Dispersion Modeling?

Dispersion modeling of atmospheric releases from pressure-relief valves and other sources can be time-consuming. Follow this screening process to categorize which installations require detailed modeling and focus effort where it is most consequential The safe design of atmospheric relief/venting systems…

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Conveyor Selection for Bulk Solids Processes

Use this guide to aid the selection of conveying technologies for applications in powder and bulk solids handling Many sectors of the chemical process industries (CPI) — including chemicals, plastics, batteries, mining, power generation, plastics, food, agriculture, pharmaceuticals and others…

Showa Denko and SK Inc. planning high-purity-gas production in the U.S.

Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; Tokyo) and SK Inc. (Seoul, South Korea) concluded a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to give consideration to a plan to start cooperative work to produce high-purity gases, which are used in semiconductor production processes, in North…