Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) is building a new hollow-fiber spinning plant for the production of gas-separation membranes at its Austrian site in Schörfling am Attersee. With the new capacity, Evonik aims to meet the strong demand for SEPURAN membranes…
Wison Engineering (Shanghai, China) announced that it was awarded a contract to provide engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) for a new hydrogen manufacturing unit (HMU-2) by IRPC Public Co. Ltd. The new HMU-2 project is part of the Ultra…
Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) announced a significant investment in the production of alkenyl succinic anhydride sizing agent (ASA) in China. ASA is one of the most effective and cost-efficient sizing agents for improving water-resistance in paper and packaging board. This…
Huntsman Corp. (The Woodlands, Tex.) announced that its Performance Products division plans to further expand its manufacturing facility in Petfurdo, Hungary, to meet the growing demand for polyurethane catalysts and specialty amines. The multi-million USD investment project is anticipated to…
ENEOS NUC Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of ENEOS Corp. (Tokyo, Japan), announced its facility investment plan to expand production capacity of polyethylene, used for insulation applications on extra high-voltage and high-voltage power cables that are in growing demand as a…
Bionext and its partners — a consortium of six industrial companies — have successfully completed the test program on BioTfueL demonstration units, setting the stage for commercialization of the thermochemical process that makes low-carbon-footprint sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and other…
Automated synthesis One of the most modern infrastructures for automated process control in chemistry is being built by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT; www.kit.edu) together with BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com). The facility will initially produce new substances in…
New electrochemical processes are being developed to help CPI companies reduce their carbon footprint For over a century, electrochemistry has played a crucial role in the chemical process industries (CPI), and many chemicals are still produced using traditional electrochemical processes,…
Properly specifying process control valves for a plant project is critical to achieving efficient and effective processes. This one-page reference discusses key considerations for specifying control valves. Valve specification Process engineers should take the following aspects into consideration when specifying…
Adipic acid (hexanedioic acid; Figure 1) is among the most important aliphatic dicarboxylic acids, with about 2.5 billion kg produced annually. It is isolated as odorless, colorless crystals with an acidic taste. Adipic acid undergoes the reactions of carboxylic acids,…