BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) celebrated the opening of a new complex for the manufacturing of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) located at the BASF site in Shanghai, China. The new plant will produce PVP K30 powder, a polymer used as a base for…
Nuberg Engineering Ltd. (Noida, India; www.nuberg.in) received a contract for a calcium chloride plant project on EPC & LSTK basis in Port Said, Egypt from TCI Sanmar Chemicals S.A.E. TCI Sanmar is a part of the multinational conglomerate, The Sanmar…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) is building a world-scale production plant for acetylene at its Ludwigshafen site. The plant will start up at the end of 2019 and replace the existing plant. The new facility will have the capacity to…
Microdyn-Nadir GmbH (Wiesbaden, Germany; www.microdyn-nadir.com) has announced the acquisition of specialty membrane company TriSep Corp (Goleta, Calif.). TriSep has profound experience and expertise in the area of reverse osmosis and nanofiltration and has built a strong reputation for successfully customizing…
Introduction Historically, mini-plants have utilized oil-sealed rotary vane vacuum pumps as a vacuum source because they provide relatively high flow rates and because they can reach relatively deep vacuum levels, such as 10-3 mbar. The same can be said of…
Specialty chemicals company Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany; www.lanxess.com) announced plans to acquire Chemtura Corp. (Philadelphia, Pa., www.chemtura.com), one of the major global providers of flame-retardant and lubricant additives. With the largest acquisition in its history, Lanxess is building on its…
The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE; Rugby, U.K.; www.icheme.org) has confirmed the appointment of Jon Prichard as its new Chief Executive Officer. Jon succeeds David Brown, who stepped down in July. Jon currently leads the regulatory body for the engineering…
Linde LLC, a member of The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com), announced that it will spend over $100 million to increase the production of its industrial gases plant in Claymont, Del. The expansion project includes installing a new air separation…
Borealis AG (Vienna, Austria; www.borealisgroup.com) will study the feasibility of a new, world-scale propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant. The plant would be located at the existing Borealis production site in Kallo, Belgium. The feasibility study will be carried out over the…
Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) announced that its Callidus Technologies business has inaugurated a new state-of-the-art facility for the testing of gas combustion flares at its manufacturing facility in Beggs, Okla. The new flare field was built to develop…