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Bulk material feeder ensures consistent product flow

The Feedos S bulk material feeder (photo) automatically meters and doses powders and other dry materials with the high accuracy and consistency needed to optimize continuous processes. Featuring a proprietary design, the Feedos S is engineered with optimized geometry that…

CPI Outlook for 2024

Following a strong year for the chemical process industries (CPI) in 2022, 2023 saw modest growth, with global industrial output rising only 0.6% and chemical production growth at about 0.3% [ 1]. Numerous factors contributed to the lower demand for…

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Cybersecurity Threats Prompt Proactive Approach

An evolving threat landscape for plant security is attracting more attention to the development of operational technology (OT)-specific cybersecurity programs, underlining the importance of collaboration and blurring the line between cyber- and physical security Cybersecurity threats against critical infrastructure sites,…

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Direct molten-salt electroplating cuts battery costs

The extremely high material purity demanded for conventional lithium-ion battery manufacturing creates considerable costs for transporting and refining lithium and other raw materials. Through the development of a single-step electroplating process that uses lower-purity raw materials and a nanostructured-foam electrode…

Recently published books for the CPI: January 2024

The following is a selection of recently published books with potential relevance to various parts of the chemical process industries (CPI).  Process Design for Cryogenics. By Alexander Alekseev, Wiley-VCH Publishing, 2024, 384 pages, $160.00. Handbook of Construction Management for Instrumentation…

Topsoe selected by Essar to provide technology for £360-million carbon capture project

Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) has been selected by Essar Oil UK, a leading integrated downstream energy company, to be a technology licensor for its carbon capture facility, based in Stanlow, North West England. Topsoe will deliver its SNOX technology for…

Teck Resources starts up carbon-capture pilot plant in British Columbia

Teck Resources Ltd. (Vancouver, B.C., Canada), one of Canada’s leading mining companies, announced the Carbon Capture Pilot Plant at its Trail Operations in southern British Columbia is now operating and successfully capturing carbon dioxide (CO2). “This is an important milestone…

AGC to expand biopharmaceutical manufacturing capacities at Yokohama Technical Center

AGC, Inc. (Tokyo) has announced that it has decided to expand its biopharmaceutical CDMO capability at the AGC Yokohama Technical Center. The total investment for the expansion is expected to be approximately 50 billion Japanese yen. Development services for gene…

Kemira and IFF expand biotechnology partnership to focus on enzymatic polymerization

Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) and International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) announced the next step towards the commercialization of the Designed Enzymatic Biomaterial (“DEB”) platform, a cutting-edge biotechnology process that enables production of new renewable polymers with enzymatic polymerization. These renewable…

LG Chem begins construction of major battery-materials plant in Tennessee

LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) has commenced the construction of a cathode plant in the U.S., intending to establish a production hub for the global battery material market. The facility, located in Montgomery County, Clarksville, Tennessee, will locally produce…