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An Ounce of Prevention: Cybersecurity and the CPI

As the frequency and sophistication of industrial cyberattacks continue to rise, chemical companies can follow guidance from industry and government directives to help define their organization’s specific cyber-risk profile Cybersecurity risk is a key topic for all companies, due, in…

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Why Innovation Operations are Critical

The future of the CPI depends on sound innovation. The guidance provided here will help organizations to shape an effective innovation strategy that can give them a competitive edge You would be hard-pressed to find a company in the chemical…

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Tower Doctor: Can Trash Interfere With a Cure?

Henry Kister shares lessons learned from troubleshooting distillation towers Construction of new production units has an undesirable byproduct: trash. Sometimes the hard question is­— Who will clean? The author was the startup superintendent on a new unit in an olefins…

Valve Actuator Selection Guide

Information provided here can help guide the selection of valve actuators that are best suited to the demands of a particular chemical processing application Actuators are machines used to control the position of a valve remotely and automatically. They are…

Drought emphasizes water scarcity

A megadrought in the U.S. Southwest has triggered emergency measures to be taken, as both water and hydroelectric power supplies to millions of people are threatened. The water levels in the two largest human-made reservoirs in the U.S., Lake Mead…

This modular system streamlines pump and motor configuration

Pioneer Pump ElectricPAK (photo) is a modular, electric pump package that helps users receive a pump-and-motor configuration onsite more quickly and efficiently than custom-built units. Each configured assembly includes a high-performance pump and electric motor that can provide high heads…

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Improve Energy Efficiency Using Heat Pumps

Heat pumps are an efficient way to provide space and process heating. Information on their types, and how to assess their potential benefits is provided here Approximately 40% of the energy that is used in buildings in the U.S. goes…

DuPont opens new biopharma tubing manufacturing site in South Carolina

DuPont (Wilmington, Del.) announced the opening of its new DuPont Liveo  Healthcare manufacturing site in Cooper River, South Carolina, to help better serve customers worldwide.  The site, located in Berkeley County, will be operated using the same quality standards as DuPont’s Healthcare…

Nippon Shokubai and Arkema to launch joint production of electrolyte salts

Nippon Shokubai Co. (Osaka, Japan) and Arkema S.A. (Colombes, France) are joining forces to launch feasibility studies and establish a joint venture (JV) for the construction of an industrial plant for the production of LiFSI (Lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide) ultrapure electrolyte salts,…

Saipem and Clough awarded contract for urea plant in Western Australia

Clough Group (Perth, Australia) and Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy), in an equally shared (50/50) joint venture, have reached a new agreement with Perdaman Industries for the development of urea plant on the Burrup Peninsula, northwest of Karratha, on…