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Focus on Corrosion Protection

Simplified access to corrosion-monitoring data In January, this company introduced the Plantweb Insight Inline Corrosion application (photo) to provide the oil-and-gas industry real-time interpretation and analysis of critical data that helps prioritize maintenance and make informed integrity decisions. The Plantweb…

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Pressure Relief Technologies: Under Pressure to Perform Better

Developments in pressure relief technologies respond to chemical processors’ need for improved reliability and safety Pressure relief systems, whether rupture disks, pressure relief valves or other relief devices, are the last line of defense before a process enters a dangerous…

Dependable shutoff in severe service

Clampseal throttling valves (photo) are appropriate for use in severe-service applications that require precise repeatable flow control and dependable shutoff. The valve’s Venturi is an integral part of the removable seat. Both the seat and the stem assembly are easily…

BP announces climate-related evaluation of trade-association memberships

BP plc (London; www.bp.com) has announced that, following an in-depth review examining the alignment of the climate-related policies and activities of trade associations with BP’s positions, it will leave three U.S.-based organizations – American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM), the…

Sekisui and Sumitomo Chemical form alliance focused on waste-to-polyolefins production

Sekisui Chemical Co. (Osaka, Japan; www.sekisuichemical.com) and Sumitomo Chemical Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; www.sumitomo-chem.co.jp)  have agreed to form a strategic alliance to deploy technology for manufacturing polyolefins using waste as a raw material. This alliance combines Sekisui’s production technology for transforming…

Lloyd’s Register helps create a new standard to tackle plastic waste

Lloyd’s Register (LR; London; www.lr.org) has joined the 3R Initiative to help its members develop a new ‘Project Standard’ designed to tackle the global issue of plastic waste. The 3R (Reduce, Recover and Recycle) Initiative was founded in 2019 by…

DSM to expand Indiana compounding plant

Royal DSM N.V. (Heerlen, the Netherlands; www.dsm.com) is expanding the capacity of its high-performance materials compounding plant in Evansville, Indiana. With the investment, DSM will enhance the site to produce the next generation of advanced materials, including polyamides and bio-based…

Vow and Unipetrol to set up plastics-to-fuel pyrolysis pilot in the Czech Republic

Vow ASA (Lysaker, Norway; www.vowasa.com), through its subsidiary ETIA, has been awarded a contract to provide a pyrolysis testing unit for processing of waste plastics and polymers for Unipetrol in the Czech Republic. Unipetrol is a part of PKN ORLEN group,…

Mitsubishi Chemical to boost recycling of engineering plastics with two acquisitions

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC; Tokyo; www.m-chemical.co.jp) will acquire two Swiss engineering plastics recyclers, Minger Kunststofftechnik AG and Minger Plastic AG (collectively, the Minger Group, headquartered in Appenzell, Switzerland), through its group company Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials (MCAM; Head office: Zurich,…

Avantium sells its bioaromatics portfolio

Avantium (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.avantium.com)  has sold its bioaromatics patent portfolio to The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO). The sale includes both patents and know-how for technologies that produce bio-derived products for polymers and coatings. These technologies lie…