The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB; Washington, D.C.; www.csb.gov) today released its final investigation report into the fatal October 10, 2024 release of toxic hydrogen sulfide at the PEMEX Deer Park Refinery in Deer Park, Texas. Two…
At the recent ARC Industry Leadership Forum event, Schneider Electric (Rueil-Malmaison, France, www.se.com), a global energy technology leader, announced the introduction of EcoStruxure™ Foxboro Software Defined Automation (SDA), the industry’s first open, software‑defined Distributed Control System (DCS). This breakthrough combines…
At the 30th ARC Industry Leadership Forum in Orlando in February, the prominent themes focused on industrial uses of artificial intelligence (AI), and involved the evolving digital transformation. In exploring these broad topics, presenters explored workforce challenges, such as combating…
The revamp approach discussed here can deliver a 5% throughput increase at autothermal reformer (ATR)-based methanol plants without requiring any major equipment replacements or modifications Growing global methanol demand and tightening margins are pushing producers toward brownfield expansions that extract…
IS380.1 is a 4G radio device that runs on this company's IS-OS 16 operating system (based on Android™). It is certified for Zone 1/21 hazardous industrial areas. The device bridges the gap between conventional radio communication and modern mobile networks. …
DuPont (Wilmington, Del.) announced that its Tedlar® polyvinyl fluoride (PVF) films manufacturing operations in Buffalo, NY, Louisville, KY and Fayetteville, NC are now powered by 100% renewable electricity through the purchase of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). This milestone reflects the…
Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.) announced the opening of its expanded Michigan Technology Center (MTC)—a strategic expansion that strengthens the company’s U.S.-based innovation footprint and advances its Engineered Materials 2026 growth strategy. The center is designed to enable earlier customer engagement,…
AccelaGrade™ is a new quality-control solution for lithium-ion battery remanufacturers. AccelaGrade represents a step-change advance in battery cell diagnostics that is designed to help remanufacturers scale. Remanufacturing battery packs means disassembling, testing and refurbishing used lithium-ion batteries to keep them…
Carbon Neutral Fuels (CNF), a leading U.K.-based developer of sustainable e-fuels, announced the selection of Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) and bp’s FT CANS™ technology and Honeywell UOP’s Fischer-Tropsch (FT) Unicracking process technology for its flagship Power-to-Liquid e-fuels facility in…
Zeon Corp. (Tokyo) will begin construction of a new production plant for Cyclo-Olefin Polymers (COP) at its business site in Yuka Town, Shunan City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. The new plant will produce COP in anticipation of growing demand based on its…