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Chemical companies reported a second successive quarter of expansion at the end of 2020, according to a business survey of the Chemical Industries Association (CIA).
In the survey, 57% of businesses reported total sales growth and 26% reported no material change.
Within this, 84% reported stability or growth in domestic sales and 83% in exports.
More specifically, 87% saw growth or…
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Pipelines
Bilfinger has been commissioned by the Swiss chemical company Clariant to help in the construction of their new cellulosic ethanol production plant.
The company will be involved in the engineering, procurement, overall project and construction management services for the project in south-west Romania.
The new production plant in Podari, which is expected to go onstream at the end of this year,…
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Pipelines
Sulzer Chemtech’s proprietary separation technology for lactide production will be used in a Chinese plant.
The company has been selected for Zhejiang Depei New Material Co.’s latest facility in Ningbo, Zhejiang province.
The processing equipment will enable the company to produce large volumes of high-quality lactide from plant biomass.
The plant will leverage an innovative hybrid…
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Valves
Griffco Valve has announced the appointment of Wayne Wawrzyniec as the chief financial officer and chief operating officer.
The company based in Amherst, New York, is a manufacturer of pump accessories distributed worldwide for chemical-feed systems.
Wawrzyniec will be responsible for all areas of company operations including manufacturing, finance, quality, and administration.
“Wayne…
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Pipelines
Asia will drive the global new-build pipelines additions by 2024, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
GlobalData’s latest report, Global length and capital expenditure outlook for oil and gas pipelines, 2020−2024: Asia leads global pipeline growth, reveals that Asia is likely to have a new-build oil and gas pipeline length of 46,699 km by 2024.
Planned projects that…
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Valves
Oxford Flow, the flow control equipment specialist for oil, gas, water and industrial process industries, has raised £8.45 million (€9.5 million) to fuel the company’s expansion across all markets and oil and gas product development.
The funding has been secured from eight parties, with existing investors Oxford Sciences Innovation (OSI), Parkwalk, Oxford Investment Consultants and the…
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Pumps
The special centrifugal pump manufacturer Bungartz secured the second largest order in the company's history.
The contract for the production and supply of 24 MPCV dry running magnetic drive centrifugal pumps has now been signed for the construction of a new production line for titanium tetrachloride (TiC14) in China.
"In these difficult times for many companies, this order is also a positive…
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Flowmeters
Emerson, a global engineering and technology company, has announced it will invest more than $100 million (€90 million) in Boulder, Colorado, to significantly expand its manufacturing space and launch a new innovation centre focused on research, new product development and industry training for its advanced flow measurement products.
“This US investment significantly expands our ability to…
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Valves
CIRCOR has opened its expanded 6,000 sq m plant in Weihai as it continues to drive its strategy of increasing product availability and support in China and the Asia-Pacific market.
The fully integrated facility in Shandong province is providing end-to-end manufacturing, sales and service to commercial marine and industrial customers in the region.
CIRCOR’s expansion in the Weihai Economic…
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Valves
Schroeder Valves is offering a new type of valve for pressures from 140 to 250 bar - the Schroeder Intermediate Pressure Valve (SIP).
This series is ideal in systems with frequent operation in the minimum flow range.
It will especially be in use with boiler feed water circuits in gas and steam combined cycle power plants (CCPP) for the protection of centrifugal pumps. In fact, initial…
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Pumps
Workers at Triark Pumps have been doing their bit to tackle the global pandemic.
The company, established in 1984, is one of the leading independent suppliers of air-operated double diaphragm (AODD) pumps in the UK. It also offers engineered solutions and guidance.
With many customers operating in areas deemed as essential manufacturing and supply, Triark has been helping to keep their…
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Valves
Plant reliability specialist AVT Reliability has been awarded a three-year contract to provide proactive condition based maintenance (CBM) support to leading chemical company INEOS.
The contract, which was awarded following a formal tender process, will involve the monitoring and maintenance of more than 1,500 pieces of rotating equipment at INEOS’ Grangemouth site in Falkirk, Scotland.
AVT…
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Valves
Sulzer is supplying an industrial scale cMIST system for natural gas dehydration.
The unit will be installed at an onshore ExxonMobil facility in the US.
The unit is to be delivered to ExxonMobil’s facility by Sulzer Chemtech, a leader in separation and mixing technology, and will be the world’s first commercial application of the cMIST technology in place of conventional glycol…
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Pumps
With the re-opening of its Shanghai office after the Coronavirus pandemic appears to be easing in the country, Landia has sold a new batch of chopper pumps to China.
As business begins to get back to normal after a lengthy lockdown, the new order will see the chopper pumps used for a liquid manure application at a dairy farm in the northern part of China. The 18.5 kW pumps are for an expanding…
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Pumps
University researchers have developed a desalination process that pumps ions instead of water.
Researchers from Indonesia’s Bogor Agricultural University, the University of Bath and the University of Johannesburg have developed a low-cost, solar-powered desalination system that can be operated in mobile units.
This can be used in households in remote areas where water is scarce.
The unit is…
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Pumps
Wanner’s hydra-cell Metering and dosing pumps offer the advantages of conventional metering pumps with several significant additional benefits.
Hydra-Cell pumps are internationally known for their ‘no pulse, no problem’ accuracy and reliability for metering and dosing applications.
The virtually pulse-less, linear flow; lowers acquisition costs, due to their compact size and pulsation…
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Pumps
A global private equity firm has completed the buy-out of a leading manufacturer of precision-engineered and efficient centrifugal pumps and compressors in the US.
Sundyne, with its headquarters in Colorado designs and manufactures API compliant pumps and compressors, announced that Warburg Pincus has completed its acquisition from BC Partners Advisors LP and The Carlyle Group.
Sundyne’s…
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Pipelines
A leading North American manufacturer of decanter and thickening centrifuges and dewatering systems announced the $67m (61m euros) energy-efficient upgrade at two of New York City’s largest wastewater treatment plants as complete.
As part of a series designed to improve pollution control and treatment efficiency, the Department of Environmental Protection chose to install 32 American-made…
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