Aug 9, 2021
Bedford Pumps supplies chemical process plant
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Aug 5, 2021
Chemicals company Brenntag has acquired all operating assets and business of Matrix Chemical.
The company is a solvents distributor and the largest distributor of acetone in North America with sales of around $200 million (€168 million) a year.
Steven Terwindt, member of the management board of Brenntag and COO Brenntag Essentials, said: “With the acquisition of... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Aug 5, 2021
Pipelines
A total of 150 intelligent electric actuators on Rotork’s Pakscan control network have been ordered by a Spanish processing plant.
Some of Rotork’s IQ range of intelligent electric actuators have already been installed at the Quimica Puente Mayorga chemical processing plant in Cádiz.
The remainder are to be installed in the coming months.
The plant is owned by... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Jul 29, 2021
Other
German rescue teams are still searching for missing workers following the explosion at a chemical park on July 27.
At least two people were killed and 31 others injured in the blast at the Chempark site in the city of Leverkusen.
In a statement from Currenta, three people were "seriously" injured in the blast while five people remained missing.
"My thoughts go to the... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Jul 28, 2021
Pipelines
Exchanger Industries Limited, the Canadian designer and manufacturer of heat transfer products for the energy, petrochemical, industrial and clean power generation sectors, has acquired HRS Heat Exchangers.
HRS is a specialist global supplier of heat exchangers and custom process systems across the environmental, chemical and pharmaceutical sectors.
The acquisition... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Jul 27, 2021
Pipelines
RusGazDobycha, a business partner of Russian gas giant Gazprom, plans to start building a chemical plant as part of a massive gas processing cluster on the shores of the Baltic Sea.
The wider project with Gazprom's participation will help Russia, already a leading energy producer, to reach its goal of boosting its share of the liquefied natural gas market (LNG).
The... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
May 17, 2021
Valves
A UK filtration specialist is targeting the chemical processing and liquid coatings industries with the latest evolution of its meltblown filter cartridge range.
Amazon Filters’ VisClear II product is designed to strengthen the essential filtration processes behind the manufacture of many high-viscosity fluids.
They include sealants, adhesives, paints, machine coolants,... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Jan 29, 2021
Pumps
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,... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Jan 19, 2021
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... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Jan 8, 2021
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... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Jan 5, 2021
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.... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Jun 19, 2020
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.... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Jun 3, 2020
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... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Jun 2, 2020
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... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
May 21, 2020
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... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
May 19, 2020
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... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
May 13, 2020
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.... [Read More]
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