Parker Hannifin

ESSA | May 31, 2021

Climate change, driven by the greenhouse effect, is one of the world’s major issues that need to be urgently addressed. Studies have found that greenhouse gas emissions from industry primarily come from burning fossil fuels for energy and greenhouse gas emissions from specific chemical reactions necessary to produce goods from raw materials. As decision-makers, industry, and ordinary citizens, the government is held responsible for tackling global climate chan...

Chemical Management, Market Outlook

prnewswire | April 06, 2023

Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, announced an integrated technology award from SP Chemicals and its subsidiary SP Olefins. SP Chemicals will license Lummus' CATOFIN® technology for a new 800 KTA propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit, and SP Olefins will license Lummus' Novolen® technology for a new 400 KTA polypropylene (PP) unit. Both units will be located at SP Chemicals' complex in Jiangsu Province, China. Read More

Ceresana | February 17, 2020

High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) ranks amongst the most sold plastics - and demand even continues to increase. “HDPE is the polyethylene type with the highest strength and the lowest flexibility” explains Oliver Kutsch, the CEO of the market research company Ceresana. “The strong and somewhat hard plastic is suitable for a large spectrum of uses: for rigid containers and pipes, as well as for films and a multitude of products for the transportation and electronic industry.&rdqu...

C&EN | July 06, 2020

The world is drowning in oil. Sometimes there’s no place to store even an extra drop. As the cost per barrel struggles to breach $40 and transportation fuels seem to be entering their sunset years, giant oil companies are pushing into chemical manufacturing. For chemical buyers, the outlook is for years of heavy competition and low, low prices. In this environment, it is perhaps surprising that any company would bet on chemicals and materials made from sugar, rather than pet...