French oil and gas firm Total is planning to double production capacity for high-performance recycled polypropylene (PP) of its affiliate Synova to support the needs of automotive OEMs and auto makers, the company announced in a release Tuesday.
When the project reaches completion in early 2021, Synova will have the capability to produce 40,000 tn/yr of recycled PP that will be able to meet the quality standards of the auto industry.
Specialty chemicals and advanced materials producer Solvay announced the opening of two composite innovation centers in the U.S. and Europe that will focus on innovations in thermoplastic composites for the aerospace, automotive, and oil and gas markets, a company press release announced Wednesday.
European pellet manufacturer Graanul Invest has completed its $63 million acquisition of Texas Pellets Inc. and German Pellets Texas Inc. (“Texas Pellets”) after successfully bidding on the firms’ assets in a May 9 auction, middle market investment bank Configure Partners LLC announced in a release Monday.
As part of the deal, Graanul Invest purchased Texas Pellets’ Woodville, TX manufacturing facility, which has a 500,000 mt nameplate capacity, and a pellet storage facility and shipping terminal in Port Arthur, TX referred to as “POPA.”
Lorenz Conveying Products is introducing a new Lighting Ship Program, enabling customers in North America to receive same day shipping on many of the firm’s products, the Coburg, ON-based company announced in a release Tuesday.
The latest packing, shipping and tracking systems are leveraged by Lorenz to ensure orders are received on time and ready for installation.
Ametek Drexelbrook has expanded its point level measurement offering with the new 700-3201 series of fully 3A certified capacitance/RF admittance probes, specifically designed for mid-level to premium point level measurement products within sanitary applications that require 3A approval.
A worker died in an industrial accident Tuesday morning at the PacMoore Processing Technologies food processing plant in Mooresville, IN, local news organizations reported.
Processing and packaging solutions firm Tetra Pak announced the opening of its new sales, engineering, and manufacturing facilities for cheese production solutions in Olsztyn, Poland on Wednesday. The new site will double the company’s capacity of cheese-making solutions in the country and enable it to conduct comprehensive testing of equipment.
BinMaster’s wireless communication solutions reduce the cost and complexity of installing silo inventory management systems.
Easily programmable, compact devices replace wires with over-the-air technology. A simple point-to-point configuration eliminates the hassle and cost of running wires. Point-to-multipoint systems are easily scaled for more complex deployments using additional wireless units, base stations, and wireless repeaters. Either setup can transmit up to a mile line-of-sight outdoors or 500 ft indoors.
Agribusiness and food company Olam International said Tuesday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire California-based almond processor and ingredient manufacturer Hughson Nut Inc. (HNI) from APB Partners LLC (APB). The transaction has an enterprise value of $54 million.
Crushing operations resumed on October 17 at Wilmar Sugar Limited’s Pioneer Mill in Burdekin, Australia after the facility was shut down for 12 days following a fire in a bagasse conveyor system at the site, the company announced in a recent press release.
American food firm The Campbell Soup Company recently completed the $80 million sale of its European chips business, including the U.K. firm Kettle Foods Limited and Dutch entity Yellow Chips B.V., to Valeo Foods, a company press release announced on October 11.
Firefighters responded to a blaze at the Zschimmer & Schwarz Inc. chemical plant in Milledgeville, GA on Monday evening, the Milledgeville Union-Recorder reported.
Workers evacuated the facility after flames ignited at about 6:30 p.m. in a section of the structure, the newspaper’s coverage said. The cause of the fire has not been established.
Aplus Finetek Sensor Inc. announces the availability of the SC35 series tuning fork point level sensor. The SC35 features state-of-the-art piezoelectric crystal and electronic technology with self-diagnostics and a test button, and can detect material density as low as 0.624 lb/cu ft.
Lorenz Conveying Products announces its recent partnership with Saigh Solutions LLC.
Located in Newark, OH, Saigh Solutions LLC specializes in equipment and systems specific to plastics processing and recycling industries. The company will represent Lorenz in MI.
Lorenz now has 25 representatives that cover 11 countries and service a variety of industries including plastics and packaging, chemical, grain milling, food, pet food, and minerals.
Micromeritics Instrument Corp. has introduced a new range of secondary standards that make it easier to demonstrate the highest levels of data integrity when characterizing surface area by gas adsorption.
REMBE Inc. introduces the Q-Flap NX inlet explosion isolation valve to prevent explosion propagation through ductwork.
This improved version features magnets that hold the flap open and significantly reduces the pressure drop across the valve. This change now means that the suction from the dust collector only moves the product. This saves energy since fans require less horsepower and product flow is improved by the dramatic reduction in pressure drop.
Agricultural cooperative Superior Ag recently finalized a new co-partnership with Lebanon, KY-based grain storage facility Central Kentucky Grain LLC (CKG) that will increase its storage capacity to more than 7 million bushels across eight grain elevators.
CKG’s current chief executive officer Mark Boone, will remain at the helm of the business under the new partnership.
Industrial hemp processor Carolina Botanicals is investing $3.46 million to open a new plant in Tabor City, NC that will employ 30 staff members, the Economic Partnership of North Carolina announced in a recent release. Once operational, the facility will process raw hemp from area farmers into products like CBD distillate and winterized oil.
French energy firm Total announced plans Monday to open a new facility in Paris that will advance the company’s use of digital solutions in its operations. The Digital Factory will house some 300 developers, data scientists, and other professionals to develop new digital tools that can be used across the company’s businesses.
A fire broke out in a metal tank that was in the process of being dismantled at the Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) corn processing plant in Decatur, IL on Sunday morning, prompting a response from local firefighters, the Decatur Herald & Review reported.
The new ProFlex C100 is the smallest of the ProFlex C family and fits on small extrudes. It is lightweight and up to five feeders can be grouped around an inlet of a lab or small size extruder.
A quick-change hopper option in the ProFlex line offers fast and clean changeover without disassembling of the feed screw. By keeping several hoppers and the screw in stock, a wide range of additives and color pigments can be provided for in a highly flexible manner.
Other benefits include:
The new VMF-90D volumetric screw feeder from Scaletron Industries is an automatic metering screw feed system for mixing and dispensing dry materials into a secondary process.
To expedite delivery and installation, Scaletron has included functionality that previously was available only as options. The resulting feeder is not only operationally robust, but it is also versatile and installs quickly into a wide range of additive metering systems.
An affiliate of private equity firm One Rock Capital Partners LLC recently entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ingredients manufacturer Innophos Holdings for $932 million, the companies announced in a release Monday. The Cranbury, NJ-based company’s board of directors unanimously approved One Rock’s proposal to buy all of its outstanding shares for $32 per share.
The Model DB belt rip detector is a mine-duty and quarry-duty belt rip detector that operates on a simple cable pull concept.
When a belt flap or tear, or a foreign obstruction such as a wrench or screwdriver or piece of rebar has pierced a conveyor belt, the cable releases the activation ball from its protective socket and trips the device.
Powder flow specialist, Freeman Technology, will continue its webinar series with “Evaluating Process-Relevant Powder Properties for Additive Manufacturing Applications” on November 26 at 11am Eastern. Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing) is a potentially transformative, highly efficient manufacturing technique. It involves ‘printing’ often intricate components to a tight specification by gradually building up powder layers which are then selectively fused together.
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