Keyword: Shutdown & Turnaround

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FDA Struggles with US Government Shutdown

18.01.2019 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is recalling furloughed employees to carry out inspections as the longest-ever US government shutdown moves toward its fifth week...

Strategy & Management

China’s Anti-pollution Clampdown

30.03.2018 - Since late 2016, the Chinese government has conducted a series of environmental inspections of production companies. These inspections have typically led to short-term closures of...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Optimizing Maintenance – Who is Responsible for What?

07.07.2016 - Inadequate maintenance and unsuitable strategies repeatedly cause malfunctions, which sometimes result in significant damage and high costs. As plants are highly individual, none...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

One batch more

16.11.2015 - 17 days and not a day longer – this was the initial situation for the migration of a process control system of a large resin reactor. With the help of simulation, virtual test...

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BP to Permanently Close Texas PX unit

08.10.2015 - BP has announced it will shutter its paraxylene (PX) plant at Texas City in the US with a capacity believed to exceed 1million t/y. The UK-based company cites market conditions as...

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BASF Declares FM for EO-Based Care Chemicals

22.05.2015 - BASF has declared force majeure for ethylene-oxide (EO)-based products in its Care Chemicals portfolio, due to a captive shortage of the ethylene derivative. The restrictions apply...

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Borealis Records Improved Net Profit in Q1 2014

15.05.2014 - Borealis, provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers, recorded a net profit of €102 million in the first quarter of 2014...

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Bilfinger Berger Industrial Services Meets Complex Challenges

26.10.2011 - Complexity - Bilfinger Berger Industrial Services (BIS) offers its process industry customers complex services for the entire plant life cycle. As an independent subgroup of...