Advertorial: TÜV SÜD Chemie Service
Expertise based on experience - Full-service provider for safe, reliable and profitable plants with high availability
Artikel, 2.01.2013
The Seveso III Directive and European Case Law
Approval Requirements Tightened - The Seveso III Directive, which came into force in August 2012, and the Seveso case law of the European Court of Justice have further tightened the approval requirements for establishments prone to hazardous incidents. The implications for industrial parks are outlined below.
Artikel, 2.01.2013
Special materials for flange-type diaphragm seals
. - The combination of pressure measuring instruments with diaphragm seals has multiplied the application areas of the measuring instruments considerably. Here, a diaphragm made of the appropriate material separates the medium to be measured from the measuring instrument.
Artikel, 2.01.2013
Interview with Herbert Bartsch, Branch Director, Wisag Produktionsservice
“Increasingly Large Contract Volumes” - With the former trend to outsourcing of service activities, independent providers of maintenance service saw a good basis for growth in industrial parks. CHEMIE TECHNIK asked Herbert Bartsch, Branch Director, Wisag Produktionsservice, for his opinion about current trends and the view of an...
Artikel, 2.01.2013
Interview with Dr. Matthias Fankhänel, Head of Technical Centres, BASF
“From Cost Factor to Competitive Advantage” - Whether plant engineering, machinery, automation and electrical engineering or the coating of heat exchangers - the services offered by the Technical Centers BASF are very wide ranged. Dr. Matthias Fankhänel, head of technical centers of expertise, explains why it is worth it for the chemicals...
Artikel, 2.01.2013
CT list of projects: recently announced investment projects in Europe‘s chemical industry
Numerous Projects Ahead - In the years ahead Engineers will have a great deal to do. In the period January to December 2012 CT has published more than 200 reports on chemical and petrochemical projects. Our overview covers the European part.
Artikel, 2.01.2013
Advertorial: CeChemNet
Central European Chemical Network - Successful, international network of the Central German chemical sites
Artikel, 2.01.2013
Advertorial: Standort Behringwerke Marburg
Industrial Park Behringwerke Marburg - Creating Value for Biotech
Artikel, 2.01.2013
Interview with Dr. Günter Hilken, CEO of Currenta
“Synergies Trigger Investments” - With sites in Leverkusen, Dormagen and Krefeld-Uerdingen, the German company Currenta is the biggest owner of chemical parks in Europe. And Currenta´s CEO Günter Hilken is confident, that company´s business will grow: “Each euro invested by Currenta pulls in three euros in investments”, says Hilken.
Artikel, 2.01.2013
German Chemical Industry in Good Shape
Increasing Production, Stagnating Sales - The demand from customers outside Europe strengthened the business of the German chemical industry in the 3rd quarter 2012: After a marked drop in the previous quarter, production was somewhat back on the increase from July to September. This is stated in the quarterly report by the German...
Artikel, 2.01.2013
Advertorial: Infraserv Höchst
Industriepark Höchst - Again a strong performance
Artikel, 2.01.2013
Cefic Reports Trends in European Chemical Industry
Less confident about the Future - EU chemicals production fell by 2.2 per cent in the first eight months of 2012 compared with the same period in 2011, according to the latest Cefic Chemicals Trends Report. Monthly data for August 2012 showed a 2.2 per cent drop compared with the reading for the same month in 2011. Data for the...
Artikel, 2.01.2013
Advertorial: Industriepark Kalle-Albert
Kalle-Albert Industrial Park in Wiesbaden - The Kalle-Albert Industrial park has, after 150 years industrial history, today developed into a modern industrial location with innovative site management and a fully operating industrial, market and customer orientated infrastructure.
Artikel, 2.01.2013
Advertorial: Evides Industriewasser
Evides Industriewater Reliable partner in water - Evides Industriewater – a 100% subsidiary of Evides NV – currently owns and operates water treatment plants in major European sites and parks, including the harbor-industrial parks of Rotterdam (the Netherlands), Antwerp (Belgium) and Stade (Germany).
Artikel, 2.01.2013
CT Market overview industrial parks in Europe
European Sites at a Glance - CHEMIE TECHNIK regularly publishes overviews of industrial parks in Europe. Our latest overview lists nearly 60 industrial parks focusing on chemical, pharmaceutical and biotech industries.
Artikel, 2.01.2013
Advertorial: Chempark - Europes Chemical Park
One of the best chemical locations in Germany - – Space for creativity where tomorrow’s solutions are found today
Artikel, 2.01.2013
Advertorial: Infrapark® Baselland
- a unit of Clariant Products (Switzerland) Ltd - Shared Services – Customized Infrastructure
Artikel, 2.01.2013
Between Nutrition and Medicine
Food Formulations Containing Bioactive Ingredients as Opportunity and Challenge - Health is one of the biggest social issues and access to in-depth information has never been easier. Nevertheless, there are many reasons why healthy eating is not part of our daily routine. People are often disorganized or do not have the time to learn more about food and nutrition. One sector...
Artikel, 10.06.2012
Production in a Plastic Bag
Status Report Single-use Technologies - Modularization, flexibility, fast changeover and minimal contamination risk are high on the priority list in today's production environment. If you think these factors through from the small scale to their logical conclusion, you almost inevitably arrive at the concept of single-use technologies....
Artikel, 10.06.2012
Catch the Moment
CT Trend Report on Thermal Storage - Thermal storage will be another key technology in the future. Heating accounts for roughly half of European energy consumption. Besides the need to keep buildings warm, industrial processing is the other major factor in heat consumption. Innovative storage technologies hold the key to renewable...
Artikel, 5.06.2012
Saving for a Rainy Day
Electric Power Storage Systems for the Energy Revolution - In the long run, massive implementation of renewable energies like photovoltaics will require options to store electric power. Innovative storage technologies hold the key to renewable energy utilization and energy-efficient industrial processing. Read on for an overview of the latest developments.
Artikel, 27.05.2012
Post-Crisis Prospects
Achema 2012: Emergence of a Post-crisis Chemical Industry - It seems as if the world has put the economic crisis behind it and is at last able to breathe freely again. Markets have recovered and many companies have returned to pre-crisis levels of business, sometimes even surpassing them. Good omens for Achema, which this year is being staged for the 30th...
Artikel, 22.05.2012
In the Name of the Name
Unequivocal Identification Protects Products and Customers - Copies, fakes and imitations pose a problem for nearly every segment of industry including electronics, automotive products, music, food and investment goods. Counterfeiting is booming. Goods that used to be sold at bazaars or under the counter are now available on the Internet to anyone...
Artikel, 16.05.2012
New Approaches in Engineering
CT Trend Report Chemical Engineering - Market and raw material trends set the direction in the chemical industry. That is one of the reasons why the 2008/2009 crisis signaled the start of a paradigm shift in chemical plant engineering and construction. Traditional EPC suppliers (general contractors based in the Western industrialized...
Artikel, 11.05.2012
Inflation Weakens off
CT Construction Prices for Chemical Plants - The price inflation for chemical plants has slowed at the beginning of 2012. During the reporting period to February 2012, prices grew by only 3.3 percent.
Artikel, 10.05.2012
Holistic Approach
Achema Trend Report Pumps and Compressors - Pumps and compressors account for a large share of energy consumption in process industry equipment. Best practice which can help further reduce consumption by this type of equipment will be a major theme at this year's Achema. Read on for an overview of the latest developments.
Artikel, 8.05.2012
Weak Start
Cefic-Report: EU Chemicals Sector Output Drops in First Months of 2012? - EU chemicals production recorded a 2.2 per cent decrease in the first two months of 2012, according to the latest Cefic Chemicals Trends Report. Monthly data for February 2012 showed a 2.4 per cent decline compared with February the year prior. European chemical industry association Cefic...
Artikel, 16.04.2012
CT Market overview industrial parks in Europe
European Sites at a Glance - CHEMIE TECHNIK regularly publishes overviews of industrial parks in Europe. Our latest overview lists nearly 60 industrial parks focusing on chemical, pharmaceutical and biotech industries.
Artikel, 10.01.2012
Industrial Emissions in Industrial Parks – What’s New in the Industrial Emissions Directive?
New Challenges - Numerous production sectors, and especially those belonging to the chemical industry, are facing new challenges. At the end of 2010, the EU thoroughly revised its pollution abatement legislation and recast the former IPPC Directive of 2008 as the Directive on Industrial Emissions.
Artikel, 10.01.2012
Interview with Dr. Klaus-Dieter Juszak, Chairman of the German Association of Chemical Parks and Sites
“Distinct advantages and opportunities in Europe” - Industrial parks are looking back on two economically successful years. Especially in Germany the question of energy supply in industrial parks remains acute. CT spoke with Dr. Klaus-Dieter Juszak, chairman of the German association of chemical parks and sites within the German chemical industry...
Artikel, 10.01.2012
