The Australian chemistry industry is composed of more than 5,500 individual businesses, from small family-owned Australian businesses to multinational enterprises. Australia’s chemical industry is of strategic importance to the sustainable development of the country’s economy.Being one of Australia’s leading manufacturing sectors, Australia chemical sector directly employs over 60,000 people with most of them in highly skilled jobs, and contributes more than $11.5 billion to GDP in industry value add. Chemistry Australia CEO Samantha Read said, “We have an important story to tell. The business of chemistry is at the nucleus of the Australian economy; it provides inputs that enable 109 of Australia’s 111 industries.” Read More
By Shivani Mody: In an interview, Fabrizio Palmeri, Executive Vice President, Application Engineering, Kelvion Germany GmbH with Chemical Today magazine delves into the evolving growth of heat exchangers market to suit the changing needs of the chemical industry. Global trends in heat exchangers used in chemical industry.: We are continuously monitoring trends in the market, while keeping a close eye on a few basic indicators. When it comes to the development of the heat exchangers (HX) market, the most interesting of these indicators is activities related to reducing emissions. According to the projections of the IEA (International Energy Agency), energy efficiency will increasingly be the major source for emissions reduction. Read More
In an interview, Dr. Robin Kumar Dutta, Professor, Department of Chemical Sciences, Tezpur University in Assam, India, with Chemical Today Magazine brings a ray of hope to millions of people affected by arsenic contaminated water by developing a low-cost filter to remove arsenic & iron from drinking water. Widespread calamities of arsenic contaminated drinking water in India: Arsenic is a toxic chemical element, which is present in some groundwater, usually in the forms of arsenite and arsenate. Chronic arsenic poisoning through contamination of drinking water causes several health problems including cancer which is affecting a large population of India especially in the floodplains of the Ganges and the Brahmaputra. Read More
Bond-Laminates GmbH, subsidiary of Lanxess is increasing production capacity for continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites of the brand Tepex. LANXESS is currently building a new, fourth production hall of around 1,500 m2 at its Brilon site. Two additional production lines are scheduled to go into operation there in mid-2019. The company already produces innovative composites for the automotive industry and also for the electrical and sports industries on an area of around 5,000 m2. With this expansion, Bond-Laminates will create up to 30 new jobs. The LANXESS High-Performance Materials business unit is also investing in its global production network for high-performance plastics and is building a further compounding plant at its Krefeld-Uerdingen site. Read More
Using plants and animals to purify wastewater while extracting raw materials: that is the principle of Aquafarm. In early September, after a year and a half of research, a trial setup was launched which should lead to the first biological water purification within four years. In an Aquafarm, aquatic plants and animals remove waste products from the water. This leads to cleaner water that complies with the European directive for natural water. In addition, natural water purification can be combined with the production of raw materials, such as proteins and fats. 
Market Overview: Silanes are homologues of saturated carbon-hydrogen compounds ie. of alkanes. All silanes share a general formula: SinH2n+2. Silanes made of silicon and hydrogen only are called unsubstituted silanes and are very unstable thus can only be produced in the absence of oxygen. There are various types of silanes namely methylsilanes, silanols, chlorosilanes etc. Silanes consist of one or more silicon atoms linked to each other or one or more atoms of other chemical elements as the tetrahedral centers of multiple single bonds. 
Market Overview: Clarifiers are the settling tanks used for removal of solids suspended particulates present in water through sedimentation. This is done to enhance the quality of water to meet quality standards for various uses of water. Water clarifiers are machine-operated water treatment tanks in which the sludge or concentrated impurities is discharged from the bottom of the tank and the layer of dirt or froth on the surface of the water is called as scum. A package of chemical-injection releases various categories of chemicals into the water in order to optimize the water treatment process. 
Industry Trends: Refinery Catalyst Market size was estimated to be beyond $4 billion in 2017 and is predicted to grow at over 3 percent CAGR from 2018 to 2025. The refinery catalyst market will witness an appreciable growth on account of tightening legislation for fuel emission control and proliferating demand for reformulated gasoline. These products convert crude oil into diesel, petrol, kerosene and other petroleum derivatives. These petrochemical catalysts play a noteworthy role by refining more amount of diesel and gasoline from same amount of crude oil. 
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