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Fluor Corporation has achieved mechanical completion on BASF’s Zhanjiang Verbund project in China.

AMPO POYAM VALVES has recently supplied a set of highly engineered forged gate valves to BASF’s large-scale CR Cluster project.

Chemical plants require crucial maintenance. Navigating repairs and scheduling turnarounds are only some of the critical aspects involved in the world of mechanical maintenance.

Chemical plants require crucial maintenance.

As a member of the Technical Expertise Team at Ludwigshafen, Alexander Hein deals with automated valves in various production plants across BASF’s oldest and largest Verbund site.

As a member of the Technical Expertise Team at Ludwigshafen, Alexander Hein deals with automated valves in various production plants across BASF’s oldest and largest Verbund site.

BASF has co-developed and introduced the Integrated Pneumatic Module (IPM) mainly to simplify the configuration for linear and quarterturn actuators, both in standard and more complex configurations. According to Matko Dijkman, Senior Automation Manager at BASF, the IPM has been designed to prevent unnecessary mistakes in the installation and maintenance process. The IPM also has potential in plant availability, safety and savings, for example, in stock keeping.

The production processes of the most important basic chemicals are responsible for around 70% of the greenhouse gas emissions in the chemical industry.

BASF has acquired Malcom, Iowa-based ITWC, which specializes in cast elastomer polyurethane systems and polyester polyols. BASF is acquiring ITWC's assets, including those obtained during the company's acquisition of Hydroseal Polymers Inc.

BASF has named Fluor Corporation as its North American chemicals capital project engineering partner. Fluor was awarded an umbrella services agreement by BASF for an undisclosed contract value.  The agreement will cover the providing of services such as conceptual and front-end engineering and design, detailed engineering, procurement, project management and construction management services.