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Preliminary Exhibitor List ofAchemAsia 2013 8

Research in China: Quantity onSchedule, Quality Catching Up 10

Geobiotechnology: Microbesas Miners 18

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But industrialized countries are mo-tivated by the challenge; countrieslike Japan, or Germany and againthe US, whose wealth relies strong-ly on the ability to innovate are setto defend their reputation as worldleaders in technology.

The structure of global markets isalso evolving: Europe is facing ademographic change and stagnantpopulation figures. Also the Chi-nese market is affected by a demo-graphic change. These develop-ments have implications for indus-tries such as pharmaceuticals, med-ical devices, but also consumerproducts that are adapted to anageing population. In combinationwith the overall growth, this offerstremendous potential.

Furthermore, some analysts pointout that the next group of emergingcountries is already stepping on theworld stage: With the acronym“MIST” they label Mexico, Indone-sia, South Korea and Turkey as fu-ture players worth watching.

The multi-centered world todayleads to new geostrategic considerations. It is complicatedand very dynamic, but at the same time it offers a wealth ofopportunities. And it is not only consumption that is a marketdriver — there are also other issues such as environmentalconcerns that evolve with the development of economies.

If you ask the initial questionmore specifically there may evenbe some simple answers. One example: In May, Beijing willfor one week be the center of the world — at least as far asthe process industries are concerned. AchemAsia will unitemore than 400 exhibitors and more than 12,000 visitorsfrom China and all over the world. It will be a hub of innova-tion and of international cooperation. The congress and theexhibition will cover topics that are important to any economy:Efficient production, preservation of resources and sustain-

ability. Complicated questions will besolved together, and ideas will spreadfrom this center of progress.

Isn’t it nice that some questions areeasy to answer?

Where is the center of theworld? This question mayhave been simple to an-

swer in the 15th century (and theanswer would have strongly de-pended on where you were living).Today, it is considerably more com-plicated; it depends on what youare looking for, and there will hard-ly ever be one answer: In terms ofrawmaterials, we havemoved froma clear layout to a quite complicat-ed one.

When the oil age started, the USwas the unquestioned center of theworld. Later, the Gulf region movedinto the focus. With the develop-ment of natural gas to a sought-after resource, Russia and laterQatar appeared on the scene. Andtoday with biomass Brazil andSouth-East Asia might become im-portant regions with respect to re-sources.

But this development is currentlyovershadowed by the shale gas dis-cussion which is strongest in the USbut also audible in China, Argentinaand some European regions. Thereare some hopes in the US that due to shale gas, the develop-ment will take a full turn, and the US will be once more theunquestioned champion of energy resources; but in today’scomplex resource landscape, the full impact is still not fore-seeable.

And the focus has widened even more: Whereas in the 80s,fossil fuels dominated everything else, today additional ma-terials such as rare earth metals have gained enormously inimportance. This created new centers of geostrategic impor-tance and potential wealth.

Similar considerations apply to research and innovation.China is gaining ground on the US, Western Europe andJapan not only with regard to numbers of patents butalso in terms of quality. Multinational com-panies supplement their R&D activities inEurope and the US by R&D centers in Chinain order to be closer to the markets and tobenefit from a new generation of highly-skilled graduates in science and engineering.

The CenTer of The World

“In terms of rawmaterials, we have movedfrom a clear layout to aquite complicated one.”

n Prof. Dr. rainer DiercksPresident of Petrochemicals Division, BASF;Chairman of DECHEMA e.V. n

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3 Editor’s PageThe Center of the World

6 Get Ready for AchemAsia 2013Two more months and a few days to go … then it’s show time forAchemAsia 2013

8 Preliminary Exhibitor List of AchemAsia 2013

10 Quantity on Schedule, Quality Catching UpResearch in China

14 More than Environmental ProtectionThe Chinese industrial water treatment market is quite attractive fortechnology suppliers

16 “We Can Have a Great Impact on Creating an Innovative Country”Interview with Prof. Yang Yuanyi, executive vice president and secretarygeneral of CIESC

18 Microbes as MinersLearn how geobiotechnology opens up new resources

20 Developing Downstream: Economy in Middle-EastDespite the recent developments elsewhere, Middle-East is very much worthlooking at

22 NewsVBU for the First Time at AchemAsiaEuropean Projects: BIO-TIC and E4Water

23 International Events Organized by DECHEMA

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n AchemAsiA 2013Getting an overview of theprogram: New conferencelayout — Satellite Symposiaon focal topics, individuallyorganized in cooperation withDECHEMA’s partner associa-tions, are addressing subjectsof practical relevance or spe-cial interest. n

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n interviewACHEMA worldwide News spokewith Prof. Yang Yuanyi, the newexecutive vice president andsecretary general of CIESC. n

n BiominingGeobiotechnologyplays a significantrole in mining. n

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Get Ready foRachemasia 2013!Two more months and a few days to go… then it’s show time forAchemAsia 2013.

AchemAsia 2013 – Satellite SymposiaMonday, May 13Afternoon

Resources for thesubstitution of Petro­leum: Biomass, coal,Natural Gas

New technology Usedin Water treatment andZero emission in Petro­chemical industry

Vogel Pharma­ceutical engi­neering inter­national forum

New Productsand services

Tuesday, May 14 dVs industrialforum: Joining inchemical apparatusand Plant construc­tion

environmental Protec­tion: Upgrading oftransportation fuels,Reduction of airPollution, LossPrevention

chemical co2Utilization

Wednesday, May 15 Process analyticsand control techno­logy: control is key

Break through to World challenges advanced separationtechnology and equip­ment conference

Thursday, May 16Morningtime schedule of satellite symposia subject to change

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With new exhibitor registrationsreaching our offices each day,we are getting close to the finish

line now, and the event is rapidly takingshape. Especially encouraging for thisninth edition of China’s leading show forthe chemical process industry: We areright on track to surpass the figures of thelast event. In any case, the upcomingAchemAsia 2013 will be this year’s mostvisible platform and meeting point forChina’s process industry, and a magnetfor everybody affiliated with the country’schemical sector. No other event enjoys asimilar standing in China’s chemical en-gineering community.What are AchemAsia’s success factors?

→ The Essentials in BriefAchemAsia 2013— 9th International Exhibition and Conference on ChemicalEngineering and BiotechnologyDate: May 13–16, 2013Venue: CNCC— China National Convention Center

No 7. Tianchen East RoadChaoyang District100105 Beijing, PR China

Opening hours: Monday, May 13 – Wednesday, May 15: 9.00am–5.00pmThursday, May 16: 9.00am–1.00pm

Exhibition Profile: • Chemical Apparatus and Plant Construction• Process Technology• Petrochemistry• Maintenance and Quality Assurance• Environmental Protection• Water Treatment• Pharmaceutical Industry• Biotechnology• Food Industry• Agrochemistry• Laboratory and Analytical Techniques• Packaging and Storage Techniques• Resources Development

For more information e-mail rentalinquiries@dechema.de,go to www.achemasia.de or www.achema.cn; or simply call +49-69-7564-700.

T. Scheuring is CEO of DECHEMA Ausstellungs-GmbH.

• Most international—and most visi-ble—event for China’s process industry

• Face-to-face communication with ex-perts and decision makers

• Partnering platform among China’sheavyweights and trendsetters

• Stepping stone to investment decisions• Showcase for innovations• Integrated technical solutions for allsectors of the process industries

• Opportunity to recruit new personnel• Synergies through DECHEMA’s globaland local networkOr, at this point, let the facts do the

talking—and let us share with our read-ers the current exhibitor list (see nextdouble page) and conference layout (bot-tom left). Both give valuable suggestionsof what to expect, whom to meet, andwhich conference part to attend.Looking forward to seeing you in Bei-

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Dalian Eurofilm, DalianDalian Hermetic Pump, DalianDalian Hualong Filter Cloth, DalianDalian Leader Fluid Control, DalianDe Dietrich, WuxiDeChem Tech., HamburgDECHEMA Ausstellungs-GmbH,Frankfurtdescote, FeyzinDKD Filter System, JingjiangDockweiler, Neustadt-GleweDongfang Liya Int. Advertising, BeijingDongtai Shengshi Int. Advertis., BeijingDongXin Seals, ShanghaiDongying Yicheng Precision, DongyingDoright, QingdaoDrM, ShanghaiDürr Paintshop Systems, Shanghai

EagleBurgmann, ShanghaiEclipse Combustion Equipment, SuzhouEIC, ShanghaiELAFLEX Gummi Ehlers, HamburgElesa+Ganter, ShanghaiElringKlinger, Qingdaoeltherm, BurbachEM Technik, New Taipei CityEmborio, ShanghaiESK Ceramics, KemptenEvonik Degussa, ShanghaiEXA, OffanengoEYELA, Beijing

Federal Screen, BeijingFELUWA Pumpen, MürlenbachFenix Process Technologies, PuneFGT, WuhanFineTek, New TaipeiFink Chem+Tec, Bad DürrheimFirstman, BeijingFLUX GERÄTE, MaulbronnFRANKEN FILTERTECHNIK, HürthFrenzelit, Bad BerneckFRISTAM Pumpen, HamburgFunke Heat Exchanger, ChangzhouFWG IHW techn. Federn, Grevenbroich

Gardner Denver, MargateGardner Denver Nash Machinery,ShandongGarlock, ShanghaiGEA Group, DüsseldorfGEFA, DortmundGemeinschaftsstand Verlage, FrankfurtGeneral Machinery Magazine, BeijingGeorg Fischer Piping Systems, ShanghaiGERB Vibration Control, QingdaoGericke, ShanghaiGerman Fluid Systems, ShatinGFTZ IWAKI EngineeringTrading,GuangdongGLEANTA, BeijingGoetze Armaturen, LudwigsburgGolden Fluid Pumps, TianjinGore Filtration Products, Shenzhen

PRELIMINARY EXHIBITOR LIST ACHEMASIA 2013

3V Tech, Shanghai

A-Sung Plastic Valve, SeoulAirmotec Chromatotec, Saint AntoineAll Flo, MentorALLGAIER PROCESS TECHN., UhingenAllied Supreme, JiaxingAnbao, Qinhuangdao CityAndritz, FoshanAnping County Ansheng Wire, HengshuiAnping County Dongri Chitong, AnpingAPI Heat Transfer, SuzhouARCA Regler, TönisvorstArgal Chemical Pumps, DalianArmaturenwerk HötenslebenArmstrong Chemtec, SingaporeART Photonics, BerlinAsahi Organic Chemicals, ShanghaiATEA Group, Shanghaiatech innovations, GladbeckAuma Actuators, TianjinAZ Armaturen, Taicang

Badger Meter, NeuffenBälz, HeilbronnBASF, LudwigshafenBaum Fluorplastic, ShanghaiBeijing Aerospace Petrochemical,BeijingBeijing Huake Bomex, BeijingBeijing Kenod Liquid Equipm., BeijingBeijing Plastics Research Inst., BeijingBeijing sailor seal, BeijingBeijing Zhongxing Shiqiang, BeijingBeot Inorganic Membrane SeparationEquipmentBEPEX, MinneapolisBertrams Chemical Plants, BeijingBHS, SonthofenBiar, SembrancherBMWi, BonnBOKELA, KarlsruheBristol Metals, BristolBronkhorst, ShanghaiBSI PM Engineering, BobignyBusch Vacuum, Shanghai

Casals Cardona, ManresaCFV, ShanghaiChair Man Hi-Tech, KaohsiungChematur Ecoplanning, PoriChematur Engineering, KarlskogaChemical Engineering, FrankfurtChemieanlagenbau, ChemnitzChina Filtration Inform.Techn.,ZhengzhouChromalox, ShanghaiCOG Gehrckens, PinnebergComi Condor, Settimo MilaneseCompass Bulk, BeijingControl Valve/Pump Engineer, ShanghaiCorning China, ShanghaiCorrosion Materials, ShanghaiCPM SKET, MagdeburgCreaPhys, Dresden

Graco, ShanghaiGrande Tek Flow Control, CangzhouGSKET, TicengoGuangzhou Longhuilong Filter,GuangzhouGVS, Suzhou

Haiyan New Century, HaiyanHakohav Valves, Kiryat GatHalifax Fan, ShenzhenHammelmann Maschinenfabrik, OeldeHangzhou Xingyuan FilterTechn.,HangzhouHebei Guanyu Stainless, ShijiazhuangHebei Seko Fluid, ZhuzhouHebei Sinter Filter Technic, AnpingHefei Xinhu, HefeiHeinz Meßwiderstände, ElgersburgHemera, MeylanHempel Special Metals, KowloonHengshui Haijiang Filter Press, HengshuiHeta Verfahrenstechnik, LichHimile, Gaomi CityHTT energy, Herford

i safe MOBILE, Lauda-KönigshofenIMM Inst. Mikrotechnik, MainzInevo, Caluire et CuireIPL Industrial Hoses, ShanghaiITALVACUUM, Borgaro

Jianda Dry Equipment, ChangzhouJiangsu Huaqing Fluid, ZhangjiagangJiangsu Industry Enamel, JiangsuJiangsu Jiuwu Hitech, NanjingJiangsu Saideli, JingjiangJizerska Porcelanka, DesnaJPB Industry, Olonne sur MerJUMO, Fulda

K Tron, NiederlenzK VAC Vacuum Technology, ShenzhenKAISER Steel Belt Systems, KrefeldKantec, OsakaKEM Küppers Elektromechanik,KarlsfeldKEYVALVE, ShenzhenKind, GummersbachKlaus Union, BochumKlinkau, MarktoberdorfKlöpper Therm, DortmundKNF Neuberger, ShanghaiKörting, HannoverKPA Kyffhäuser Pumpen Artern,RinglebenKSB Shanghai Pumps, ShanghaiKunshan Kinglai, JiangsuKunshan RVT Process Equipment

LABBE, Tournan en BrieLanfeng Int. Advertisement, BeijingLechler, MetzingenLEWA Pumps, DalianLiaoning Bolian Filter, TielingshiLiaoning Yutong Petrochemical, Shenyang

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Liaoyang Youxin Pharmaceut., LiaoyangLödige Maschinenbau, PaderbornLÖMI, AschaffenburgLongshen Seal manufacture, WuhanLORD STEEL INDUSTRY, Suzhou

Maag Pump Systems, GrossostheimManifattura Tubi Gomma, GrisignanoMankenberg, LübeckMatsui, OsakaMaximator, ShanghaiMECA INOX, CergyMembrane, ShanghaiMersen Xianda, ShanghaiMettler Toledo Instrument, ShanghaiMettler Toledo International,ShanghaiMixel, BeijingModentic Valve, NanjingMontz, Julius, HildenMSG Dichtungswerk, MückeMuegge, ReichelsheimMunktell&Filtrak, BärensteinMunters, BeijingM+W, Shanghai

Nanjing Duble Metal Equipm., NanjingNERAK Fördertechnik, HambührenNetzsch Gerätebau, SelbNeumo Vargus, ShanghaiNewson Gale, NottinghamNingbo Durrex, NingboNingbo EDSV Trading, NingboNingbo IDT Sinyuan Sealing TechnologyNingbo Lehui Food Machinery, ZhejiangNingbo Tiangong Mechanical Seals,NingboNingbo Yinzhou, NingboNovus Sealing Technology, ShanghaiNuclear Industry Yantai Tongxing, Qixia

Omeax, Chalon sur SaoneONUEE Electronics, ShenzhenOrientec Industrial Developm., BeijingOschatz, Essen

Palintest, BeijingPallmann Maschinenfabrik,ZweibrückenPaul, SteinauPeiyang Chemical Equipment, TianjinPenghan Machinery, SuzhouPentair, BeijingPharmaceut.&Engineering Design,BeijingPharmaceutical Industry Review, KievPiller Industrieventilatoren, MoringenPlinke, Bad HomburgPMP Precision Ind., ZengchengPower Idea Technology, ShenzhenProcess Combustion, PittsburghProcess Systems, LondonProMinent Fluid Controls, DalianproRheo, AlthengstettPüschner, Schwanewede

Rasaii Flow Lines, ChennaiRathGibson, ShanghaiRegeltechnik KornwestheimRembe, BrilonRettenmaier, RosenbergRichter Chemie-Technik, KempenRingier Trade Media, BeijingRolled Alloys, SuzhouRoten, Milano

SAACKE, BremenSamoa, GijonSandmeyer Steel, GuangzhouSatake, SaitamaSBS Steel Belt Systems, ElginSBS Steel Belt Systems, MilanoScenic Precise Element, Kaohsiung CitySchrader Verfahrenstechnik,EnnigerlohSepTech, BeijingShandong Huge Heat ExchangeTechn, JinanShandong JingJin Environm. Prot.,DezhouShanghai Bluepard, ShanghaiShanghai Everspring Filtration Techn,ShanghaiShanghai KRD M&E Equipment,ShanghaiShanghai Morimatsu Pressure VesselShanghai Victory Fluid, ShanghaiShanghai Wald, ShanghaiShanghai Weser Industry, ShanghaiShanghai Weser Machinery, ShanghaiShanghai Yonshi M&E Equipm.,ShanghaiShenzhen Kelida, ShenzhenShenzhen Yihuaxin Electronics,ShenzhenSilica Verfahrenstechnik, BerlinSilkroad24, ShanghaiSistag AG Absperrtechnik, ShanghaiSmith Flow, BeijingSodimate, SartrouvilleSolex Thermal Science, CalgarySomeflu, BagnoletSpectron Gas Control, FrankfurtSPX Flow Technology, ShanghaiSt. Michael, HangzhouStahlhandel Gröditz, GröditzStaubli Mechatronic, HangzhouSteamloc, BeerseSteelco, RieseStellar Tube&Pipe, WenzhouSteuler Bobby, ShanghaiStrassburger Filter, WesthofenSulzer, ShanghaiSunrising Optronic, BeijingSupercritical Fluid Technol., NewarkSuzhou Baohua Mechanical Techn.,TaicangSuzhou Donit Sealing Materials, SuzhouSuzhou Kung Hai Trade, SuzhouSwissfluid, ShanghaiSympatec, Clausthal-Zellerfeld

TAMI, NyonsTantec, HanauTechnosklo, DrzkovTefulong, WenzhouTEMA Siebtechnik, TianjinTEMAC, ZverinekTethys Instruments, MeylanThe Spencer Turbine Company,BeijingThyssenKrupp Uhde, DortmundTianjin Shengkai Industrial, TianjinTiantai SouthWest Filter Cloth,TaizhouTonson Air Motors, ShanghaiTool Peaks, ZhangjiagangTorresin Titanio, LimenaTranter Heat Exchangers, BeijingTrelleborg Sealing Solutions, ShanghaiTÜV SÜD, ShanghaiTycon Alloy, Hong Kong

UBIFRANCE, ParisUIC, AlzenauUniversal Filtration, Shanghai

Vahterus, KalantiVeltek, MalvernVIBRA MASCHINEN SCHULTHEIS,OffenbachVogel Media Group, BeijingVögtlin Instruments, AeschVolz, Deilingen

WAGO Electronic, TianjinWanner Pumps, KowloonWealth Int. Advertising, BeijingWEICON, MünsterWeidouli Valves, WenzhouWEKA, BäretswilWenzhou Huahai Sealing, WenzhouWhiting Equipment, WellandWITT Gastechnik, WittenWitte Pumps&Technology, UetersenWuhan Greatall Machinery, Wuhan

Xiamen Hyperwave Instrument,XiamenXidao Media, Int.Control Valve,ShanghaiXuanda Industrial Zhejiang Doxi,Wenzhou

YL Instrument, Anyang

Zhangjiagang ChemicalMach.,ZhangjiagangZhejiang CathayPacking&Sealing,HangzhouZhejiang Filter Technology, PujiangZhejiang Great Wall Reducer, WenzhouZhejiang Jiari, JiashanZhejiang JIULI, HuzhouZhen O, ShanghaiZhongda Bright Filter Press, ShandongZhuzhou Hongda, Zhuzhou

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Among individual nations, China isnow second only to the USA in R&Dspending, having overtaken Japan

by 2011. In 2012 China’s estimated grossexpenditure on R&D (GERD) was US$ 199billion, compared to US$ 436 billion inthe USA and US$ 338 billion for the wholeof Europe (all figures in terms of purchas-ing power parity (PPP)). Annual growth inR&D spendingmay currently be below the20 % figure that is often quoted, but it iscertainly well ahead of China’s fast-risingGDP.In its volume of scientific publications

China already leads both Japan and Eu-rope, andmay overtake the USA this year.

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property on which their business de-pends. Most R&D spending is on improv-ing existing products, not basic research.Some Chinese attitudes may work

against effective research and especiallyinnovation. Central control and “pickingwinners”may not be the best ways to fos-ter innovation. there is an emphasis onquantity over quality, while traditionalways of thinking deter originality and per-haps over-value the ability to copy. thesituation is changing, but the transforma-tion will probably take longer than theraw R&D spending figures suggest.

A 15-year Plan for R&D Leadershiplong ago, Chinese inventions—paper,printing, the compass, gunpowder—werekey to the development of the modernworld. But subsequent centuries of isola-tion left China technologically backwardby the time the country re-opened toWestern influence in the mid-19th cen-tury. Following the Communist revolutionin 1949, two decades of Soviet-style tech-nological progress were largely undoneby Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution.not until 1976 did science, technology

and innovation reappear on the politicalagenda under the leadership of DengXiaoping. Jiang Zemin and hu Jintao, bothengineers by training, followed Deng’sexample in pinning China’s future toprogress in science and technology. XiJinping’s leadership has continued thetrend.2006 saw the pace of change quicken

with the launch of a hugely ambitious15-year Medium to long termScience andtechnology Development Programme.three years in themaking, this ambitiousplan recognised that the existing driversof the Chinese boom—cheap manufac-turing, technology imports and foreigninvestment—would not carry the countrythrough its next phase of growth in the

the number of overseas patent applica-tions by Chinese institutions, though stilllow, is rocketing.the driving force behind this growth is

China’s centralised leadership, which un-til recently has been dominated by scien-tists and engineers—“the world’s largesttechnocracy”. An ambitious growth planpublished in 2006 draws on China’s for-midable ability to mobilise resources inpursuit of national goals, from cancercures to manned space flight.yet Chinese R&D still has a long way to

go. GERD is still less than half that for theUSA, which has only a quarter as manypeople as China. GERD as a proportion ofGDP remains low (1.6 % compared to 2.8% for the USA). the greatmajority of com-panies don’t own the key intellectual

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Research in China: By 2020 China wants to be a world player in itscapacity to turn science into wealth.

For BASF the access to qualified employees is a key factor, and so its decision to locate one-quarter of R&D staff in Asia by 2020 “is not a cost-containing exercise”.

This article is based on the AchemAsia trend report “Researchin China”.

face of challenges such as shortage of en-ergy and resources, pollution, and poorcapacity for innovation.The plan says that China should aim to

be among the top five countries world-wide in terms of patents and scientificcitations, with advances in science andtechnology eventually accounting for60% of economic growth. “By the end of2020… China will achieve more scienceand technological breakthroughs of greatworld influence, qualifying it to join theranks of the world’s most innovativecountries,” said President Hu Jintao in2006.The Medium to Long-Term Programme

charts China’s technological futurethrough awide-ranging set of applicationareas, goals, special research projectsand large-scale research programmes.Topics include microchips, nuclear reac-tors, transgenic crops, nanotechnology,quantum research, and projects of na-tional prestige, notably space explora-tion.To fund all this, China will increase

spending on R&D from 1.4 % of GDP in2006 to 2.5 % in 2020—a target whichshould be achievable if the current rateof growth is maintained. Other support-ing measures include improvements inthe coordination of research, includingmilitary applications across public insti-tutions; a new benchmarking system forresearch institutes and researchers; newbanking policies and fiscal incentives tosupport innovative start-ups and pro-mote R&D investment by establishedcompanies; and a new national strategyon intellectual property rights.Besides the governing State Council,

China has sixministry-level organisationsdealing with science and innovation.

Research Organisationsin China

• TheMinistry of Science and Technology(MOST) has the main responsibility forscience and technology policy andstrategy. It finances a large amount ofresearch, primarily through special pro-grammes, administers technologicaldevelopment zones and oversees inter-national collaboration.

• The Ministry of Industry and Informa-tion Technology (MIIT) oversees broad-casting and the Internet, the nationalknowledge economy, and themanufac-ture of electronic equipment and soft-ware. MIIT includes the State Adminis-tration for Science, Technology and In-dustry for National Defence (SASTIND),which controls aerospace and the nu-clear industry.

• The Ministry of Education (MOE) is re-sponsible for education policy andmanagement of higher education. Itoversees key laboratories and researchinstitutes in universities, and has es-tablished initiatives to commercialiseresearch.

• The National Natural Science Founda-tion of China (NSFC) is a key funder ofresearch, with a rapidly-growing budgetwhich by 2010 had reached USD 1.6 bil-lion.

• The Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS), founded in 1949, is China’smostprestigious science organisation. TheCAS runs more than 100 research insti-tutes which in turn have spun out sev-eral hundred companies, includingLenovo, the world’s largest PC supplier.It also runs research programmes andgraduate training schemes, as well asadvises the government on sciencepolicy.

• The Chinese Academy of Engineering(CAE) is involved in policy advice anddevelopment, but does not run its ownresearch institutes.

People, Skills, Ethics and ResultsThere is no doubt that under the right cir-cumstances Chinese researchers are ca-pable of true scientific breakthroughs.Examples inmedicine include Gendicine,the world’s first licensed gene therapy,which has been successfully treating can-cer since 2003, and stem cell research. Inboth cases, China’s less-cautious ap-proach in moving from lab to licensinghas helped to create rapid progress. Chi-na is also a global force in nanotechnol-ogy, and by 2009 was publishing nearlya quarter of all papers in this field.China produced 1.5million science and

engineering graduates in 2006. Thoughthe country’s top universities are world-class, graduates of the other 1700-odduniversities and colleges are still veryvariable in quality. There is often an em-phasis on graduate numbers over quality,and terms like “engineer” are definedloosely by Western standards.Starved of opportunity at home, Chi-

nese scientists and engineers have tradi-tionally travelled abroad—notably to theUSA—for education and work. As in thepast, most remain outside China, but ris-ing salaries are now tempting themhomein increasing numbers. Traditional Chi-nese education favours rote learning;there is evidence that training abroadmakes Chinese people more indepen-dent in thought, and hence more quicklyable to innovate.With China’s new research jobs comes

relentless pressure to publish. A 2011study by the UK’s Royal Society suggest-

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ed that by 2013 China could be producingmore scientific papers than any othercountry. According to data from sciencepublisher Elsevier, in 1996 the USA—thecurrent leader—publishedmore than tentimes asmany papers as China. By 2008,the USAwas publishing 316,317 scientificpapers a year, while China had surged to184,080. China still ranks low in terms ofcitations, which measure the quality andalso the accessibility of publications, butthe quality is rising.Pressure to produce results has some-

times pushed researchers into scientificfraud. One prestigious Chinese journalreported in 2010 that nearly a third of ar-ticles submitted for publication showedevidence of plagiarism—a trend that isby nomeans confined to China, however.Security of intellectual property is also

a worry. In a high-profile case in 2012, forinstance, Chinese wind turbinemanufac-turer Sinovel was found to have stolencrucial control software developed by UScompany AmericanSuperconductor Corp.

(AMSC). In November 2011, US intelli-gence agencies said that China and Rus-sia use Internet hacking to steal US intel-lectual property as a matter of nationalpolicy. Where it is possible to resort tolegal protection, however, Chinese intel-lectual property law has teeth and is of-ten more cost-effective to apply than itsforeign counterparts.In 2009 China moved into the top ten

foreign countries applying for patents atthe US Patent Office, though the 1,655

Chinese applications were dwarfed by35,501 from Japan, 9,000 from Germanyand 82,382 from the USA. In 2010 Chinafiled 12,337 international patents, a year-on-year increase of 56 %.Statistics from the journals confirm

that collaboration between Chinese aca-demics and researchers abroad is in-creasing. This correspondswith the trendtowards increased international collabo-ration across the whole of science, withthe benefits it brings to all parties.

→ Further Reading

• Battelle 2012 Global R&D Funding Forecast, R&D Magazine, 2011.

• Knowledge, networks and nations: Global scientific collaboration in the 21st cen-tury, Royal Society, 2011.

• UNESCO Science Report 2010, pp 379–397, Mu Rongping, 2010.

• China: The next science superpower? James Wilsdon and James Keeley, Demos,ISBN 1 84180 173 9, 2007.

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The rise in international co-operationalso acts as a check to the nationalismthat is a significant driver in centrallyplanned ambitions for Chinese research.One goal of nationalistic science mustsurely be a Nobel prize for research car-ried out in the People’s Republic. Since1957, eight Chinese scientists have wonNobel prizes in science, but none of thesehas been for work carried out inmainlandChina.

R&D in Chineseand Foreign Companies

Compared to the top uni-versities and state-fundedresearch institutes, Chi-nese manufacturers—both private and state-owned—in general have apoor R&D record. Technol-ogy transfer between in-dustry and academia ispoor, and the hugemajor-ity of firms have no stakein the intellectual proper-ty that underpins theirbusiness.Many large companies

that are becoming well-known outside China aretaking R&D very seriously,however. Examples in-clude PetroChina andCNOOC in the oil and gasindustry, Huawei andLenovo in informationtechnology, Haier in whitegoods, Bank of China, AirChina and China Mobile.As policies and attitudeschange, it will also be nosurprise to seeSMEs lead-ing the R&D stakes.For two decades now,

multinational companieshave also been openingresearch centres in China.The trickle that beganwithMotorola, Nokia and Mi-crosoft has latterly turnedinto a flood, with an esti-mated 1,600 R&D centresnow operating or beingbuilt. Of this number, per-haps a quarter are genu-inely innovating ratherthan customising existingproducts for the Chinesemarket or fulfilling amain-ly political role.

Originally, the main attraction of re-search in China was the low cost of hiringqualified staff. As salaries have risen andeven production has started to return tothe home countries, R&D costs have tak-en second place to the ability to servicefast-growing Chinese markets—and insome cases to create global productsthrough Chinese research.Analyst McKinsey says that multina-

tional drug companies have investedmore than US$ 2 billion in R&D in Chinain the past five years, with Chinese R&Dsites opening or growing almost as quick-

ly as European and US sites are closing orshrinking.In Shanghai, PepsiCo recently opened

its largest R&D centre outside the USA, aUS$ 40 million project that will enablethe company to get new products to mar-ket in as little as two weeks. BASF hasrationalised its Chinese R&D in a € 55mil-lion pan-Asian innovation centre inShanghai. BASF agrees that access toqualified employees is key factor, andthat its decision to locate one-quarter ofR&D staff in Asia by 2020 “is not a cost-containing exercise”. n

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Water is used in industries formultiple purposes: cleaning,heating/cooling, steam, trans-

port, as raw material, solvent, or part ofproduct. According to UNESCO, industryaccounts for about 5 to 20%of the world-wide freshwater withdrawals. In China,the share of industrial water use was23 % in 2007 and is expected to reach33 % by 2030; this is equivalent to 265billion m³. In the meantime the demandwill outstrip the supply by 201 billion m³.Due to increasing quantitative and

qualitative water shortage, process in-dustry has started to install wastewaterreuse and desalination plants. Closedloop technology will be increasingly em-ployed in China in the near future. Thegoal: By 2015, 20%of waste water will bereused; according to Innovation CenterDenmark, this corresponds to 3.7 billionm³/year.The Chinese water treatment market is

quite attractive for technology suppliers.In 2011 alone, the PR imported plants andequipment that are mainly used in thewater sector worth US$ 11 billion— an in-crease by 23 % in just one year.For the treatment of the wide variety of

process and wastewater flows, variousphysical, chemical and biological tech-nologies and their combinations are ap-plied. But almost every project is singularin terms of content, temperature, pH etc.The different methods or combinationsthereof have to be customized to the spe-cific requirements and depend on the de-sired outcome: Is cleaning the only issue,or is recovery of valuables also a goal?Which content has to be recovered andwhat are qualitative requirements?

Membrane ProcessesMembrane processes are often the firststep. However, they generate between 50and 30% of the treated effluents as con-centrate which contains the organic con-

MORE THAN ENvIRONM

taminants, metals and salts. Usuallythose concentrates are discharged intothe municipal wastewater treatmentplant or have to be disposed. They arecausing extreme financial burdens andsecondary pollution if disposed (CO2-emissions, air pollution in the case ofevaporation/incineration). If dischargedinto municipal wastewater treatmentplants, they cause tremendous opera-tional problems including environmentalimpact as recalcitrants and salts are noteliminated before release into water bod-ies.Precipitation and flocculation offer the

possibility to eliminate impurities for fol-lowing processes likemembrane separa-tion, processing of resulting concentratesor the recovery of valuables e.g. phos-phate. Besides the target compounds(e.g. metals), other substances can beremoved, which has positive effects onwater matrices as well as on the precipi-tates. But, the risks of detracting thequality of precipitates have to be consid-ered as well and must be predictable forthe evaluation of further processing. If

The Chinese industrial watertreatment market is quite attrac-tive for technology suppliers.

This article is based on the AchemAsia trend report “IndustrialWater Treatment”.

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precipitation and flocculation is runningwell-directed under optimized processconditions, they can be coupled easily toothers processes and produce high-qual-ity precipitates in combination.Selective sorption undmembrane pro-

cesses have multiple options to recovervaluables (e.g. metals, catalysts, antioxi-dants etc.), to remove problematic ingre-dients for biological treatment (e.g. as,cu, hg, phenols, dyers, biocides etc.), toseparate silicates and phosphates forprotecting membranes or to reduce theenvironmental load. Depending on thecomposition of the concentrates, ion ex-changers with different specific function-al groups are investigated, since they arecapable of adsorbing metals even fromwater with high salinity. another focus isthe application of MiPs (molecularly im-

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SFprinted polymers) which excel by highselectivity and stability, robustness to-wards extreme ph-conditions, high pres-sures and temperatures aswell as organ-ic solvents. The MiPs have synthetic re-ceptors complementary molded in theirchemical structure for the template-mol-ecules.

Biological Water TreatmentBiological water treatment processes arevery important due to their cost-efficiencyand adaptability. Depending on the typeof microorganism, aerobic or anaerobicprocess management, stimulation ofgrowth or sustainedmetabolism etc. theycan be customized to a large variety ofwater treatment tasks.But modern process engineers think

beyond end-of-pipe water treatment. Toestablish a powerful water treatment pro-cess, water management has to beplanned when the production process isestablished.Waste water flows are sepa-rated into recyclable and non-recyclablestreams. Streamsmay also be combinedto obtain synergies or control parameterssuch as salinity or ph. When planning anintegrated water management, the im-pacts on production, energy demand andeconomics have to be considered. inte-grated water reuse concepts are set nearor directly at the source of the waterwhere complexity of ingredients is limit-ed.in the future, engineersmight think still

further: creating integrated concepts ofindustrial and municipal water use is al-ready discussed. and the concept of mi-crobial fuel cells—currently explored atthe lab stage—might one day even turnwater treatment plants into power gen-eration plants. n

Late last year BASF has begun production ofchemicals for water treatment and papermanufacturing at the Nanjing Chemical In-dustry Park in Nanjing, China.

→ event TipFind out more at achemasia 2013: international Seminar on new Technology Usedin Water Treatment and Zero emission in Petrochemical industry, May 13–14, 2013

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“We can have a greatimpact on creating aninnovative country”

→ Biographyprof. yang yuanyi was born in Zhejiang province in 1949.he graduated from the refining Dept. of Daqing petroleuminstitute in 1976, and obtained an engineering master De-gree of Basic organic chemicals in 1981. he advanced hisstudies and collaborative research twice at the germanKarlsruhe university. he worked as a researcher for 12years at Beijing research institute of chemical industry(Brici), chemical industry ministry (cim); since 1993, hewas successively appointed as Deputy Director and Direc-tor of technology Dept. of cim, and Director of Develop-ment planning Dept. of the national petroleum & chemicalindustry Bureau. he transferred to Sinopec group in 1999and was successively appointed as president of Brici,Deputy chief engineer of Sinopec group and concurrently Director of the r&DDept., as well as consultant of Sinopec group. Since april 2012, he is executivevice president and Secretary general of the chemical industry and engineering So-ciety of china (cieSc).professional Field: technology Development and management of petroleum ener-gy Sources, petrochemical materials and petrochemicals.

Together with DECHEMA, CIESC — Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China is the organizer ofAchemAsia 2013. ACHEMA worldwide News spoke with Prof. Yang Yuanyi, the new executive vice presi-dent and secretary general of CIESC.

• Professor Yang, congratulations on be-coming the new executive vice presidentand secretary general of CIESC. You haveheld office nearly nine months sincethen, which implementations did you ini-tiate?yang: We initiated, as a new event for-mat, the comprehensive annual meetingof cieSc to be held in nanjing in Septem-ber this year. topic will be “green chemi-cal and ecological civilization”. 15 profes-sional committees have applied to orga-nize different sessions, making it ourmost important activity this year. Besidesour regular academic exchange pro-grammes we also organized a “nationalStudent competition on chemical engi-neering Design”. in order to improvecommunications with our members our“cieScnewsletter” is being published ona monthly basis now. and, last but notleast, our “chemical industry Journal”and “china chemical engineering (eng-lish)” were named most influential inter-national journals in 2012.

• You have an excellent personal reputa-tion in the chemical industry with astrong focus on application oriented re-search. CIESC is a society with an aca-demic background. How do you balancethe academic and the practical aspect?yang: cieSc was an academic-orientedsociety, but now we try to combine aca-demic discussions and industrial techno-logical progress. companies can increasetheir impact on academic activities andthe academic labor market, and scien-tists can improve their research work

within companies. Both of which arecomplementary. there is great consensusin our community on this aspect, so wewill organize more conferences of thiskind.

• CIESC has a history of nearly 90 years,how do you evaluate their future? As asociety, membership development andservices for members are your basictasks, what kind of initiatives have to befathered?yang: cieSc was indeed established 90years ago, we surely had twists and turnsin the past, but today the situation is veryconducive to the development of civil so-ciety. china is further developing towardsa socialist market economy. this impliesthat, as a technological society, we needto be even more active to increase ournumber of members and our services to-

wards these members. We can have agreat impact on creating an innovativecountry.

• International exchange is one of theimportant tasks of your society, how doyou conduct exchanges and coopera-tions with overseas partners?yang: cieSc has a very good basis interms of international exchange. in 2013we have twomajor international academ-ic exchange activities. one is organizinga delegation to participate at the Worldchemical engineering conference inSeoul, the other one is our involvementwith achemasia 2013, together withDechema. also our journal “chemical en-gineering (english)” will be distributed inother countries in order to strengthenmutual understanding and communica-tion.

The interview was compiled by Ms Sinian Huang who iscoordinating DECHEMA’s China-based networking activities. n

Prof. Yang Yuanyi

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Geobiotechnology is a disciplinethat carries interdisciplinarity in itsname. Itsmain topics are exploita-

tion of primary resources and remedia-tion of water and soil by biotechnicalmethods as well as the development ofsupporting analytical and sensor tech-nologies.Whereas geobiotechnological remedia-

tionmethods are widely established, theconcept of biomining or bioleaching isless well-known. To many process engi-neers, it may seem a rather exotic ap-proach. But geobiotechnology, in fact,plays a significant role in mining even to-day. At least 8 % of the global primarycopper production in 2010 was obtainedby bioleaching of copper minerals, ac-cording to estimates by the German Fed-eral Institute for Geosciences and Natural

MIcroBes As MINers

forms. The most widely known bioleach-ing process results in acid mine drain-age—a usually unplanned and unwantedphenomenon during mining activities.When sulfidic minerals are exposed to

air, they are oxidized and sulfuric acid isset free. The chemical reactions are rath-er slow and almost irrelevant at low pH.But acidophilic microbes such as Acidi-thiobacillus ferrooxidans or Leptospiril-lium ferrooxidans promote the processuntil quantitative conversion of the sul-fidic ores is reached. This natural processis the basis for commercial bioleachingtechnologies.

Heap or Dump BioleachingA common method is heap or dump bio-leaching where low grade sulfidic oresare piled up and sprinkled with aciddrainage water. The microbes that occurnaturally in this environment proliferate

resources (BGr). Bioleaching of othermetals such as cobalt, nickel or zinc iscurrently less relevant; about 1.3 % ofglobal cobalt production is gathered in astirred-tank bioleaching process in Kas-ese, Uganda. The capacity of bioleachingprojects for uranium accounts for aboutone third of global production.As accessible primary ores are becom-

ing increasingly rare, the importance ofbioleaching might significantly increase.For low-grade primary ores or the exploi-tation of secondary sources such asminedumps or for recycling, bioleaching offersan effective and economically competi-tive alternative to conventional technolo-gies.

How Biomining WorksBiomining or bioleaching is a microbialprocess where insoluble metal com-pounds are converted into water soluble

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Learn how geobiotechnology opens up new resources.

Biomining or bioleaching is a microbial process where insoluble metal compounds are converted into water soluble forms.

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K. Rübberdt, Head of Biotechnology, DECHEMA e.V.

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and bioleaching starts. An alternative isstirred-tank bioleaching where the oresare stirred with acid water and seededwith microbes in large tanks. Byproductsof the oxidation process include sulfurand sulfuric acid.In situ bioleaching takes place directly

at the deposit without prior mining. In-dustrial in situ bioleaching projects havebeen conducted in Canada and in Ger-many for uranium and in Bulgaria. Thechallenge is to prevent leakage from thesite and to stop the process once the siteis closed.For the refraction of gold, the approach

is similar, although themechanism is dif-ferent: Bioleaching is used to breakdownthematrix and set free the enclosed gold.The gold itself is neither oxidized nor re-duced.

Bioleaching of Silicates,Carbonates or Oxides

Bioleaching of sulfides is quite well un-derstood. The technology for bioleachingof silicates, carbonates or oxides is lessadvanced. The potential is remarkable:aluminum, lithium, cobalt, and nickelfrom laterites or marine manganeselumps would be accessible.Laboratory experiments have shown

that in principle heterotrophic bacteriaand fungi are able to break down theseores. But they require organic carbonwhich has to be supplied externally (e.g.from agricultural residues or algae bio-mass). Therefore, the method is morecomplex and costly, and unwanted mi-crobesmay disturb the process as it can-not be kept sterile.Much hope is set on the new ferredox

process that has currently been devel-oped: Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans isemployed in an anaerobic environment.It oxidizes added sulfur and reducesiron(III), at the same time breaking up lat-erite ore. The process has been demon-strated for concrete case studies, but isintended as a generic concept for a widerange of applications.

Processing ofIndustrial Dumps

Experts assign the greatest potential forbioleaching to the processing of indus-trial residues and dumps. Especially athistorical mining sites, processing tech-nologies at the time of mining were notvery advanced, and metals such as gal-lium, germanium, indium or niobiumwere of no economic interest. Thus, the

inventory of these mining dumps is re-markable. Moreover, they are relativelyeasily accessible. The same holds true forindustrial residues such as slurry fromelectroplating or aluminumproduction orfrom water treatment.Ashes from municipal waste incinera-

tion could also be interesting raw mate-rial sources. Ashes from lignite powerplants occur in large quantities; based ontheir metal inventory, 1 t of lignite ash isworth €520 at current metal prices.Depending on the matrix, several

mechanisms are possible:• In acidolysis, microbes generate inor-ganic acids that lead to the dissolutionof the matrix. Organic acids often actalso as complexing agents; the processis then called complexolysis.

• So-called siderophores are able tobuild complexes with insoluble metaloxides, making them accessible for fur-ther reactions.

• Redox reactions lead to destabilizationof the mineral matrix. Methlyation andethylation are discussed for a numberof applications, but practical knowl-edge is very limited.There is an urgent need for R&D in this

field; the development of applicationswould open up a tremendous reservoir ofresources and might even lead to prog-ress in recycling of “modern” waste suchas catalysts, solar cells or electronicwaste.

Opening New OpportunitiesGeobiotechnologicalmethods are not re-stricted to metal production. In the ex-ploitation of fossil resources, they openup new opportunities as well. The buzz-word is MEOR, microbial enhanced oilrecovery. It includes a range of methodsthat enable a more efficient exploitationof deposits: Microbes could transform oilor coal that are difficult to access tomethane that can be more easily recov-ered. The microbial generation of acidsor biotensides in situ may influencethe flow property and direction of oil orwater.Progress in geobiotechnological re-

search is thus essential for a more effi-cient use of different kinds of resources.The processes are complex, and a widerange of very different aspects has to betaken into account. But once this isachieved, based on the astoundingtoolbox nature offers in the form of mi-crobes, the possibilities are almost end-less. n

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Over the past years, theMiddle Eastregion has faced a number ofchanges and challenges. The po-

litical revolutions in Northern Africancountries and civil unrest in countriessuch as Bahrain have created both uncer-tainty and, at least in some parts, at thesame time an upbeat feeling. The US’new-found resource independence dueto the shale gas boom has hit the econo-mies and is expected to lead to a stagna-tion in oil production.But stable or even declining oil prices

might actually stimulate a developmentthat is already under way: Sensitive to thefact that their economies rely heavily onone single industry, the Middle Easternstates have for some time been trying todevelop additional economic pillars.While Dubai has become a tourist cen-

tre and international hub for trade andconferences, Saudi Arabia’s efforts at di-versification have so far not really have asignificant impact on the composition ofthe GDP. The country has initiated a num-ber of “giant projects”, some of whichGermany Trade and Investment dubs ashaving a “doubtable future”. This, how-ever, may not apply to a number of down-stream processing projects that havebeen started. The focus of these projectsis in the Yanbu and Jubail regions and isexpected to lead to an increase of refinerycapacities by more than 50% until 2016.Some of the investments are supportedby international partners such as Dow,Total, Saudi Aramco, and Sinopec. Spe-cialty and fine chemicals are gaining inimportance; Saudi Arabia has announcedto start production of 120 new chemicalsover the next five years.The United Arab Emirates are also aim-

ing for more downstream processing fa-cilities. The most important project is lo-cated in Abu Dhabi and will be finishedin 2014, creating a production capacity of

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cal instability with a strong impact on theeconomy.Overall, the region offers very attractive

opportunities for suppliers of plants,equipment and engineering services. Inaddition to traditional challenges such aswater supply, new topics enter the scene:Sustainability issues are increasingly dis-cussed, although projects like skiinghalls in the desert do not really suggestthis. But there is an awareness that theremaining oil could be put to better useand might still serve as the economicfoundation for the near future. And theclimatic conditions certainly are favour-able for photovoltaic or solar thermalpower plants. n

4.5 million t/a for polyolefines. In theKhalifa Port and Industrial Zone, the AbuDhabi National chemicals company isplanning twelve downstream processingplants, a total investment of 20 billionUS$. china Petrochemicals is also invest-ing in this area.

Climate Favourable for Photovoltaicor Solar Thermal Power Plants

Meanwhile, Kuwait’s modernization am-bitions seem to have come to a standstill.A US$ 112 billion modernization plan de-veloped in 2010 lays in shambles. Thepolitical blockade is also hindering somealready planned downstream processingprojects. Bahrain is suffering from politi-

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Shale gas boom in the US, biorefinery research in Europe—it seems that MiddleEast has dropped from the geopolitical resource landscape. But despite the recentdevelopments elsewhere, the region is very much worth looking at.

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Source: GROAB, the project database for international plant construction (www.groab.net)

Chosen Engineering-Projects in the Middle East

Location Principal / Operator Project / Completion Capacity

Sitrah / Bahrain Bapco Oil Refinery / 2017 26.7 million m³/a

Mina al-Ahmadi /Kuwait

KNPC Oil Refinery / 2018 46.42 million m³/a

Ras Al Khaimah RAKMaritime City,Zuari Agro Chemicals

Diammonium Phos-phate / 2016

1 million t/a

Ruwais / Abu Dhabi Borouge Polyolefins / 2013 4.5 million t/a

Cracker / 2014 1.5 million t/a

GASCO Natural Gas / 2013 2147.48 million m³/a

Takreer Oil Refinery / 2014 18.15 million m³/a

Oil Refinery / 2014 47.45 million m³/a

Takreer Carbon Black / 2016 40,000 t/a

Shah gas field /Abu Dhabi

ADNOC Natural Gas / 2014 102.2 million m³/a

Taweelah / AbuDhabi

GASCO Gas Pipeline / 2015 297 kilometer

Fujairah IPIC Oil Refinery / 2016 11.61 million m³/a

ENOC Lubricants / 2014 250,000 t/a

Madinat Zayed /Abu Dhabi

Abengoa Solar, Mas-dar, Total

Concentrating SolarPower Plant / 2012

100 megawatt

Abu Dhabi Al Dahra AgriculturalCompany, W.R. Grace

Additives / 2015 n/a

Chemaweyaat Petrochemical Com-plex / 2015

7 million t/a

UmmWual / Tarif /Saudi Arabia

Maa’den Phosphoric Acid /2016

1.5 million t/a

Jizan Economic City/ Saudi Arabia

Saudi Aramco Oil Refinery / 2016 23.21 million m³/a

Ha’il / Saudi Arabia Sipchem Ethyl Acetate / 2013 4000 t/a

Rabigh / Saudi Arabia Saudi Aramco,Sumitomo

Phenol / 2015 275,000 t/a

Petrochemical Com-plex / 2016

2.4 million t/a

Ras Tanura / Asch-Scharqiyya / SaudiArabia

Saudi Aramco Oil Refinery / 2016 31.92 million m³/a

Yanbu / Medina /Saudi Arabia

Yasref Oil Refinery / 2014 23.21 million m³/a

Luberef Lubricants / 2015 710,000 t/a

Al-Jubail / SaudiArabia

Exxon Mobil, Sabic Elastomers / 2015 400,000 t/a

Arabian Petrochemi-cal, Sabic

Acrylonitrile Butadie-ne Styrene / 2014

140,000 t/a

Sipchem Ethyl Acetate / 2013 100,000 t/a

Saudi Aramco,Total Oil Refinery / 2013 23.36 million m³/a

Dow, Saudi Aramco Propylene Oxide /2015

400,000 t/a

Sadara Petrochemical Com-plex / 2015

3 million t/a

Aromatic Compounds/ 2015

490,000 t/a

Chlorine / 2015 100,000 t/a

Dammam 7 Petroche-mical

Acrylic Acid / 2014 600,000 t/a

KEMYA Butyl Rubber / 2013 110,000 t/a

The German biotechnologylandscape is vibrant, as is theChinese one. Sino-German co-operation in this field goes backto a treaty signed in 1978. VBU(Association of German Bio-technology Companies) is afederation of companies andinstitutions active in the fieldsof biotechnology and relatedsectors. Fostering internationalcontacts is one of the key goalsof VBU. Thus, VBU has for the

first time organized a joint par-ticipation at AchemAsia, offer-ing its members—especiallySMEs—the chance to presentinformation on their productsand services to the visitors ofAchemAsia.

→ For further information,a comprehensive broshureand information material canbe found at booth R 40.www.v-b-u.org

VBU for the first timeat achemasia

Launched in September 2012,BIO-TIC—the Industrial BiotechResearch and Innovation Plat-forms Centre—aims to estab-lish an overview of the barriersto biotech innovation and de-sign a clear action plan to over-come them.The three-year project is “a so-lutions approach” centered onan extensive roadmap develop-ment process comprehensivelyexamining these innovationhurdles in IB across Europethat will involve a broad stake-holder base from industry,knowledge organisations, gov-ernments and civil society. Aseries of stakeholder work-shops will take place at nation-al and European level to reacha comprehensive view on solu-

tions BIO-TIC can offer to accel-erate market uptake of indus-trial biotechnology. In addition,the project will develop andmarket test a methodology tomeasure the growth of biomassuse and industrial biotechnol-ogy in the market as metric toevaluate the impact of theproject.The final aim of the project willbe to draw up a blueprint docu-ment with a comprehensive setof policy recommendations forovercoming the identifiedinnovation hurdles within a se-lection of European businessand societal opportunities.

→ For further information,please visit www.industrialbiotech-europe.eu

oVercome the Barriers toBiotech innoVation

An economical and environ-mentally friendly, efficient watermanagement is seen as one ofthe key strategies for environ-mental protection in many Eu-ropean countries. The projectE4Water—“Economically andEcologically Efficient WaterManagement in the EuropeanChemical Industry” which start-ed in 2012 aims at optimizingwater consumption in thechemical industry in Europe.

The project aims to developnew integrated techniques forgreater efficiency and sustain-ability in industrial water treat-ment and water management.For four years, 19 internationalpartners jointly create newtechniques to lower waterconsumption and effluent vol-umes and power consumption.

→ For further information, visite4water.eu/

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→ International Events Organized by Dechema

• April 18–19, 2013: Annual Meeting of the ProcessNet subjectdivision “Plant based Extracts — Products and Processes”,Avignon/France

• April 23–24, 2013: 2nd Workshop: The new ParadlgM — lgMfrom bench to clinic, Frankfurt am Main/Germany

• May 12–16, 2013: 2nd International Conference on Materials forEnergy — EnMat II, Karlsruhe/Germany

• May 13–16, 2013: AchemAsia 2013 — 9th International Exhibi-tion and Conference on Chemical Engineering and Biotechnol-ogy, Beijing/PR China

• May 16–17, 2013: Biosurfactants — Challenges and perspec-tives, Frankfurt am Main/Germany

• May 21–24, 2013: 11th Workshop on Polymer Reaction Engineer-ing, Hamburg/Germany

• May 27–28, 2013: Trends in Bioanalytical Imaging —Analytics and Applications, Frankfurt am Main/Germany

• May 27–28, 2013: Nanoscale Geometry and Functionality,Frankfurt am Main/Germany

• June 3–6, 2013: Transition to Renewable Energy Systems —3rd International Conference on Energy Process Engineering,Frankfurt am Main/Germany

• June 17–20, 2013: 16th EBSA Conference — Annual Conferenceof the European Biosafety Association, Basel/Switzerland

• June 17–21, 2013: Flatlands beyond graphene 2013, Bremen/Germany

• June 26–29, 2013: Affinity 2013 — 20th Biennial Meeting of theInternational Society for Molecular Recognition, Vienna/Austria

• July 15–16, 2013: 1stWorkshop on Virus Dynamics, Frankfurt amMain/Germany

• September 1–5, 2013: EUROCORR 2013 — European CorrosionCongress, Estoril/Portugal

• September 18–20, 2013: Advanced Analytics for TherapeuticProteins: from Research to Manufacturing, Irsee/Germany

• September 22–25, 2013: 1st Conference on Natural Products,Frankfurt am Main/Germany

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