essenscia vlaanderen extends chair of Safety Engineering at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Safety is and remains the number one priority in the chemicals sector. That is why essenscia vlaanderen has for the third time extended the chair of Safety Engineering at KU Leuven for a period of 5 years, until the end of 2024. The Master of Safety Engineering is a unique academic and practice-oriented training programme […]
essenscia launches chair within safety sciences training at University of Antwerp
From the 2020-2021 academic year, essenscia has started a new ‘Integrated Safety – Chemistry and Life Sciences’ academic chair within the one-year Master’s degree in safety sciences at the University of Antwerp. This specialised course strives for a broad approach in which safety is viewed from all angles: from security over occupational and transport safety […]
A new ammonia storage facility at Yara in Tertre
Yara’s Tertre site has invested €40 million in the construction of a new ammonia tank. Inaugurated on 2 October 2020, the new tank will improve safety and optimise the production process. Another advantage is that the new storage significantly reduces the site’s energy consumption. This is the largest investment made at Tertre in the last […]
Agoria and essenscia share best practice for safe shut-downs
Maximum safety with the utmost efficiency as a success formula for flawless shut-downs in the chemicals and pharmaceuticals industry. That is the collective goal of sector federations Agoria and essenscia. That is why they have been working on a code of conduct, a document that combines all the useful information and basic concepts from work […]
Campus Vesta: unique in Belgium: mock chemical installation for fire service exercises
On Campus Vesta in Ranst, the training centre for the police and fire service, construction has started on a unique exercise complex for tackling industrial fires. From 2022, all of the fire zones in Belgium as well as the fire service teams will be able to carry out exercises in a mocked-up chemical installation. This […]