Explosives – safe, modern production of TNT and RDX/HMX Head Engineering supports the explosives industry with modern, highly automated process plants for TNT and RDX/HMX. Building on more than 40 years of experience from complex process industries and a dedicated explosives team, we design and deliver production facilities that combine efficiency, product quality and safety. […]

PINOLA – soap and tall oil solutions for kraft pulp mills PINOLA is Head Engineering’s family of solutions for maximising tall oil revenue and recovery boiler capacity in kraft pulp mills. The core is PINOLA TOPP, a continuous tall oil production process that converts tall oil soap to high-quality crude tall oil (CTO) with a […]

Oil recovery from slop oils and oily water is one of the most technically demanding applications in oil separation, mainly because the feed varies widely in composition and physical properties and often contains water, solids and tight emulsions that are difficult to break. Oil recovery is usually carried out at a slop oil plant, an […]

Biofuels Head Engineering has more than forty years of experience in designing and implementing projects for renewable fuels. Our track record spans early demonstration plants for fuel ethanol, large-scale commercial production and logistics systems for blending biofuels into conventional fuels. Today we use this experience to support new projects in fuel ethanol, methanol and other […]

Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology For more than three decades, Head Engineering has designed and delivered process plants for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Our role ranges from specialist process design to full EPCM responsibility for API, biotech and vaccine production facilities. We understand how process, equipment and GMP requirements interact – and how to turn a […]