BASF is all set to create its new subsidiary for renewable energy activities next year. The new business aims at supplying BASF’s sites in Europe with electricity from renewable energies and will also act as a global consulting firm for its Group companies in the field of renewable energies.

SAS, Vattenfall, Shell and LanzaTech have teamed up to explore the production of synthetic sustainable aviation fuel also known as electrofuel on a large scale in Sweden. The synthetic SAF will be produced from fossil free electricity and recovered carbon dioxide by making use of the LanzaJet ‘Alcohol to Jet’ technology.

Asahi Kasei will make use of Shell’s sustainable butadiene derived from plastic waste and biomass to produce solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber (S-SBR) at its Singapore plant. Shell will produce the green butadiene by a mass balance method in two ways including a method of converting plastic waste into pyrolysis oil and feeding it to the naphtha cracker, and the other is using bio-feedstock as a naphtha cracker feed.

The 4th ‘China International Import Expo (CIIE)’ showed where the chemical industry in China is heading. At the beginning of November, while climate negotiations were taking place in Glasgow, keywords such as ‘low carbon,’ ‘green,’ or ‘circular economy’ also dominated the presentations of Chinese and international chemical companies at the Expo in Shanghai.

With an aim to monitor its plant digitally in real-time and get access to detailed insights which will help DCM Shriram to optimize its plant performance, the company has selected Haldor Topsoe’s ClearView solution to digitalize its ammonia unit operations in Kota, India.

Bilfinger Digital Next makes use of Ubirch’s blockchain-based solution in its data-driven optimization models for increasing the credibility and reliability of exchanged data which enables to increase plant efficiency.

Titan’s Oval Gear flow meters have played a vital role in converting bio waste into sustainable biofuels for Green Fuels’ biodiesel plants. The chemically resistant flow meters when combined with the Namur switch were suitable for precise batch dosing at the firm’s plants and can also be used across a wide range of applications. The switch ensures that the flow meters deliver highly accurate flow measurement in explosive atmospheres.

Electro-Chemical Devices (ECD) has introduced its new self-cleaning oil-in-water sensor – OIW80 which helps municipal water and wastewater facilities as well as industrial plants to quickly and accurately detect oil in water leak incidents. This technology helps one to take quick action in order to prevent contamination of drinking water, fouling of batch processes, damage to plant equipment or contamination of sensitive water ecosystems.

Coromandel International has plans to set a new 1650 TPD sulphuric acid plant at its fertilizer complex in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. The project is expected to improve the self-sufficiency as well as availability of phosphatic fertilizer in the country and will be built with the best global technology standards to control emissions.

To support the polymer industry in Asia, Nouryon has begun production of advanced organic peroxides at its greenfield site in Tianjin, China. The site includes three manufacturing facilities which are equipped with the latest safety, energy efficiency, and environmental protection technologies.

Tatneft and KazMunayGas have entered into a joint venture to set up a new production site in the Atyrau region of Kazakhstan. The new facility, estimated to cost about 1 billion dollars, will produce up to 180 thousand tons of butadiene and butadiene rubbers annually.

Coperion has designed a compounding line as a complete turnkey solution for Lanxess. The line has helped the company to produce high-performance polyamide compounds at throughputs never achieved before. Built around the ZSK 92 Mc18 twin screw extruder and equipped with special features such as the ASC strand conveying system, the turnkey system ensured a high degree of automation which helped to deliver high output and maintain good product quality.

The efficiency of a fermentation process in pharma or food production often remains unchallenged for years, unless there are acute issues. The white paper gives insights on how to use Artificial Intelligence to improve this process.

According to market research, the market volume for "green" chemistry is due to almost double by 2025. Our white paper sets out how contract manufacturers are reacting to the trend for sustainability.

This paper will show by means of the example of a pusher centrifuge how to achieve optimum product quality, maximum energy efficiency and operation with a minimum of downtime and it describes the most important innovations of the past decade.

This paper looks at how the earlier PTA production method involving a multi-stage process with pressure and atmospheric centrifuges and a re-slurry tank can be replaced with one stand-alone device – the rotary pressure filter (RPF).

Tranter’s NovusBloc welded plate heat exchangers have been selected for the expansion of a North American refinery. The plate heat exchangers are of different sizes and are made of 254SMO and 316L SS materials as well as a single Superchanger gasketed plate heat exchanger. The heat exchangers will be installed at the main production process to reduce CO2 emissions and is capable of handling flammable liquids and/or high temperature fluids.

For the simple installation and wiring of isolators on I / O cards in automation systems, the explosion protection expert R. Stahl offers a space-saving integration solution with the Pac-Carrier 9295: According to the manufacturer, this reduces the installation time thanks to the tool-free assembly of the Ispac -Separation levels by up to 40 %.

The Schmersal Group has expanded its existing switch series for the heavy industry and it now includes Ex variants that are suitable for use in potentially explosive areas.

The new unmanaged switches for field installation expand the product range of Ethernet switches from Phoenix Contact. The new 1608 and 1708 variants of the FL Switch 1000 product family feature the IP65/IP66/IP67 degrees of protection and make it easier to integrate distributed sensors, actuators, cameras, and I/O stations into the network.

The Vogel Pharmaceutical Engineering International Forum (VPEIF) 2021 was successfully held on October 20-21 in Taizhou, China Medical City, China. Focusing on the latest trends in global pharmaceutical engineering, R&D, production, and quality management, the show comprised of one main session and five parallel sessions which were led by industrial experts and enterprises in the region. The organizer PharmaTEC China also released a ‘Report on the Chinese Biopharmaceutical Industry 2020’ at the forum which elaborated on diverse subjects including the development and opportunities in the Chinese biopharmaceutical industry, an analysis of the innovation trends and investment opportunities of the Chinese biopharmaceutical industry, etc.

The time-to-market has always been a concern for the pharmaceutical industry. But the development of a vaccine against covid-19 in just a few months and making it available within a year has left one speechless: How was/is that possible? What has the industry learned from this for the future? What can be adapted and what cannot? Insights from a web conference organized and hosted by PROCESS.

How can high-shear granulation be reliably and securely scaled up from the lab to production? In addition to thorough knowledge of the process, it is helpful to have modular systems that enable the process parameters to be set very accurately.

Roquette has developed the world’s largest pea protein plant which can also be called as the ‘plant for the future’ as it will give further impetus to the global plant-based food market. The 200,000-sq-ft-plant has the capacity to process 125,000 tons of yellow peas per year.

Quattroflow has launched its latest quaternary diaphragm pump – QF5k for biopharma applications. The new diaphragm pump boasts of a maximum flow rate of 6,000 lph and also offers critical design enhancements.

With the introduction of a third size in the GEA Hilge Contra range, the company is expanding the performance spectrum of its centrifugal pumps to a flow rate of 100 cubic meters per hour. The new GEA Hilge Contra III meets the general requirements of the dairy, beverage and food industries.

The exact dosing of small amounts for liquids is the realm of both Bürkert Fluid Control Systems and Reseatech, which was founded as a spin-off of the University of Applied Sciences Bern in 2015. Bürkert has now become a strategic partner of the start-up company.

Tricky fluids handling with viscous and hazardous media? The right pump technology can make all the difference – Even after decades of experience, a carbon black manufacturer still encountered challenges when unloading coal tar. The problem was solved through collaboration between the operator, the contractor and pump experts.