BASF recently held a groundbreaking ceremony online for its new cathode active materials production plant in Schwarzheide, Germany. The new unit will make use of cutting-edge process technology to produce battery materials for electric vehicles.

Cleaning in Place (CIP) has been around for approximately 50 years, and is commonly used in hygiene critical industries, such Food, Beverage and Pharmaceutical, to clean a wide range of plant. CIP refers to the use of a mix of chemicals, heat and water to clean machinery, vessels or pipe work without dismantling plant. The process can be one shot, where everything goes to drain, or recovery, which recycles most of the liquid. Overall, CIP can be a very efficient way of cleaning.

Shell and tube heat exchangers find their applications in a variety of sectors. However, one of the major constraints that stands in the way of optimizing its thermal design is the pressure drop. Here’s an overview of why the managing the pressure drop is an essential aspect of its design and what are the considerations that need to be met.

India's chemical industry is one of the fastest growing in the world and contributes 3.4 % to the global chemical industry. A dedicated focus on developing sustainable specialty chemicals and investing significantly in R&D and technology is trending in this burgeoning sector.

How a desalination plant uses the most sustainable and available energy source to generate fresh drinking water — Seawater desalination has a large ecological footprint, as the processes used to generate fresh water from brine or seawater are energy intensive an often rely on fossil fuels. Luckily, the arid regions that rely on desalination the most have one resource in abundance: sunlight. Can solar power bring green drinking water to the Middle East?

Under a strategic agreement signed between Wood and Cognite, both the companies will create artificial intelligence solutions in order to provide a more connected and data-driven environment to industries which will prove profitable for their operations.

Sirio has established the first smart factory in the nutraceuticals industry in Ma’anshan, China. The next-gen facility will make use of automation, Internet of Things and artificial intelligence to ensure a high level of process control as well as superior quality standards for producing nutraceuticals.

Emerson has introduced the Fisher V280 full-bore trunnion-mounted ball control valve for severe and specialty pressure, flow and process control applications. The valve provides excellent dynamic process control by utilising a robust drive train that is designed to guide the shaft and properly absorb energy.

Perstorp has plans to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by around 500,000 tonnes by producing sustainable methanol. With ‘Project Air’, the company aims to build a first-of-a-kind, large-scale, commercial Carbon Capture, and Utilisation (CCU) unit to produce the green methanol.

Koch Fertilizer has plans to revamp its existing production processes at its Fort Dodge plant in Iowa, USA. On completion, the company aims to increase its ammonia production capacity by 85,000 tonnes annually.

The two production units are expected to recycle organic material from agricultural and livestock activities and convert it into biomethane. The facilities will be constructed in Truccazzano, Milan and Fontanella, Bergamo.

With an aim to locally produce epoxy resins and expand its production capacity in the region, Sika has commissioned a new manufacturing plant in Dubai. The move is expected to increase flexibility in production, shorten delivery times, optimise cost structures, and reduce inventories.

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).

Do you want to operate radiometric measurements with minimal uncertainties to allow optimum performance of your process? Minimize error sources, so that difficult level, density & bulk flow measurement tasks achieve highest accuracy & reproducibility

People have witnessed an increase in fake news during Covid-19. To dissect what is real and fake, the PQE Group has set up a task force which aims to provide scientifically correct information in a clear and simple manner.

Emerson’s Sergio Diaz, product marketing manager for safety systems, and Alexandre Peixoto, product marketing manager for cybersecurity, explain what factors need to be considered in creating defendable safety systems.

With fast data communication and high bandwidths, Industrial Ethernet paves the way to Industry 4.0 in the chemical, oil/gas and petrochemical industries. But what about in zone 0, 1 or 2? From A for antenna to W for WLAN: typical problems that can arise with Ethernet installations in hazardous areas and the right solution.

Several of Dow’s US sites safely shut down operations before the impact of the hurricane. However, manufacturing operations at the firm’s sites in Freeport, Texas and Louisiana remained active. Minor damages were reported at the company’s Sabine and Beaumont sites.

Planeta Q, MG2’s capsule filling machine boasts of a new design that allows users to access the machine with ease for their operations. With a production speed ranging from 6,000 to 100,000 capsules/hour, the machine proves useful for a wide range of pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products.

Laphal Industries purchased Prexima 300, a middle-size industrial tablet press from Ima and explored the reliability and flexibility of the machine. The company was also able to find out the best process parameters according to its requirements.

GEA has supplied its Consigma 4.0 equipment to Janssen Belgium which has enabled the pharma company to redefine the future pharmaceutical supply chain. The solution also played a vital role in the firm’s recent recognition of the Foya award.

Achema 2021 has been postponed to April 4-8, 2022 due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, the organisers of the show will be hosting Achema Pulse this year from June 15-16. The new interactive platform will showcase the latest industry trends via informative discussions and also enable industry players to connect with like-minded people.

With the Hi Pace 2800 IT, Pfeiffer Vacuum presents a turbopump especially dedicated for ion implantation applications. The sophisticated rotor design of the turbopump results in an optimised pumping speed for light gases. This ensures very good process adaption for ion implantation processes, were hydrogen is the most accumulating gas.

Netzsch’s Nemo progressing cavity pumps in the FSIP design can be used in nearly any area of industry as it is capable of pumping and precisely dosing a great variety of different substances.

Almatec has recently announced the launch of its new ADX Series Stainless-Steel Air-Operated Double-Diaphragm (AODD) Pumps for industrial applications.

Blackmer has announced the availability of its new Magnes Series Sliding Vane Magnetic Drive Pumps. The Series pumps are positive displacement rotary vane pumps that use a magnetic drive without dynamic seals, providing a leak-free pumping solution for difficult-to-seal, expensive, valuable, dangerous and hazardous liquids.