Dr. Matthias L. Wolfgruber will succeed Dr. Klaus-Jürgen Schmieder as Altana’s new Chairman. Previously, Wolfgruber has been a member of the Supervisory Board of the company. Prof. Dr. Frank Richter has also been newly elected to the firm’s Supervisory Board.

Air Liquide has entered into long-term contracts with its large Industrial Merchant customers. Under the agreement, the company will supply on-site industrial gases including nitrogen, oxygen or hydrogen to these customers for at least 10 years.

Coperion is expanding its proven ZSK extruder series with a new extruder size in pharmaceutical design: As a result, the company now offers the ZSK 26 twin screw extruder that fulfills all of the pharmaceutical industry’s guidelines and covers throughputs of 5-20 kg/h, depending on the application and materials to be processed.

Beneficial for the wastewater treatment industry, the Anita Mox treatment plant makes use of the Anammox bacteria to break down nitrogen in wastewater. Veolia Water Technologies and Urban Utilities are expected to install Asia Pacific’s first full-scale sidestream plant in 2020.

At Fi Europe 2019 in Paris, Glatt Ingenieurtechnik will present effective methods for enhanced product design with natural ingredients for sports nutrition, dietary supplements and beverage applications.

The acquisition of CVC Thermoset Specialities by Huntsman is complete. The North American specialty chemical manufacturer serves the industrial composites, adhesives and coatings markets

Sibur wants to cut down on industrial gas pricing – Therefor the Russian petrochemical company plans a new air separation/technical gases plant together with Air Products.

DSM intends to replace its ammonium sulfate plant in Geleen/The Netherlands. Van Beek will provide 17 screw conveyor systems for the new plant.

Linde has signed a MOU with Baowu Clean Energy under which both the firms will aim to increase the accessibility of hydrogen to industries and improve the acceptance levels of hydrogen mobility solutions across China.

Syntegon will be hosting a virtual trade event from May 7–13 to showcase its latest process and packaging technology. The company announced stable business performance last year and is currently witnessing increased demand in its services business due to the global Covid-19 pandemic.