Straightforward, transparent and in real-time – that’s what characterizes the new Incyte Arc sensor from Hamilton Bonaduz. It will be shown to brewers for the first time at the Brau Beviale in hall 6, booth 209.

A number of exhibitors in "pharmaceutical and packaging Halls" 1 and 3 at Achema have taken aim at small lot sizes and reliable containment and offer efficient solutions which support the trend towards personalized medicine. Some companies are also positioning themselves as Industry 4.0 pioneers.

Skids, package units and flexible modules: The trends and facts in modular plant engineering – Flexible like a construction kit and powerful like a made-to-measure system: Modularisation has the potential to herald in a new era of plant construction. However, on the way there, there are not only technical hurdles to overcome — definitions are also being fought over. An status-report between PED, process skids and MTP.

Drying high-value products is no easy task: When handling hygroscopic or heat sensitive products, vacuum drying is often the method of choice. But not all vacuum processes are the same. Depending on the product characteristics or process parameters, different dryer setups and procedures can be used.

The acquisition supports Air Products’ long-term and strategic focus on gasification. Under the terms of the agreement, the firm has also acquired GE’s share in its 50:50 JV with China Shenhua Coal to Liquid and Chemical Company, a subsidiary of China Energy Group.

Following a construction phase lasting 20 months, Wacker has brought a new spray dryer for the production of dispersible polymer powders on stream in Ulsan, South Korea. The plant is part of an ongoing site expansion aimed at boosting the company’s production capacity for dispersions and dispersible polymer powders in Asia.

Technology company The Linde Group has been awarded a major contract by Reliance Industries (RIL) to build several plants to generate and purify gases in Jamnagar, India. Part of the Reliance Group, India’s largest private enterprise, RIL specialises in the energy and petrochemicals industries.

Be it individual valves or entire valve islands, revolutionary flow meters or flexible platforms for networking — Bürkert Fluid Control Systems has been keeping media, processes and ideas flowing for over 70 years. How do they do that? At the company's headquarters in Ingelfingen, Germany, one is certain that the key to success is to make sure to never lose sight of the requirements of plant operators …

Mosaic Materials’ technology is capable of separating carbon dioxide from any gas mixture using moderate temperature and pressure changes. Together, Exxon Mobil and Mosaic Materials will explore the possibility of scaling the technology for large scale industrial deployment.

The company Glatt Ingenieurtechnik will showcase at the Powtech 2013 in Nuremberg the laboratory fluid bed unit ProCell LabSystem Pro. The modular lab system is designed explosion pressure proof and is able to process various material systems such as powders entailing the risk of dust explosion as well as hybrid mixtures.