While food lovers immediately think of cherry gateau and the regional ham, measurement and control engineers all around the world associate the Black Forest with level and pressure measurement. With close regional ties to its site in Schiltach right in the heart of the Black Forest, Vega has been focusing on these two measuring methods for decades and is regarded an innovation driver in the field. Radar measurement technology in particular has made a major contribution to the success of the company.

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Air Products has formed a new joint venture with Linde North America named East Coast Nitrogen (ECN) and will build a new 1,100 tons per day world-scale air separation unit and industrial gas liquefier in Glenmont, New York.

Sumitomo Chemical has plans to strengthen the competitiveness of its feed additive methionine business by shutting down operations at one of its aged and less efficient plants and at the same time also plans to renew its production plans in other plants.

The Marchesini Group - together with its partner and co-exibitor Sea Vision - will take part in P-MEC Europe, part of CPhI Worldwide, from November 5 – 7. The machine on show at Stand 110D60 is a SV model designed by CMP Phar.Ma, a new company of the Marchesini Group.

With an aim to support silver-based formaldehyde plants in China, Clariant Catalysts has entered into a partnership with Wuxi Xiyuan for sustainable off-gas treatment. The innovative solution is based on Clariant Envicat VOC catalysts and Wuxi Xiyuan technology.

Chinese petrochemical company Yuhuang Chemical has selected Air Liquide as the supplier of oxygen for its new world-scale methanol manufacturing complex to be built in St. James Parish, Louisiana. Air Liquide will invest around 170 million USD in this high growth area for the chemical industry.

The separation of two immiscible liquids contained in the same tank or vessel is a fundamental aspect of many production processes. Optimising the performance of these applications can have a significant effect on final product quality. To achieve this, plant managers need to implement devices that can accurately and reliably measure the interface level between the two liquids.

High dust content and bad flowability often cause problems during the filling, dosing or application of powdery substances. This situation can be improved considerably through agglomeration using the fluid bed technology. Glatt Ingenieurtechnik designs und constructs these kind of Fluid Bed Plants for various applications.

Filtration specialist Testori currently invests huge sums in internationalisation and expansion projects. Under new ownership the Italians aim for operational excellence and international presence in the gas and liquid filtration market.