Automation plays a vital role in the wastewater industry – India’s current water and wastewater market is currently valued at over $4 billion, and is poised to grow at a CAGR of 12 per cent till 2022. This futuristic market scenario is expected to bring about numerous business opportunities for automation players in the massive wastewater industry. Read on for innovative technologies in this emerging segment

To maintain aseptic conditions, it is essential to ensure that the liquid inside the vials is filled with extreme precision and, possibly, in the shortest possible time, so as to guarantee high production speeds —  In order to fully meet these requirements, Ima Life has recently mounted on Xtrema LV, In-line Filling & Stoppering machine, the Micro Motion mass flowmeter provided by Emerson Process Management.

The market research company Ceresana analyzed the global market for adhesives and sealants based on PUR in detail. Until 2024, Ceresana expects an increase in revenues generated with these products to over $ 9.7 billion.

Efficient solutions for sticky problems: Handling adhesives can be quite a nuisance. Pumping a product that is gluey and pasty but must not leak under any circumstances is a challenge for a plant's equipment. Air–operated double diaphragm pumps can help to overcome these issues, as a European adhesives–specialist found out.

Gazprom Neft and Sibur have commissioned the newly built Yuzhno-Priobskiy Gas Processing Plant in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area. It is a part of the West Siberian petrochemical cluster.

GEA Service has recently launched its new Visiocover Upgrade Program for the safe visual inspection of non-sticky-powder processes in the dairy, food, chemical and pharma industries. For customers currently using Sanicover to monitor their powder flow, fluidization and cleaning, the upgrade provides three standard sizes to match the Sanicover systems.

Packo Pumps in Belgium and Daniatech in Denmark have bundled their expertise in pump manufacturing and mixing and have set a new standard in high-shear pumps. The patented rotor-stator design was optimized with CFD and gives the pump an unrivalled efficiency.

Production machines for ready-made sauces, dips and mayonnaise are required to finely and thoroughly, yet gently, mix and emulsify components, while also ensuring uniform quality and economic operation. Since the requirements are very high, the machinery used should be efficient enough to fulfill them. Against this backdrop, IKA has developed the new SPP production system, which completes all steps without the use of any additional devices.

A consortium of companies comprising Air Liquide, Akzo Nobel Specialty Chemicals, Enerkem and the Port of Rotterdam has signed a project development agreement covering initial investments in an advanced waste-to-chemistry facility in Rotterdam.

Eurochem, a leading global agrochemical company, has announced that its subsidiary Phosphorit has commenced the construction of a new high-tech ammonia plant in Kingisepp, Russia.