The Gerstel LLP Team (Singapore): Li Xiao, Ph.D. (Application Chemist), Ng Yi Lin (Administrative Manager), Tan Surakanpinit (Regional Manager), Stanley Wong (Service Specialist) (f.l.) (Bild: Gerstel)
Gerstel

Chromatography Specialist Broadens Support for Southeast Asia

Growing demand for intelligently automated laboratory solutions has fuelled Gerstel’s growth in Southeast Asia. To provide the best possible local support for the ever-growing number of customers and partners in the region, Gerstel LLP in Singapore has moved to new and bigger offices with a larger application laboratory. The new Gerstel LLP offices were officially inaugurated on June 22, 2015.

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Enter the building block plant: Modules, package units and process skids make it possible. (© montego6 - Fotolia)
Skids and Package Units

Discover the Building Blocks for Modular Plant Projects

Package unit integration: how do you assemble a modular system? — Package units, modular system design and process skids are hot topics at the moment. Thinking in systems is becoming a familiar soundbite in the component manufacturing and chemical industries, but the building block approach is not making as much headway as had been expected. Interfaces to existing automation and control systems are lacking. An overview.

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Dispensing-Isolator with a integrated cleaning system and a tablet press (Picture: DEC)
Flexible Isolators

The Exorcist: How Flexible Isolators Ban Danger for Plant, Product and Personnel

When handling hazardous substances at certain levels of toxicity (OEB 4-5), isolation is simply a must. Containment is not only required to protect the operator but also to preserve product quality, essential in aseptic environments. Here you can read when flexible solutions are best applied for closed processes and what advantages and disadvantages they have in comparison with fixed systems.

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A Question to ...

Experts Answer Current Issues in Filtration Technology

You need a technology that filters highly and low-viscous media or removes pharmaceutical residues in drinking water? You want to know, how to reduce the energy consumption of membrane bioreactors in wastewater treatment? Prior to this year’s Filtech (October 22–24, Wiesbaden/Germany), the largest filtration event worldwide, PROCESS asked manufacturers of filtration technologies.

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