The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) awarded Gea a letter of no objection (Lono) for its ABF 1.2 technology, an integrated blowing, filling and capping solution featuring a fully aseptic rotary blowing machine. It is the only system equipped with a 100 % aseptic blower that is allowed to produce shelf-stable low acid (LA) beverages free from preservatives for distribution at ambient temperature in the US market.

The total cost of the project is expected to be about 150 million dollars and once both phases are complete the facility is anticipated to process up to 300 million cubic feet of sour gas and 25,000 barrels of field condensate per day.

Ceco, a provider of air quality and fluid handling technology, announced that the their engineered energy equipment Peerless brand has recently completed a number of SCR system retrofit upgrades as well as new SCR Exhaust Systems utilizing its patented Edge AIG technology.

The challenges are many in the production of biopharmaceuticals. The only way that critical mixing applications can be completed successfully is if the proper equipment, from pumps to bags to hoses to connectors, is utilized. Learn about a single-use mixing system which combines special quaternary (four-piston) diaphragm pumps with the biopharmaceutical expertise of single-use systems.

With natural gas prices down by three-quarters since 2005, cheap raw materials and energy fuel the US reindustrialisation. Market analyst IHS believes that up to € 70 billion will be invested by 2025, doubling North America’s production of basic chemicals and plastics — is America the promised land for the process industry?

The fulcrum in optimizing product yield is the pump that is used to transfer and recover raw materials or finished products through the suction and discharge lines. Learn how eccentric disc pumps feature product-recovery capabilities that significantly reduce waste from hygienic food and beverage, pharmaceutical and cosmetic manufacturing while increasing ROI.

For this project, the firm has also collaborated with Phillips 66 which will be responsible for supplying feedstock and moving the renewable product from the plants to the region’s customers. Both the plants are expected to produce 11,000 barrels per day of renewable diesel fuel.

How do you shrink an entire granulation line — including containment — to the size of a laboratory? — Glatt has come up with a cost-optimized containment solution with the help of barrier manufacturer Weiss Pharmatechnik. The system makes it possible to operate several laboratory processes in sequence using only one barrier system.

Turkey is expected to be Europe's next–door emerging market: With its unique position between orient and occident and its focus on progress the country is set for growth. Projects in Turkey's emerging pharmaceutical industry offer great chances but also distinctive challenges – Chemgineering provided qualification and validation support for a Turkish pharmaceutical company in building a new plant for contract manufacturing. Read what two participants from Business and Technology Design experienced there.

Petroleum engineers responsible for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) operations will find the ST100 Series Thermal Flow Meter from Fluid Components International (FCI) provide precision CO2 gas mass flow measurement in a highly reliable and fully Hazex agency approved no-moving parts instrument.