Personalized medicine, automation, sustainability: How the pharmaceutical industry is dealing with the upheaval and what it means for the supplier industry.

The chemistry equipment firm Asynt has introduced a new waterless condenser – Condensyn Maxi which proves beneficial for large-scale synthetic chemical reactions in the laboratory. It also assists scientists to scale up their experiments from small benchtop synthesis to large volume jacketed reactor vessels.

To meet the growing needs of the plastics recycling sector, international technology Group Andritz has developed a compact recycling system which can achieve numerous benefits and additionally save transportation costs.

Chinese engineers have mastered the technically demanding construction of a jumbo LNG tank for the first time. The oil company CNOOC has completed four liquid gas storage facilities, each with a capacity of 220,000 cubic meters, the Chinese newspaper ‘Global Times’ reported. Until now, storage facilities of this size were always imported into China, from Japan and South Korea.

Only a fraction of the material that could be turned into new plastic is currently recycled. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have now demonstrated how the carbon atoms in mixed waste can replace all fossil raw materials in the production of new plastic.

Fluid Components International’s (FCI) ST80 Thermal Flow Meter Series helps water engineers and plant managers to achieve precision air/gas measurement as well as optimizes their Ozone (O3) disinfection process. The flow meters also assist in reducing maintenance costs.

The joint project ‘Hystoc EU’ is a byword for ‘Hydrogen Supply and Transportation using liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers’ (LOHC) and aims to establish and test an efficient hydrogen value chain utilizing Hydrogenious’ proprietary LOHC technology in Finland.

Wacker Chemie has plans to increase its production capacity for silicone rubber due to its rising demand across the globe. The company intends to expand production of liquid silicone rubber as well as high consistency rubber with an investment of over 100 million euros.

Under a MOU signed between Air Liquide and Lhoist, both the companies will work together to decarbonize Lhoist’s lime production plant in France with the use of Air Liquide’s carbon capture technology. With this project, the company aims to reduce more than 600,000 tons of CO2 emissions annually.

Featuring a range of finely tuned enhancements, a new drum coater speeds up the coating process by 30 percent — The proven GCC range now has an equal in terms of process technology: the GCSmart, which is designed to make the coating process significantly faster. An optimized nozzle arm and consistent air guidance with reduced turbulence promote reproducibility, even with minimal charging, while a WIP automatic system, integrated exhaust air chamber, and automatic discharging simplify handling for the user.