The Ima Group has recently announced that its Pharmaceutical divisions will be present at Achema 2022 to exhibit its ‘All-In-One Pharma’ range of solutions as well as a few projects aimed at sustainability and digitalization.

Rico Sicherheitstechnik will be exhibiting its Redisc pressure relief valve and gas-tight butterfly valves at a trade fair for powder & bulk solids processing and analytics in Germany. The latest product addition to the firm’s portfolio is the pressure relief valve which is used in isolators to ensure pressure equalization in the event of increased overpressure.

Power-to-X is on everyone’s lips: as energy storage, alternatives to battery-electric mobility or basic raw materials for industrial processes, the conversion of green electricity into material form is a cornerstone of all defossilization strategies. But how realistic is the vision of fuel from the socket? A test plant in Lower Bavaria, Germany, shows that the necessary technologies have long been in the starting blocks.

What can large pharmaceutical companies do to protect their OT networks from security threats? TX One Networks presents some first-hand insights.

The global chemical process industries are aware of this trend and some of them are already undertaking mega projects to accelerate their energy transition.

Air Liquide and Siemens have formed a joint venture (JV) to produce large-scale renewable hydrogen electrolyzers in Europe. In the new JV, Air Liquide will hold a 25.1 % stake while the remaining stake of 74.9 % will be held by Siemens Energy.

No-one who deals with highly active substances in OSD development can avoid the issue of containment. However, the smaller scale places different demands on equipment compared to the equivalent steps in production. What do developers need to look out for, and what practical solutions are available? We look for clues between the laboratory and the plant.

Power generator VPI and Air Products announced the signing of a joint development agreement to drive forward the “Humber Hydrogen Hub” or H3, which seeks to develop a flagship 800 MW low-carbon hydrogen production facility in Immingham, UK.

Pumps are the workhorses of every process plant, not to mention plenty of auxiliary equipment and even portable test gear too. This run-round of recent developments takes in centrifugals, vacuum pumps, positive-displacement pumps and gas sampling units.

BASF is working with authorities in China to use more electricity from renewable sources at its chemical plants. The company has just announced a particularly ambitious goal for the new Verbund site in Zhanjiang, in the southern province of Guangdong: The first plants at the Verbund site, which is currently under construction, are to be operated entirely with renewable energies.