ABB recently launched ABB Ability Liquid Routing Library which is a control engineering inventory for food and beverage manufacturers and those in other liquid related industries, including tank farms, pharmaceuticals and chemical resin plants.

Planeta Q, MG2’s capsule filling machine boasts of a new design that allows users to access the machine with ease for their operations. With a production speed ranging from 6,000 to 100,000 capsules/hour, the machine proves useful for a wide range of pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products.

Lödige Process Technology presents an entirely new model range: The LC light series. It is characterised by its standardised design. The company passes on the reduced workload in design, engineering and programming to its customers through a price reduction by approximately 40 %.

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC) has signed a framework agreement with Konfoong Materials International Co. and KFMI Group company TCPR (Shanghai) Electro-Mechanical High-Tech Co. for the takeover of MCC’s light metal products business.

Mitsui Chemicals announced that it has completed the construction of a new plant to produce Lucant, a series of hydrocarbon-based synthetic fluid, at its Ichihara Works in Ichihara, Japan.

Faster, more flexible and customer oriented – this is how the Japanese process automation company Yokogawa wants to position itself in the market in the future. The new business slogan ‘Co-innovating tomorrow’ describes the change – it is supposed to show new products and services.

Total and CMA CGM have claimed to have completed the world’s largest LNG bunkering operation at the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. This feat was achieved with CMA CGM’s 23,000 TEU1 containership receiving around 17,300 m3 of LNG from Total Marine Fuels Global Solutions.

Emerson has introduced the Fisher V280 full-bore trunnion-mounted ball control valve for severe and specialty pressure, flow and process control applications. The valve provides excellent dynamic process control by utilising a robust drive train that is designed to guide the shaft and properly absorb energy.

With the acquisition of Medipac, a Swedish manufacturer of tube filling machines, Romaco will become the only supplier in the world to offer complete line configurations for all effervescents. The contracts just were signed.

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) has released a statement in which it congratulates the new President of the USA Joe Biden for his win and also shares that the U.S. chemical manufacturers are ready to pursue solutions for a safer, healthier, stronger and more sustainable future.