Solvay has plans to decarbonize its Aroma Performance plant in Saint-Fons, France with an aim to make the site carbon neutral by 2026. For this purpose, the project will incorporate a new biomass boiler and source renewable electricity from a solar facility.

Covestro plans to invest a figure in the three-digit million Euro range for developing its Thermoplastic Polyurethanes (TPU) site in Zhuhai, China. On completion, the project is expected to have a production capacity of nearly 120,000 tons of TPU annually.

Asahi Kasei has successfully completed the construction of its second plant for Ceolus microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) in Japan. The new plant will increase the supply capacity of Ceolus MCC and aims to begin commercial production of each grade from April 2023.

Like all other industries, the pharma manufacturing industry is also transforming itself by adopting enhanced and next-gen technologies which will help the sector to improve its production processes, save costs and at the same time also deliver better quality drugs. So, which are these three smart pharma manufacturing solutions? Read on to find out…

In January 2023, Vega, manufacturer of level, switching and pressure instrumentation, delivered what it claims is the world's first level sensor with integrated cyber security. With this, it wants to send a strong signal against the increasing threat from cyber criminals, also throughout the industry.

A wealth of opportunities are currently opening up for digitalising existing process plants and making them ready for the era of the industrial Internet of Things. It is indisputable that this offers new possibilities, for example through predictive maintenance, improved connectivity and new findings acquired from big data. This is true in theory, at least. But in practice, the path to the digital future can sometimes be laborious, expensive, or both — especially for installations in hazardous areas. Remote I/O helps with this shift while saving money.

The Serum Institute of India (SII) has been producing more than 20 different types of vaccines and supplying it to numerous countries across the globe since ages but it was the biopharma company’s Covid-19 vaccine that made headlines amidst the Coronavirus pandemic. With state-of-the-art technologies and equipment, the production facilities at the firm’s Pune site in India meet the highest standards of various regulatory agencies. PROCESS Worldwide offers an insight into the world’s biggest vaccine factory.

Under a MOU signed between both the parties, CF Industries and Lotte Chemical will jointly explore the production of clean ammonia in the U.S. along with long-term clean ammonia offtake into South Korea.

The consortium has been selected by Calpine for a Feed contract in order to develop a carbon capture unit project in Baytown, Texas, USA. The project is expected to capture two million tons per annum of CO2.

Bill Anderson has been selected to become the next CEO of Bayer from June 1, 2023. He will succeed the current CEO of Bayer Werner Baumann who retires at the end of May.