It’s hard to imagine biotechnological production without the reactor out of the bag — but is the single-use megatrend still in vogue elsewhere in these sustainability-minded times? It certainly is, says Marcus Bayer, Market Segment Manager Single-Use at Hamilton.

Keeping products in the economic cycle for as long as possible, closing material cycles, avoiding waste (including CO2) — awareness is now wide spread that the Circular Economy is more than “just” recycling. However, the extent of the transformation is only gradually becoming apparent. At Dechema’a Tutzing Symposium, the consensus was: if you really want to implement the Circular Economy, you have think big.

Lanxess has introduced three new weak acid cation (WAC) resins along with two weak base anion exchange resins in its Lewatit product portfolio. The new WAC resins consist of renewable raw materials.

Ima Active shares with PROCESS Worldwide an interview with Oliver Schmied, Managing Director of Aenova's Regensburg site in Germany. The Aenova Group is a leading global contract manufacturer and development service provider for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.

Clariant has plans to expand its Care Chemicals facility in Daya Bay, Huizhou, China. The hefty investment at the site will enable the firm to establish a new global hub for its healthcare business.

Wood has partnered with Cuantec to develop separation facilities that will process shellfish waste to extract chitin, a 100 % compostable biopolymer. The move is expected to support the development of a circular economy within the UK’s materials industry.

Located at Exxonmobil’s integrated manufacturing complex in Baytown, Texas, the advanced recycling facility is one of the largest in North America and is expected to process more than 80 million pounds of plastic waste annually.

Philip Clark has been appointed as Nouryon’s new Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Prior to this role, he held the position of Vice President and Technical Director for the automotive and aerospace solutions division at 3M.

Johnson Matthey has plans to expand its Perstorp manufacturing facility in Sweden by 50 % due to the growing demand of formaldehyde across the globe. The expanded project will be operational by the end of March 2024.

Kemira has recently joined the Renewable Carbon Initiative which focuses on speeding up the transition from fossil carbon to renewable carbon for all organic chemicals and materials. By associating with the initiative, Kemira aims at advancing innovative sustainability practices with a focus on promoting circularity and a bio-based economy.