In a new study, a research group at Arizona State University explores different approaches to catalysis, a chemical process that plays an essential role in biological reactions, as well as many industrial applications.

Start-Up Companies at Achema — Achema not only wants to be the world’s leading trade fair for the chemical industry, but also to provide a forum for start-ups. Because despite the unbroken innovative power of the industry, start-ups in the chemical industry have a hard time. Is there a lack of recognition, capital or simply the opportunities? Achema wants to change all that.

Coal chemistry has "great potential" in China, says China's president. Xi Jinping makes this statement - which makes climate activists around the world sit up and take notice - during a visit to one of the traditional coal provinces of the People's Republic. The most powerful politician in the country, which consumes the most coal in the world, visited coal chemical companies at the Yangjiagou Revolutionary Base in Yulin, Shaanxi province. PROCESS' China Market Insider explains what these statements mean.

For process automation specialist Endress+Hauser, the Field Xpert SMT70 plant asset management tablet has become an indispensable mobile workstation for customer applications. The hardware basis for this intelligent mobile device is provided by the Pad-Ex 01 from Pepperl+Fuchs brand Ecom Instruments, an intrinsically safe Windows tablet for industrial use. Thanks to the combination of this hardware and the cloud-based IIoT ecosystem Netilion, Endress+Hauser was able to master a tricky diagnostic task at a customer company and resolve previously inexplicable plant downtimes.

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.

Climate-neutral transportation, chemicals, heating and basic industries – hydrogen is supposed to do the trick. But the light gas is making it difficult for plant manufacturers. Can material storage offer an alternative and save the energy transition?

Achema back as a live event for the first time since it was postponed— After some back and forth, the leading trade fair for the process industry opens its doors in August. Despite great anticipation for the upcoming meeting, expectations are mixed. Achema between the Ukraine war and the fading pandemic.

Shanghai Chemical Industry Park Industrial Gases, a subsidiary of Air Liquide, will invest more than 204 million dollars to build two hydrogen production units and related infrastructure in Shanghai Chemical Industry Park.

The US polar storm has shut down 90 % of US polypropylene (PP) capacity, 67 % of ethylene and devastated other important products, sending ripples around global chemical markets prices soaring.

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.