Diosna Dierks & Söhne’s new pharmaceutical technical centre, ‘Diosna Process Lab’ offers various plant options and a wide range of possibilities for experimental implementation. Due to the global pandemic, the company has arranged a virtual tour of the technical centre for interested customers.

Located in Geismar, Louisiana, the biorefinery is expected to expand its capacity by 250 million gallons annually, thus bringing its total capacity to 340 million gallons per year. Construction work is scheduled to begin in 2021 and will be completed by 2023.

The mega facility will aim to meet the growing demand of advanced powder coatings solutions across various markets in Taiwan. The new fully automated unit will be built in Chungli, Taiwan.

Even though Powtech cannot take place before 2022, the exhibits and technology solutions which Grenzebach planned to showcase at the trade fair can now be seen on a digital information platform.

The consortium – the Zero Carbon Humber Partnership includes 12 companies and organisations which have recently submitted a joint proposal to develop a net zero industrial cluster in the Humber, the UK’s largest and most carbon-intensive industrial region. The breakthrough project is expected to be completed by 2040.

Evonik will invest in three core product areas – Tert. butanol (TBA), di-isobutene (DiB) and 3,5,5-trimethylhexanal (TMH). By the end of next year, the company aims to increase its local production capacity for isobutene derivatives by over 50 %.

Recognised as the most stable and economic pharmaceutical forms, tablets are produced in general with an instant release (IR) formulation comprising 500 or 1000 mg of API content. This article aims to enhance the tableting production process.

In the challenging market environment, Bayer has decided to introduce additional operational savings of more than 1.7 billion dollars every year annually as of 2024. The cash flow from these efforts will be allocated for investments in further innovation, profitable growth opportunities and debt reduction.

Out of the total 50 million dollars, SKF will invest 28 million dollars for expanding and automating its manufacturing processes at the company’s South Carolina facility. Apart from this, 23 million dollars will be invested in localising the production of tapered roller bearings.

The 12th edition of the Vogel Pharmaceutical Engineering International Forum (VPEIF) 2020 was successfully held from September 19 – 21 in Taizhou, China Medical City, China. Organised by PharmaTEC China, the event witnessed the participation of 58 exhibitors and a footfall of more than 1,300 people making it even more successful than its earlier edition.