With a special focus on its Adhesive Solutions, Advanced Materials, and Coating Solutions business, Arkema plans to become a global Specialty Materials leader. The company has also shared a roadmap as well as outlined its objectives for 2024 at a recently held ‘Strategy Update’ meeting.

Amidst the spread of covid-19, Honeywell has ramped up its manufacturing operations in the USA to produce millions of unique face masks. The move will support the need for critical safety equipment in the country.

The new ‘In Focus Online Platform’ currently offers an online lube optimisation model which optimises product mix, maximises operational value and evaluates feed flexibility. It also comprises of a unit monitoring tool which identifies and analyzes potential operational concerns.

Now there is a new integrated end-to-end solution for all processes in the laboratory involving solids — Anyone looking to bring innovative pharmaceutical products onto the market quickly needs future-proof scalable solutions for laboratory systems that meet the growing demands on performance, safety and process efficiency — like the new Multilab, which can do everything from laboratory applications and feasibility studies right through to process development.

With an aim to expand Huntsman Corporation’s Specialty Chemicals business, the company has acquired the North American firm CVC Thermoset Specialties for 300 million dollars. The transaction is expected to close this year.

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) announced the launch of services for new biological entities, called NBE Product Characterization. The company provides a comprehensive range of testing for innovator molecules available either as off-the-shelf assays or custom assay development for more complex proteins.

The mega package is part of a turnaround strategy to reduce India’s dependence on China; states Prashant Khadayate, Pharma Analyst, Global Data. Three API manufacturing parks will also be set up in different parts of the country to enhance production.

Roche has collaborated with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority to kick-start the vital study which is expected to evaluate the safety of the Actemra drug for adult patients with severe Covid-19 pneumonia. The company has also introduced testing solutions to detect the virus.

Sartorius Stedim Biotech launched a new wave mixed system developed specifically for closed, automated expansion of consistent quality cell products such as ex vivo cellular immunotherapies. The new GMP platform, which combines the single-use Flexsafe bag technology with the company’s expertise in biopharmaceutical automation, was introduced at Phacilitate Leaders World 2019 in Miami.

The cause of the UK’s high-profile Buncefield oil storage depot explosion in 2005? Overflow during remote filling of a storage tank. Disasters like this led to process industries adopting strict safety and environmental regulations, which you are likely quite familiar with. But some problems in the life of a plant manager aren’t always severe enough to reach international news headlines. However, even overfilling a tank with a fairly benign material can cause major headaches for a company.