Sartorius Stedim Biotech and Novasep have entered into a collaboration agreement in the area of chromatography and single-use bioprocessing. The joint systems are to provide an alternative to batch and continuous resin-based chromatography.

Ceresana has introduced a new report on the global market for linear low-density polyethylene. The report reveals that the Asia-Pacific region is the largest consumer of LLDPE across the globe.

How is it possible to transform the predominant mode of resource consumption into a sustainable circular economy? And what options does the industrial sector have for accomplishing this change? Krones has been addressing this question for quite a long time. The answer can be summarised in two words: reduce, recycle.

Gilead Sciences and Forty Seven have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Gilead will acquire Forty Seven for approximately $ 4.9 billion.

The specialty chemicals group Altana has completed the acquisition of the overprint varnish specialist Schmid Rhyner.

The German-biopharmaceutical company Curevac is working on developing an mrna-based vaccine that is strong, effective, safe and quick to produce against Covid-19. For this propose, the company is already in touch with numerous organisations and authorities across the globe.

Claimed to be India’s largest adhesive manufacturing site, the smart manufacturing unit recently launched near Pune aims to meet the growing demands of high-performance solutions in adhesives, sealants and surface treatment products within the Asian country.

In many chemical industry plants, a safety controller ensures the required level of safety — in the event of danger, it switches off. In order to do justice to this task, it decides, like a watchman, which signals from the field level may be forwarded to higher-level systems and which not. Field device diagnostics for maintenance and optimization have so far been left out of the scope. For the first time, a solution jointly developed by Endress+Hauser and Hima also grants access to advanced diagnostics from instruments applied in safety loops.

PBF Holding Company has acquired Shell’s Martinez refinery located in California, USA. The deal includes the refinery’s inventory, crude oil supply, product offtake agreements, and other adjustments.

Brabender Technologie is intentionally focusing on a feeder specially designed to tackle recycling tasks at the Solids trade fair in Dortmund, Germany which will be held from April 1–2, 2020.