Shandong Binhua New Material Co. has selected Honeywell UOP’s C3 Oleflex technology to produce 600,000 metric tonnes per year of polymer-grade propylene at its new China facility. Honeywell will also provide services, equipment, catalysts as well as adsorbents for the unit.

On November 14, 2019, the Vogel Pharmaceutical Industry Smart Manufacturing Forum (VPISM Forum) was successfully concluded in Changzhou, China. This year's conference had the motto "Pharmaceutical Enterprises Heading towards smart Manufacturing" and was supported by Schneider Electric and Fette.

Ineos aims to use recycled plastics from Viridor’s new 84 million dollar post-consumer polymers recycling plant to develop a new range of polymers. The deal will enable the creation of a new circular market for plastics.

For brewers malt is an essential ingredient. But for workers of the packing unit it means hard work: Malt producer Thomas Fawcett & Sons required a more efficient system to pack pale ale malt into 350 kg to 1000 kg bulk bags, sold across the UK and internationally.

KBR has won the contract by Chinese EPC Contractor Wuhuan Engineering for its ammonia synthesis technology. The technology will be used for the Talcher fertilizer unit which is a part of the coal-to-urea project in India.

Whether working on beer, mineral water, or soft drinks, product integrity is the top priority for master brewers and beverage technologists. By developing the extensive Life Tec filter series, filtration specialist Donaldson is facing up to the various challenges that result from this. At this year’s Brau Beviale show, the Life Tec series will be showcased with the motto ‘Your first choice for process and product integrity’.

The Tapflo Group has recently announced a new product series for feeding of filter presses. The piston-diaphragm pumps are designed for heavy duty applications and are used in almost every automotive production plant in Europe.

Specialty chemicals company Lanxess has set itself an ambitious climate protection target. By 2040, the group intends to become climate neutral and eliminate its greenhouse gas emissions from around 3.2 million metric tons of CO2e today.

Shin-Etsu Chemical has announced that a fire occurred on November 12 at the Shirakawa plant. Two people have been injured by the accident however the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.

Contract manufacturers are working with challenging customers and require highly sophisticated equipment. CordenPharma is now going the extra mile. With the construction of a new, fully-contained development lab for high potency compounds, covering all manufacturing process steps for the development and production of tablets, the company is able to achieve unequaled OEL (Operator Exposure Limit) levels of less than 1 µg/m³. This is the first step towards zero contamination.