To understand the challenges that the pharmaceutical industry faces during Covid-19, open-ended interviews were conducted with top pharmaceutical companies around Europe. The methodology followed was in relation to the general topic: Covid-19 and digital transformation. This paper summarises the main highlights, together with the future vision.

Machine engineering company Bühler is investing a double-digit million Dollar amount in a new Grain Innovation Center (GIC) at its site in Uzwil, Switzerland. The GIC will replace the old technology center, which was built in the 1950s and no longer fulfils the requirements of a state-of-the art innovation hub.

Can hydrogen play out as chlorine chemistry’s trump card? — Safe, clean, and sustainable — Eurochlor’s position paper on its Mid-Century Strategy for the chlorine industry reads like green buzzword bingo. Yet it’s clear that if the European Union wants to become carbon-neutral by 2050, it will have to take chlorine chemistry into account. It’s just as well that electrolysis provides a sought-after co-product.

Personalized medicine, automation, sustainability: How the pharmaceutical industry is dealing with the upheaval and what it means for the supplier industry.

With the help of Shiftconnector, a software solution from the global software provider eschbach, chemical company Röhm has digitalized its processes and, in so doing, achieved lasting improvements in the areas of safety, quality and productivity.

For the expansion of its electrolysis plant in Padana, India, Kutch Chemical has ordered corresponding equipment from Thyssenkrupp Nucera. The additional capacity will more than double the output of the plant.

Chevron has secured a 10-year global master services agreement for Wood’s engineering and project related services. The deal covers offshore as well as onshore assets within the upstream, midstream and downstream markets.

The European Commission has organized a two-day event wherein 30 plus start-ups funded by the European Innovation Council will share their innovative solutions with 13 of the leading chemical companies and associations in the region with an aim to contribute to the European Green Deal.

Fluid Components International’s (FCI) ST100A Series Thermal Flow Meters offer accurate and reliable direct mass flow measurement of mixed and dirty gases. It does not require additional sensors or flow calculating devices and virtually also eliminates wear, breakage and maintenance.

In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has regularly hit the headlines: in 2016, it beats Grandmaster Lee Sedol in playing Go, and in 2018, the auction house Christie's auctioned off the first artwork created by artificial intelligence, "Portrait of Edmond de Belamy", for over 400,000 dollars. And today the AI-based text generator GPT-3 from the research laboratory Open AI, co-founded by Elon Musk, is said to flood the web with fake news through machine-generated posts but what about industrial applications of artificial intelligence? What are the opportunities and challenges of AI in the process industry?