BASF has started up a new methane sulfonic acid (MSA) plant at its Verbund site in Ludwigshafen, Germany in the background of growing demand for MSA across the globe. The investment is expected to increase capacity at the site to a total of 50,000 metric tons annually.

BASF Venture Capital is investing $ 2 million into Alchemist Accelerator’s fund, allocating at least half towards investments in 3D printing, agtech, material informatics, nutrition, and technology game-changers.

The global industrial wearables market is projected to grow from 1.1 billion dollars in 2019 to 8.6 billion dollars by 2024, growing at a CAGR of 50.2 %. Many firms have developed smart solutions but are there any wearables specifically for the chemical and oil & gas industries? PROCESS Worldwide finds out…

Sanofi has inaugurated its new Evolutive Vaccine Facility (EVF) which has the potential to produce up to four vaccines simultaneously. Switching from manufacturing one vaccine to another is also possible in a matter of just 12 days with the new vaccine facility.

Fluid Components International’s ST80 series thermal mass flow meter assisted a global chemical company to attain the ISO 50001 energy management system certification while lowering its energy costs.

Slowly rotating vertical mixing systems for powdery goods have been around for a long time. Their area of use was primarily where large quantities of bulk goods had to be blended and the proportional composition of the components was to a large extent similar.

Akzonobel has partnered with Microsoft to explore how quantum computing could accelerate the development of high-performance and more sustainable paints and coatings. With this collaboration, both the firms will co-develop a virtual laboratory which will use quantum computing and other Microsoft Azure cloud services to conduct experiments.

With an investment of around 7.64 million dollars, Weylchem has inaugurated a new manufacturing plant in Lamotte in the Hauts-de-France region. The unit is expected to improve the site’s capacity in synthesizing modern, complex and corrosive molecules.

Under a MOU signed between Aker Carbon Capture and Microsoft, both the companies will jointly work together to explore opportunities in the Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) market by offering services based on the technological expertise of the two companies.

What do operators of the technology-focused process industry expect from a pump manufacturer? Well, they certainly expect in-depth application knowledge relating to all aspects of central production processes. Industry-specific know-how is and always has been an important driving force behind innovation at Grundfos. Today, other topics like resource efficiency and sustainability are gaining hugely in importance.