PROCESS Worldwide brings to you a snapshot of some of the most revolutionary technologies of this year. From major breakthrough technologies in steam methane reforming to solutions analyzing the composition of gas treating agents in real time, find out all the latest innovations making news here.

Under a MOU signed between McDermott and Shell, both the companies will jointly explore opportunities for reducing, and eliminating, emissions from construction via the use of low carbon fuels, renewable power, digital solutions and decarbonizing marine construction vessels.

Predictive maintenance has become all the more important in today’s Industry 4.0 world to ensure efficient working processes along with reduced downtime as well as costs.

BASF is all set to launch its digital solution ‘OASE digilab’ this year. The solution is aimed at further improving the efficiency of the gas treatment process by analyzing the composition of the gas treating agents in real time.

Electro-Chemical Devices (ECD) has introduced its new self-cleaning oil-in-water sensor – OIW80 which helps municipal water and wastewater facilities as well as industrial plants to quickly and accurately detect oil in water leak incidents. This technology helps one to take quick action in order to prevent contamination of drinking water, fouling of batch processes, damage to plant equipment or contamination of sensitive water ecosystems.

The Vogel Pharmaceutical Engineering International Forum (VPEIF) 2021 was successfully held on October 20-21 in Taizhou, China Medical City, China. Focusing on the latest trends in global pharmaceutical engineering, R&D, production, and quality management, the show comprised of one main session and five parallel sessions which were led by industrial experts and enterprises in the region.

The Idcyclib project (Innovation platform of a green, detectable and directly recyclable lithium-ion battery) is the joint project of 12 partners from industry and research who have partnered together to make a sustainable and industry-ready concept for battery cell production, recycling and reprocessing transferable.

The European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) has requested to hold talks with the European Commission to jointly develop a ‘EU Chemical Industry Transition Pathway’ to assist the industry to transform into a cleaner and more sustainable one. The move has been undertaken in the background of Cefic’s recent study on the business impacts of the Commission’s ‘EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability’ policy.

Pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim opened a new tablet production facility in Ingelheim. Starting immediately, the Solids Launch Factory will manufacture all the company’s new drugs introduced in tablet form (solids). Digital tools are a crucial pillar of the new plant.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of November 2021’ from all over the world. Right from building one of the world’s lowest carbon-emitting crackers to developing a new novel methane-reducing feed additive manufacturing plant, find out all the projects making headlines here.