Dow, Empower and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) have collaborated to carry out a feasibility study for advancing fully circular value chains in Nigeria, Africa. The study aims to focus on the implementation of a scalable digital waste collection and recycling business model in the country.

Bilfinger is carrying out inspection work and also insulating plant components at one of the largest chemical plants in Europe. The company has successfully conducted the first pre-inspections in record time which has helped the project to reduce costs.

The year 2020 has confronted Feige Filling, one of the market leaders for filling equipment, with very special challenges: Within a very tight time frame and under pandemic conditions, seven fully- automatic fillers had to be planned and manufactured for a Chinese customer.

Leybold is taking a big step toward the digitalization of its product line and has an innovative online sound check for vacuum pumps on its website. With this free tool, users receive immediate feedback regarding the condition of their vacuum pumps.

Napcon, developed by Neste Engineering Solutions, introduces Napcon Advisor, a third generation Machine-Learning based solution for crude column on-line yield optimization.

In fermentation processes, gases and liquids must be metered or controlled as precisely and repeatedly as possible over a broad flow range. Bürkert offers a wide range of products for this purpose and will be giving a live presentation at Achema Pulse to show how intelligent fluidic and sensor solutions contribute to safe results.

Due to the urgently needed capacities for vaccines, engineering companies and OEMs must react fast to increasing demand for aseptic filling lines. These lines are not only required for Covid-vaccines but also to fill the capacity gaps for other important pharmaceuticals and disrupted supply chains.

BASF has plans to invest double-digit millions in order to increase refining capacity at its Platinum Group Metals facility in the USA. The plant will recycle precious metals from spent catalysts such as automotive catalytic converters.

Pfeiffer Vacuum presents an extension to its Digiline series: the total pressure vacuum gauges with digital signal output. The modular concept is suitable for harsh environments and is also available with the industrial Ethernet interfaces of Profinet and Ethercat.

Dechema’s latest position paper ‘Process Simulation – Fit for the future?’ by the Processnet working committee Process Simulation, Process Synthesis and Knowledge Processing focuses on the relevance of today’s tools to meet the demands of the digitalized chemical, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.