Ineos Styrolution, Covestro and many other leading companies as well as associations such as the Circular Plastics Alliance and the Alliance to End Plastic Waste are undertaking massive initiatives to solve the ‘plastic’ issue which is a threat to our environment.

The acquisition aims to strengthen Syngenta’s digital strategy for agriculture as post this move, Syngenta will be the only agricultural firm to have access to leading management platforms in the top four agriculture markets.

The drone attacks at Saudi Aramco’s Abqaiq plant and Khurais oil field knocked out more than half of the firm’s daily output which is 5 % of the global crude supply. Recent news reports have now stated that the Saudi oil major will fully restore production at both the plants by the end of September.

Taking recyclability into account right from the very beginning of a product’s life cycle often is nothing but wishful thinking of plastics recyclers. A new research project of the Julius Maximilian University Würzburg, the Plastics Centre — SKZ and two partners from the Bavarian plastics industry is now working towards realizing this wish.

Alexander Novak, Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation and His Excellency Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of State and Group CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company met in Abu Dhabi to explore the potential opportunities for collaboration between both the countries.

Emerson’s new Hart-IP support simplifies the link between field devices and the AMS Device Manager, reducing asset management project installation costs by up to 85%.

A number of exhibitors in "pharmaceutical and packaging Halls" 1 and 3 at Achema have taken aim at small lot sizes and reliable containment and offer efficient solutions which support the trend towards personalized medicine. Some companies are also positioning themselves as Industry 4.0 pioneers.

Skids, package units and flexible modules: The trends and facts in modular plant engineering – Flexible like a construction kit and powerful like a made-to-measure system: Modularisation has the potential to herald in a new era of plant construction. However, on the way there, there are not only technical hurdles to overcome — definitions are also being fought over. An status-report between PED, process skids and MTP.

Be it individual valves or entire valve islands, revolutionary flow meters or flexible platforms for networking — Bürkert Fluid Control Systems has been keeping media, processes and ideas flowing for over 70 years. How do they do that? At the company's headquarters in Ingelfingen, Germany, one is certain that the key to success is to make sure to never lose sight of the requirements of plant operators …

Evonik Venture Capital invests in a 3D-printing start-up in China that makes implants for neuro and spine surgery. The company is the lead investor in a high single-digit million-euro round of fundraising for Shanghai-based Meditool.