The Indian pharmaceutical industry is expected to post strong growth this year. Increasing exports to markets such as Japan, China, Africa, Indonesia, and Latin America is anticipated to make India the world's largest supplier by volume, according to pharma industry body Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA), reports Press Trust of India (PTI).

Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the leading international trade medium PROCESS awarded the "Milestone Award in Chemical, Pharma and Process Engineering“ to 16 supplier companies that served as industry pioneers and innovators.

Softing joins Emerson’s Delta V Alliance Product Program and extends intelligent device management across the field to islands of devices and out to the enterprise to remote subject matter experts. To meet the increasing requirements for energy efficiency and flexibility in modern process manufacturing, information about processes and plant statuses is required which can be exchanged across systems. To achieve this, sensors, devices, control systems and production plants have to be networked horizontally and vertically.

Sustainable heat transfer solutions also for brownfield plants — Christian Stoffers, Energy Division Manager at Alfa Laval Mid Europe, and Fabian Schega, responsible for heat exchangers as Sales Manager in the Service Division, work hand in hand. They are meeting the challenges of digitalization with the aid of connectivity in service.

Bayer has announced a package of measures for climate protection and new sustainability targets starting in 2020. In line with the UN goals for sustainable development and the Paris Climate Agreement, the company has set itself ambitious targets to be achieved by 2030.

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) announced a partnership with Honeywell for one of the largest predictive maintenance projects in the oil and gas industry.

On November 14, 2019, the Vogel Pharmaceutical Industry Smart Manufacturing Forum (VPISM Forum) was successfully concluded in Changzhou, China. This year's conference had the motto "Pharmaceutical Enterprises Heading towards smart Manufacturing" and was supported by Schneider Electric and Fette.

For brewers malt is an essential ingredient. But for workers of the packing unit it means hard work: Malt producer Thomas Fawcett & Sons required a more efficient system to pack pale ale malt into 350 kg to 1000 kg bulk bags, sold across the UK and internationally.

Solvay has plans to increase production capacity of its Solef polyvinylidene fluoride at the Changshu site in China. The move is in line with the company’s G.R.O.W. strategy and production at the plant is expected to come on-stream by 2022.

The acquisition is in line with Lanxess’ strategic focus on profitable specialty chemicals. With this deal, the Lanxess Material Protection Products business unit aims at strengthening its global presence and serving its South American customers via a domestic production facility.