In many chemical industry plants, a safety controller ensures the required level of safety — in the event of danger, it switches off. In order to do justice to this task, it decides, like a watchman, which signals from the field level may be forwarded to higher-level systems and which not. Field device diagnostics for maintenance and optimization have so far been left out of the scope. For the first time, a solution jointly developed by Endress+Hauser and Hima also grants access to advanced diagnostics from instruments applied in safety loops.

The Haver & Boecker Machinery Division together with its technology subsidiaries Behn + Bates, Feige Filling and Haver Automation have introduced technologies and digital developments for a more sustainable use of resources and materials.

Mitsubishi Chemical will acquire the firms – Minger Kunststofftechnik and Minger Plastic. The move is in line with the company’s strategy of promoting a circular economy and will also enable the firm to create an integrated business model for engineering plastics.

Vemag, the food machinery specialist based in Verden, Germany, presents its portfolio for the packaging industry.

Located at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park, the 1.2 billion dollar adiponitrile facility has recently received the Environmental Impact Assessment and Safety Condition Review approval. Construction of the facility is expected to commence this year.

The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) is a vital process for developing countries that are yet to establish laws regarding chemicals. The Cefic report suggests that the new trade strategy between EU-Africa can be seen as an opportunity to improve chemical safety in the region.

Aventus & Co. offers a comprehensive range of packaging solutions. The joint venture founded in 2018 between the global market leaders Haver & Boecker and Windmöller & Hölscher will be introducing a particularly powerful system for free-flowing bulk materials.

The European project RES Urbis (Resources from Urban Bio-waste), showed that different biowaste produced in an urban environment can be treated within the same chain of valorisation. It can be used to obtain products with biological origins, such as bioplastics, with a higher economic value than that of compost and biogas.

Claimed to be the world’s strongest fiber, Dyneema by Royal DSM has plans to go green. The company has entered into a partnership with Sabic, and UPM Biofuels to create bio-based Dyneema which will be available from April 2020.

The contract has been signed between Maire Tecnimont’s subsidiary Tecnimont and Gemlik Gübre for the construction of a new urea and urea ammonium nitrate solution (UAN) facility in Turkey. The new plant is expected to have a capacity of 1,640 MTPD of granular urea and 500 MTPD of UAN.