They are green, they grow fast, they are powerful — microalgae are, so to say, small versions of the incredible Hulk. And they have their superhero story, too. Follow us on a trip to a biobased micro-world …

Imagine you are a producer of lubricants, and you want to go biobased … The market is there, for sure, because many applications — from the chain saw in the forest to the wind power generator in the Wadden Sea — require biodegradable lubricants — a feature that can easily be achieved with biobased source materials.

The digital factory, which in this context refers to the convergence of process and facilities infrastructure planning in an integrated 3D model, is not exactly a new issue for the big players in the process industry. However, many small and medium-size companies do not yet have seamless data management. A comprehensive 3D model can be extremely useful during the design of pharmaceutical production lines.

The new plant is the company’s third manufacturing base for Long Glass Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene and is expected to increase the firm’s production capacity to 10,500 tonnes per year.

Guided wave radar (GWR) has become increasingly popular as an alternative to mechanical technology for level and interface measurements in bypass chamber applications. This measurement method, which has no moving parts and is not affected by density changes, provides reliable and accurate level and interface measurements.

Crude oil, coal, natural gas and biomass — discussions about the future mix of raw materials in the chemical industry has only just begun. PROCESS has compiled the key findings for you.

Lonsen Kiri Chemical Industries, a joint venture between LongSheng Group, China and Kiri Industries, India, successfully produced the first bulk quantities of Levafix Blue CA, a fluoro-triazine (TFT) based reactive dye, at their site in Gujarat, India. The production and quality control was carried out with DyStar's supervision.

Lanxess subsidiary Saltigo has increased production capacity by converting an old fine chemicals plant into a new multipurpose facility. Join us on a tour of the new plant. Gleaming boilers and shiny-clean tiles— even at first glance, you can tell that Saltigo’s new API plant is no chemicals plant in the traditional sense.

Located in Alabama, the plant is Arkema’s maiden facility in the USA. The move is in line with the firm’s ambitious growth strategy for developing high-performance polymers and advanced materials.

When talking today about solid dosage form production, often containment immediately becomes one of the issues. Why?