Yokogawa’s strategy of growth through cooperations bears fruits: The Japanese process automation specialists teamed up with Eaton to develop an all new integrated production control system.

In recent years a steady stream of bad news of deflation, structural crises and a shrinking population have increasingly dampened public interest in Japan as the second biggest economy in the world. In many cases the incredible economic growth of its huge neighbor, China, has also meant that current developments in Japan are being overlooked. This feature provides a brief insight into the Japanese pharmaceutical and biotechnology markets.

The portable, non-metallic Flex-I-Liner rotary peristaltic pump from Vanton evacuates drums and totes containing acids, caustics, salts, chlorides and reagent grade chemicals, without corrosion or contamination – using a clever choice of materials...

Aspen Technology, a leading provider of optimization software for the process industries, has announced the availability of aspenONE Manufacturing and Supply Chain V8.7 software.

Ineos Styrolution announced the completion of the acquisition of the global K-Resin styrene-butadiene copolymers (SBC) business from Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC (Chevron Phillips Chemical) and Daelim Industrial.

Triplan goes international: The engineering specialists have founded a subsidiary in Pune, India, that shall provide engineering services for refinery projects in the region.

A multinational pharmaceutical company wanted to install an effluent management system in its new plant. However, power consumption was one of the major concerns of the company. ATE Enterprises solved the problem by offering a combination of two effective systems.

Researchers from the Federal Institute of Technology Zurich have developed a new process to produce polylactic acid (PLA) from glycerol, a waste by-product in the production of biodiesel.

According to Bloomberg and Downstreamtoday, Formosa Plastics Group is seeking permission from the U.S. state of Louisiana to invest $ 9.4 billion to build petrochemical plants.

In order to meet the fast growing global market demand for its innovative chelating agent, BASF will build a new Trilon M (methylglycinediacetic acid) world scale plant at Evonik’s Theodore, Alabama site.