In addition to its range of instruments based on the thermal and Coriolis measuring principle, Bronkhorst has introduced a unique series of low-flow ultrasonic flow meters and controllers for liquids.

In all segments of the water and wastewater industry, there is still plenty of scope for innovations, as the sector will be amply demonstrating at this year’s IFAT. The exhibitors will come up with plenty of new ideas in water and wastewater treatment. Here are just some examples …

Having completed its factory revamp in Perm, Halo Polymer announces the start of the R-14 manufacturing, which allowed practical doubling of volume of the finished product output, bringing it up to 20 tonnes per month.

Oxea announced that its specialty esters plant in Nanjing, China, is now mechanically complete. After a construction period of slightly more than fifteen months the new state-of-the-art plant is currently in the commissioning and start-up phase. The new plant is Oxea’s first production site in Asia.

Textile dyeing industry is one of the most water consuming industries after thermal, engineering pulp and paper industries. In India water consumed by textile industries in the year of 2010 was around 1900 Mm3 (Million cubic meters) and effluent water generated was around 75 per cent of its intake. Discover the dos and don'ts of industrial water treatment...

Cleaning in Place (CIP) has been around for approximately 50 years, and is commonly used in hygiene critical industries, such Food, Beverage and Pharmaceutical, to clean a wide range of plant. CIP refers to the use of a mix of chemicals, heat and water to clean machinery, vessels or pipe work without dismantling plant. The process can be one shot, where everything goes to drain, or recovery, which recycles most of the liquid. Overall, CIP can be a very efficient way of cleaning.

Sinopec and The Linde Group announced that they have established a $  160 million joint venture to supply industrial gases to local customers from key industries within the Ningbo Chemical Industrial Zone in China’s Zhejiang province.

The advent of automation and information networks has seen process plants becoming targets for hackers, cyber–spies and malware programmers. Now Yokogawa and McAfee have announced the signing of a partnership agreement to offer holistic and value-added IT security solutions for the industrial automation world.

Exxon Mobil and Synthetic Genomics announced a breakthrough in joint research into advanced biofuels involving the modification of an algae strain.According to the company, the researchers have been able to more than doubled the algae's oil content without significantly inhibiting the strain’s growth.

Lanxess announced the beginning of capacity expansions at its Krefeld Methol facility.