GEA Service has recently launched its new Visiocover Upgrade Program for the safe visual inspection of non-sticky-powder processes in the dairy, food, chemical and pharma industries. For customers currently using Sanicover to monitor their powder flow, fluidization and cleaning, the upgrade provides three standard sizes to match the Sanicover systems.

Crisis ridden chemicals firm Lanxess has defined a three phase realignment strategy, which includes a significant reduction of business units. Additionally, the company plans to cut positions, especially in its global administration.

Specialty chemicals company Lanxess officially has inaugurated its new neodymium butadiene rubber (Nd-BR) plant in Singapore. Located next to Lanxess’ existing butyl rubber plant on Jurong Island, the world-scale facility represents an investment of approximately €200 million.

Production machines for ready-made sauces, dips and mayonnaise are required to finely and thoroughly, yet gently, mix and emulsify components, while also ensuring uniform quality and economic operation. Since the requirements are very high, the machinery used should be efficient enough to fulfill them. Against this backdrop, IKA has developed the new SPP production system, which completes all steps without the use of any additional devices.

BASF expects peak sales of approximately $ 4.3 billion for products in its crop protection pipeline by 2027. The company announced that product candidates from all indications had reached advanced development phases and global registration was proceeding for key technologies.

A chemical pump must meet a variety of standards. Against the background of these standards, it seems very difficult to generate additional value for the customer that is not already explicitly covered in the standards’ scope. Nevertheless, designing a new chemical pump opens up new opportunities if expertise concerning application and experience in the field is taken as the basis for improvements.

Aveva has combined with Schneider Electric’s industrial software business to drive digital transformation across the asset and operational life cycle for capital-intensive industries.

Spot on a new catalytic process to produce isomers: Münster University chemists have succeeded in turning to their advantage a chemical reaction which takes place in the eye and enables us to see light and dark. It can be used to create important carbon compounds which need a lot of energy to be produced by other means.

A new name for one of the leading polymer specialists: Bayer divests plastics business Material Science under the new name Covestro. An initial public offering on the stock markets is planned for 2016.

Sibur and Gazprom entered into a preliminary agreement for the supply of ethane from Gazprom’s Amur Gas Processing Plant (GPP) to Sibur's Amur Gas Chemical Complex (GCC).