BASF has partnered with 3Helix for its proprietary CHP technology. Under the terms of the agreement, BASF will be given the exclusive rights to commercialize CHP solutions for the personal care field.

For one year now, Dr. Philipp Arquint has been heading the Process Analytics Business Unit of Hamilton Bonaduz AG as Vice President. A lot has changed in this time and the future also seems to bring numerous new challenges. We reviewed the past few months with him and asked what the future holds.

Italvacuum has more than 80 years of experience in the design and production of vacuum pumps and vacuum dryers for pharmaceutical and fine chemicals companies. The firm’s turn-key systems and bespoke equipment are built to suit its customers’ needs with the highest quality levels with total respect for the environment and in compliance with the newest international standards.

Dupont has recently inaugurated its new production site in Newark, Delaware, USA. The site manufactures elastomers and is expected to meet the growing demand from the semiconductor and industrials sectors.

Industrial plants have to be monitored closely as they are extremely dangerous since it deals with highly flammable liquids and gases. This is why there is always a pressing need for more advanced and developed explosion-proof solutions which can help plant operators to carry out numerous tasks such as monitoring and collecting data safely all in real-time without being a source of ignition in hazardous zones. PROCESS Worldwide offers an insight into three such explosion proof solutions—mobile robots, drones and mixed reality glasses—for industrial units.

Water sourced from lakes, rivers and oceans contain multiple chemical and physical contaminants which make it unsuitable for domestic purposes such as drinking as well as for industrial purposes. Water is a crucial element for both these areas and the only way to utilize this natural resource is by purifying it via different treatment processes.

Under a collaborative engineering collaboration, Origin by Ocean and Afry have plans to establish an industrial-scale biorefinery for processing bio-based seaweed products in Finland.

LG Chem and Eni Sustainable Mobility have come together to explore the development of a new biorefinery at LG Chem’s Daesan chemical complex in South Korea. The project aims to decarbonize the energy and mobility sector as well as meet the growing demand for more sustainable fuels and plastics produced by low-carbon processes.

Unipar has chosen Thyssenkrupp Nucera’s electrolyzers which features the highly efficient BM2.7 technology for modernizing its chlor-alkali plant in Brazil. This move will replace the plant’s existing mercury and diaphragm plants.

Qixiang Tengda, a major chemical firm in China, has started sustainable production of propylene oxide at its new complex in China. Evonik and thyssenkrupp Uhde technologies have been used for the project.