From idea to award-winning product: The seventh Innovation Award once again offered a dazzling display of exciting developments. (© bahram7 - Fotolia)
Innovation Awards 2015

An Open Ear for new Ideas: Meet the Innovation Champions 2015!

PROCESS Innovation Award nominates the Champions of Innovations 2015 — A smartphone that understands pumps? A virtual chromatography process? An innovative material? These and many other developments have the potential to fundamentally change the industry. Anyone believing that all significant inventions in the process industry have already been made is much mistaken: At Achema 2015, we have searched for the innovation champions — with surprising results.

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Material Engineering

The (Process) Chain Breaks at the Weakest Link

Anyone who works in the chemical industry is familiar with the problem: aggressive media and high temperatures put vessels, valves, fittings and internal components under extreme stress. It is important to select the right material to ensure that the equipment does not become the expected point of failure in the process chain.

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