The pharmaceutical industry aims to use the most advanced and innovative solutions for speeding up and scaling their production but now the concept of ‘sustainability’ has become an industry trend and this has changed the dynamics of pharma solution suppliers. Read all about this green transition along with the latest pharma solutions available in the market.

Under an agreement signed between both the parties, BASF will gain long-term access to Qore’s bio-based BDO which is made from renewable feedstock. With this, BASF aims to expand its portfolio with bio-based BDO derivatives, including polytetrahydrofuran and tetrahydrofuran.

Lanzajet and Technip Energies have entered into an agreement to accelerate the global deployment of sustainable aviation fuel. Under the terms of the agreement, Lanzajet will integrate Technip Energies’ Hummingbird Technology for converting ethanol to ethylene into the overall Lanzajet ATJ Process to produce SAF.

nova-Institute has written a background report entitled ‘Making a Case for Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) – it is much more than just a carbon removal technology’ on the suggestion of the Renewable Carbon Initiative. The report favors CCU as an important element for achieving a sustainable future.

In the biotech and pharmaceutical industries, the requirements on flexibility, safety and automation are increasing in order to implement hygiene and reproducibility more efficiently. Within this context, Vega level and pressure sensors can make a decisive contribution.

The consortium has decided to separate their joint diphenylmethane diisocyanate production in Caojing, China. With this move, the companies will independently operate two MDI plants at the Caojing site.

Sumitomo and Rio Tinto have plans to develop a hydrogen pilot plant at Rio Tinto’s Yarwun alumina refinery in Gladstone, Queensland, Australia in order to conduct the world’s first trial of lower-carbon alumina refining. The project will also include the retrofitting of processing equipment at the refinery.

Cepsa has plans to develop the world’s first production plant for renewable isopropanol in Huelva, Spain, thus making it the most environmentally friendly facility of its kind across the globe. The new plant will require an investment of 75 million euros and is expected to be operational in 2025.

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.

Under the new project Marengo, the 200 MW plant is expected to initially produce 180,000 tonnes of renewable ammonia every year for customers in the European Union and has the potential to decarbonize the industry and transport sectors.