At this year’s Achema trade show which is claimed to be the world's leading trade show for the process industry, more than 2,200 exhibitors from over 50 countries along with 70,000 plus participants from 127 nations were present at the event which was held from August 22 – 26, 2022 in Frankfurt, Germany.

The recent report titled ‘2022 Chemical Industry Outlook’ by Deloitte highlights 5 key trends in the U.S. chemical industry. Right from adopting digital technologies to undertaking sustainability measures such as the implementation of e-crackers, advanced chemical recycling, green hydrogen, carbon capture and storage, the report elaborates on the current trends that are set to transform the industry like never before.

Gea introduced the intelligent software solution Gea Smart Filtration for membrane filtration plants at a recently held beverage and liquid food industry trade show. The software monitors the plant status remotely via app and makes use of cloud connectivity and real-time analytics to increase plant availability and performance. One of the company’s customers Seagarden, a supplier of fish-based ingredients in Norway, has also invested in a Gea membrane filtration plant that will be connected via app in the future.

With a revenue of 1.4 billion dollars in 2020, Tata Chemicals needs no introduction. Zarir Langrana, Executive Director and President (Global Chemicals Business), Tata Chemicals in an interview with PROCESS Worldwide shares the various measures undertaken by the company in the background of trending concepts such as circular economy, digitalization and decarbonization.

Under a MOU, BASF and Sulzer Chemtech will work together to develop innovative sustainable technologies for the production of renewable fuels and chemically recycled plastics with an aim to reduce its carbon intensity.

Until the pandemic, most people had never heard of mRNA vaccines. Today, they are widely expected to hold the key to curing life-threatening diseases such as cancer — unfortunately at a potentially prohibitive price.

Fluid Components International’s ST80L Series thermal mass flow meter is used for the vegetable oil hydrogenation process. The flow meter provides accurate H2 gas mass flow measurement which helps the food and beverage sector to deliver tasty products.

Under the chemical industry’s ‘Together for Sustainability’ initiative, the sector has agreed on a global guideline for calculating product carbon footprints. The new guideline aims to provide specific calculation instructions for emissions from ‘cradle-to-gate’ for chemicals and will also assist companies to compare and evaluate the climate impact of their products.

LG Chem and ADM have entered into an agreement to establish two new joint ventures focusing on LA (lactic acid) and PLA (poly lactic acid). The first joint venture ‘Greenwise Lactic’ will produce 150,000 tons of high-purity corn-based lactic acid every year while the second one ‘LG Chem Illinois Biochem’ will use Greenwise Lactic’s lactic acid to produce 75,000 tons of bioplastics annually.

Inosim has introduced Version 13 of its Process Simulation Software which offers Inosim Bicon. This enables one to better analyze the complex, dynamic behavior of the production plant and its interdependent processes. The latest version also comes with the Inosim Foresight system which forecasts the future state of a plant, based on high-precision digital twins.