The Module Type Package (MTP) provides a modern solution to modularize a plant in the domain of process industries. To achieve this, MTP defines an interface for the simple orchestration and connection of modules to a higher-level control system. With TwinCAT MTP, Beckhoff enables MTP project planning and automatic code generation. This solution opens up an integrated and efficient way to develop modules in the universal TwinCAT engineering environment.

Before new active ingredients can achieve market success, comes drug delivery. OSDs continue to rank highly as the formulation of choice. Why the pellet is probably the most versatile active ingredient formulation, but at the same time the most underestimated.

The joint project ‘Hystoc EU’ is a byword for ‘Hydrogen Supply and Transportation using liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers’ (LOHC) and aims to establish and test an efficient hydrogen value chain utilizing Hydrogenious’ proprietary LOHC technology in Finland.

Petróleo Brasileiro has awarded an EPCC contract to Toyo Engineering to build a new diesel oil hydrotreating unit and hydrogen recovery unit at the replan refinery in Brazil. The project is expected to boost production of S-10 diesel (ultra-low sulfur diesel) by 63,000 bpd.

Repower EU is a plan to rapidly reduce dependence on Russian fossil fuels and quickly adopt the green transition. Cefic has recently issued a statement along with a position paper sharing its views on the plan.

The US polar storm has shut down 90 % of US polypropylene (PP) capacity, 67 % of ethylene and devastated other important products, sending ripples around global chemical markets prices soaring.

Which sectors of the chemical industry in China offer the greatest growth opportunities? Anyone pursuing this question will sooner or later come into contact with an idea that many people in China are downright obsessed with. ‘Overtaking the curve’ is the name of this idea. China Market Insider knows what this means and why China's chemical industry is hoping for the 5G boom.

Toyo Engineering together with Pupuk Indonesia Holding Company (PIHC) and Pupuk Iskandar Muda (PIM) will be conducting a feasibility study for green ammonia production at PIM’s existing fertilizer plants in Indonesia. The contract for this study has been awarded by the Government of Japan as it intends to use 3 million tons of ammonia annually as fuel in 2030.

Shell Nederland and Shell Overseas Investments, subsidiaries of Shell, have taken the final investment decision to build Holland Hydrogen I, which will be Europe’s largest renewable hydrogen plant once operational in 2025.

Is it time to dispel outdated notions surrounding the term “digitization?” —  Speakers at the Smart Process Manufacturing Conference, a virtual event organized by PROCESS, described a whole series of reservations or myths. The fact remains: Digitization is not a sprint, but a marathon — and sometimes even combined with a hurdle race. But it is also a fact that the benefits can be immense if tackled correctly.