The large-scale sustainable project aims to create a hydrogen and sustainable fuel unit founded on the concept of electrolysis. Expected to be complete in three stages, the electrolysis plant once completed will offer a capacity of 1.3 GW.

Lux Research’s new report titled ‘The Chemicals and Materials Company of 2040’ states that over the next 20 years, the chemicals and materials industries will change drastically due to climate change and the digital transformation. The sectors will also be forced to adopt new skills and develop new goals to stay competitive in the market.

The chemical company Sasol has invited interested parties to participate in a ‘Request for Information’ process for the development and demonstration of CO2 utilisation technologies at its South Africa operations.

The new Air Separation Unit (ASU) is expected to have an oxygen production capacity of more than 2,000 tonnes per day and will be built in China’s Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone. The plant will enable Air Liquide to strengthen its position in the industrial basin.

The digital twin of a plant is a virtual image, which not only allows internal process states to be displayed transparently, but also allows process optimizations to be worked out. Take the example of steam crackers — the king’s class of process plants — and learn how models, simulations and digital twins can be used to generate benefits over the entire life cycle of plants.

The Industry 4.0 platform or the Industrial Internet Consortium? RAMI or IIRA? Observe the standards meticulously or just do it? In the matter of procedures to be followed for manufacturing in the future and the Internet of Things, the differences between Germany and the USA may not be unbridgeable, but they are definitely conspicuous.

Recognised as the most stable and economic pharmaceutical forms, tablets are produced in general with an instant release (IR) formulation comprising 500 or 1000 mg of API content. This article aims to enhance the tableting production process.

The recent CPhI Pharma Index survey has revealed the significance of finding new international partners and improving supply chain contingencies for global pharma executives in the background of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The nova-Institute and Cowi connected with 50 large chemical companies that produced in Europe in order to carry out the first survey on renewable carbon in the chemical industry. The results of the survey revealed that 20 – 25 % of the carbon supply is already renewable.

Carla Mahieu will succeed Pauline van der Meer Mohr, a member of the Supervisory Board of DSM since the past 10 years. With Mahieu’s nomination, the Board aims to strengthen its position in a global business market.