Surge protective devices are safety-related components and, as such, an essential part of process plants. Information about the status and performance of these components as well as on the status of the plant itself play an important role in continuous monitoring and predictive maintenance. Get to know a system, which acquires all this information — and also enables it to be utilized in the Internet of Things.

Trinseo has signed a definitive agreement with The Dow Chemical Company to acquire latex production facilities and related infrastructure at Rheinmünster, Germany. Consideration for the transaction is approximately $ 44.9 million in the form of assumed pension liabilities for transferred employees.

The acquisition is expected to strengthen DSM Material’s’ position in the Indian engineering plastics industry and also allows the firm to grow its business in the country without investing heavily in capital expenditures.

Under the agreement, Wuxi STA will become the preferred CDMO partner of Dizal Pharmaceutical for the production of GMP. With this, Wuxi STA will provide integrated CMC process research and manufacturing services from API to drug product.

The Appomattox platform is Shell’s maiden commercial discovery in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico Norphlet formation and is expected to produce 175,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day.

CPhI Worldwide, taking place in Madrid (9-11, October 2018) and organized by UBM, releases its annual report analysis of opioid contract services and continuous manufacturing. The findings highlight major treats and opportunities for CDMOs and pharma companies over the next 1-5 years.

Quality by Design is decried as a theoretical, academic and complex system. In the meantime, it is set as a standard in the US pharmaceutical industry. In Europe, the concept is slowly accepted. Fact is: Development based on QbD will be safer, faster and more agile.

Despite increasing volaties, the market for agricultural inputs could grow to € 100 million, Bayer's Crop Science division believes. These figures are especially encouraging as the parent company just decided to focus solely on agrochemicals and healthcare products and divest the remains of its materials and polymers business..

Fertilizer producer Eurochem Group announced that Chief Executive Officer Dmitry Strashnov has resigned from the group for personal reasons with immediate effect. Kuzma Marchuk, CFO of the Group, has been named Acting CEO.

Aveva has made a major increase in its technology development resources in India by opening its second R&D centre in Hyderabad.