K2016, the leading fair and expo for plastics and polymers wants to set the industry’s new course between shale gas, feedstock fluctuations and the internet of things — New raw materials. Energy prices. Demand fluctuation: Business as usual is no option for the global plastics industry. The branche is nevertheless cautiously optimistic at the sector fair K — Industry 4.0, light-weight construction and recycling management still promise new perspectives.

Hyundai's Engineering and Construction business will build a 140,000-Barrels Per Day refinery at Karbala, Iraq. The country's State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP) has awarded a US $ 6.4 billion EPC contract to the Koreans.

The company has combined its Pharma & Biotech as well as Consumer Health & Nutrition business to form a new Lonza Pharma Biotech & Nutrition (LPBN) segment. Stefan Stoffel has been appointed as the COO of this new segment.

Merck is the first multinational enterprise to dedicate a large-scale green-field investment (€ 170 million) to the production of pharmaceuticals on China’s Essential Drug List. Now the company announced a further invest of 80 million €

Under the contract, Mc Dermott will be responsible for upgrading two of the existing platforms related to the installation of associated equipment for electrical submersible pumps along with space for a future high integrity pressure protection system.

Looking to maximize the business benefits of its manufacturing execution systems (MES) while minimizing the costs of ownership, Carlsberg has chosen Simatic IT from Siemens as a corporate standard. Solution partner ATS commissioned the first installation in April 2009. Over the next four years Carlsberg plans to roll out Simatic IT to 15 plants.

Expectations from the Namur Annual General Meeting are understandably high - and once again, no one was disappointed. Many exciting and future-oriented lectures and discussions on subjects like Remote Operation, Industry 4.0, modularized automation and plant performance illustrated on the very first day the direction in which users and suppliers in process automation are being forced. The sector must overcome its limits in order to embrace new solutions...

Thyssen Krupp is strengthening its plant technology business. Uhde, Polysius and Fördertechnik is combined under the roof of Thyssen Krupp Industrial Solutions.

To cater to the growing India and South-East Asia markets, Novozymes will build a new production and supply chain facility near Mumbai.

Orienting on the facets of Green Chemistry and Engineering, Director API-R&D, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, India, Dr Rakeshwar Bandichhor details why its practice is encouraging and elaborates the significance of academic-industry partnership for a healthy, innovative environment in the Indian pharma sector. Excerpts of the interview…