Under the terms of the contract, Toyo will be responsible for carrying out engineering work for BASF’s investments in Asia Pacific. The renewed agreement can be traced back to the original partnership agreement which aimed at strengthening the partnership for BASF’s upcoming investments.

Impressive modularisation concepts for the engineering of technical gases plants  — From coolants, protection gas or additive in refreshing drinks — CO2 gets industry experts and customers sparkling with excitement. Also plant engineers have set their sights on this versatile molecule: Technology specialists are turning to modular plant design for the production of technical gases. In fact, LCO2 plants (LCO2 = liquid CO2; liquid carbon dioxide) from the construction kit have several advantages.

Nord Drive Systems has committed INR 45 mn (approx. EUR 600,000) to the expansion of its Indian subsidiary. The investment was used to establish a new service area at the company's facility in Pune.

Under the deal, Astra Zeneca will utilise new age concepts such as machine learning and artificial intelligence to explore potential new drugs for chronic kidney disease and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Digitalization in process automation was not a complete surprise, according to CTO Roland Bent, Phoenix Contact. But “it was not necessarily the obvious, logical conclusion of what happened in the years before.” He sees great potential in new approaches like NOA (Namur Open Architecture) and MTP (Module Type Package) — also for his own company.

Ever since the 1920s, Phoenix Contact has been driven by one thing: the pursuit of “better.” Already in its early years, the company demonstrated with its first series terminal block, the so-called RWE terminal block, that it works closely with its customers on all new developments. Then and today, it has always been about connectivity: from the field, through mapping and on to connectivity to the process control level. And time and time again, Phoenix Contact products have spearheaded new technology trends.

South American countries still have development potential in the fields of biogas technology and renewable energies. The German biogas plant manufacturer Weltec Biopower knows the potential, experiences and opportunities that exist in South America in this area.

DSM has opened its new center for research into and development of high-performance materials on the Brightlands Chemelot Campus in Sittard-Geleen, the Netherlands.

On 1 October, Siemens started for the first time with their own division for the process industry–Germany's biggest industrial group has restructured. "Yet again?", critics asked. But this time the group came up with concrete action in keeping with their Vision 2020 and formed their own "Process Industries and Drives" division. Division head Peter Herweck speaks in the PROCESS interview about his strategies, aims and opportunities in the new structure.

Specialty Medicines and Facilities of the Future are the new challenges–The biggest pharmaceutical products are now specialty medicines. Not 'biggest' from a volume perspective, but from a value perspective. This has significant implications for manufacturing, especially on flexibility needs.