Caywon Pharmaceutical Group will become the first international pharmaceutical company to adopt Crowd Machine as the key enabling technology to power its Pharma 4.0 digital transformation initiative. The company seeks to accelerate the translation of biomedical advances into innovative products through “distributed partnering”.

The food processing industry is growing at a great speed in the emerging markets. PROCESS India talked with Ravichandran Purushothaman, President of Danfoss Industries about the industry scenario and its future...

Anellotech announced the completion of the commissioning of its T-Cat-8 pilot plant, and the commencement of the critical development and testing program. The unit is designed to demonstrate the Bio-T-Cat (thermal catalytic biomass conversion) process in a fluid bed reactor with internal process recycle streams and continuous catalyst regeneration.

Dupont Performance Polymers has increased production capacity of Dupont Zytel PA 66 and PA 6 at its Uentrop facility in Hamm, Germany by 20 percent to meet growing demand primarily in the global automotive industry.

Production capacity for bio–based polymers will triple from 5.1 million tons in 2013 to 17 million tons in 2020, representing a two percent share of polymer production in 2013 and four percent in 2020. The bio-based polymer turnover was about € 10 billion worldwide in 2013. Europe looses considerable shares in total production to Asia.

Royal DSM and Amyris announced that they have closed the transaction for the sale of Amyris Brasil to DSM and the establishment of a long-term manufacturing partnership for Amyris’s high-volume products.

The application of high pressure and steam is a proven method for the mobilisation of valuable components from biomass. Wageningen Food & Biobased Research is contributing to the project "Production of butanol and hydrogen by fermentation techniques using steam treated municipal solid waste (MSWBH)" with its expertise on fermentation and the use of anaerobic bacteria for the production of biobased chemicals.

The Indian plastics industry is at par with its global counterparts. It has been growing at an increased pace despite challenging economic conditions. President, PlastIndia Foundation and Managing Director, Kadakia Plastics & Chemicals, Subhash K Kadakia talks about the industry and how it can boost the growth of other sectors in the country... Discover the views of an industry stalwart on the current scenario of the plastics industry!

L&T Valves has been delivering end-to-end solutions to various world-scale oil & gas and power projects across the world – To put things in perspective, the company recently supplied over 150,000 valves in sizes ranging from ½-72" to a major refinery project. Here is an overview of the company.

Evonik acquires share in Jenacell and supplements competencies in biotechnology and delivery systems for active medical ingredients..