Biopharmaceutical manufacturing may come in a wide variety of forms, but every iteration of unit operation must adhere to an unbending set of operational parameters and structures if the desired outcome — a viable, contaminant-free drug suitable for human or animal administration — is to be realized. It is all about “controlled fluid transfer.”

Asahi Kasei Europe started a demonstration project for the production of green hydrogen at the Hydrogen Competence Center h2herten in Herten, Germany. The project will transform simulated electric power from wind energy into hydrogen.

Chemicals distributor Brenntag has a new Indian head–office in Mumbai. The company expects India to become a future key–market for chemicals, CEO Steven Holland explained.

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Clariant hosted a Grand Opening Event for their new facilities based in Clinton, Oklahoma. The site is a strategic location to support the growing oil and gas industry within the Mid-Continental (Mid-Con) region with a focus on the Stack and Scoop, the company announced.

Akzo Nobel Specialty Chemicals announced that it will upgrade its Rotterdam chlor-alkali plant to strengthen development of the local industrial cluster.

Thyssen Krupp has been awarded a contract to perform a feasibility study for a new green hydrogen project by the Australian hydrogen infrastructure company Hydrogen Utility (H2U). As part of the project, a 30 MW water electrolysis plant as well as a facility for sustainable ammonia production are planned to be constructed near Port Lincoln in South Australia.

Claimed to be the biggest investment by the company, the new project will be the maiden cracker project to be built in Europe since the past two decades. The project is expected to bring US shale gas to Europe and ensure a steady future for European chemical plants.

Current safety assessment practice is primarily based on understanding the potential risk posed by single substances rather than their "real life" combinations, thus potential combination effects might be overlooked. How can the safety of combined exposures to multiple chemicals for people and the environment be addressed?

Covestro is planning to build its own chlorine production plant in Tarragona (Spain) and will use oxygen-depolarized cathode technology, which consumes around a quarter less energy than the conventional method.