Pfeiffer Vacuum has introduced the new advanced Hipace 80 Neo – the world's first laser-balanced turbopump in its class. The solution offers improved durability and lower vibration as well as noise emissions.

Tirelli Robosorter is the result of the cross-industry expertise of Arol Group R&D team.

E-crackers are the next big thing within the chemical process industry as it has the potential to reduce CO2 emissions by as much as 90 %. The transition of this core industrial process has already begun with leading petrochemical companies looking to establish pilot e-cracker plants across Europe. PROCESS Worldwide revisits its ‘Progress on E-Cracking’ article by highlighting the top 3 e-cracker projects in the news this year.

The US-based company Wastefuel aims to use proven, scalable technologies to convert bio-based municipal and agricultural waste into lower carbon fuels, such as bio-methanol. With this mega investment, BP has expanded its investment in bioenergy.

Which sectors of the chemical industry in China offer the greatest growth opportunities? Anyone pursuing this question will sooner or later come into contact with an idea that many people in China are downright obsessed with. ‘Overtaking the curve’ is the name of this idea. China Market Insider knows what this means and why China's chemical industry is hoping for the 5G boom.

Strategic Biofuels has selected Johnson Matthey (JM) and BP’s joint technology for its Louisiana Green Fuels project (LGF) in Louisiana, USA. The project aims to convert 1 million tons of forestry waste feedstock into renewable diesel and is expected to produce 31.8 million gallons of biofuels annually.

ETW Energietechnik’s Smartcool LCO2 plant can be perfectly integrated into the ETW Smartcycle biomethane plant so that the full value of biogas can be accessed.

The long-term agreement will form a part of Ørsted’s Mockingbird Solar Center project in Lamar County, Texas, USA which is expected to produce clean energy to power roughly 80,000 homes.

Industries looking to adopt advanced digital technologies for their production plants will find augmented reality to be a real gamechanger. Plant maintenance with the help of remote offsite-experts as well as training activities for newly joined engineers or technical maintenance staff can be carried out without any difficulty with the help of this technology. The biggest plus points of using augmented reality: Reduced costs, reduced plant downtime, access to remote offsite-experts in real time and saving valuable time.

Lower carbon, bio-based and circular propylene glycol solutions have been launched by Dow in Europe. The move is in line with the growing demand for renewable materials which aims at reducing carbon and enabling circularity.