Wuxi STA has launched its second parenteral formulation manufacturing line at its Wuxi site in China. With an annual capacity of 10 million units, the new line has commenced operations and with this move the firm aims to enhance its injectable drug product platform.

With support from the Important Project of Common European Interest (Ipcei) Hy2Tech program, Cummins will expand its existing PEM electrolyzer manufacturing capacity at its Oevel, Belgium factory to 1 GW, thus accelerating the green hydrogen initiative.

Topsoe has recently announced its final investment decision to construct the world’s largest SOEC electrolyzer manufacturing plant in Herning, Denmark. Construction work is set to begin in the second half of 2022 and is expected to have a capacity of 500 megawatt electrolyzers annually.

BASF has recently announced that Marcelo R. Lu, Senior Vice President, Care Chemicals North America, BASF Corporation, will, as President, assume responsibility for the Division South & East Asia, Asean & ANZ, BASF South East Asia, Singapore. While Haryono Lim, Senior Vice President, Senior Project New Verbund Site China, BASF (China) Company, Shanghai, will take over as President, Mega Projects Asia, BASF (China) Company, Shanghai.

China's chemical industry has begun to remove one of the major hurdles to commercialising fuel cell. For the first time, a chemical company in China has succeeded in developing its own process for the production of highly pure by-product hydrogen.

The Sea Vision Group will be exhibiting Checkitprint, its new hardware and software kit for print quality verification of aluminium foils along with other solutions such as the industry 4.0 yudoo software suite at an upcoming pharma event in India.

Like all other industries, the pharma manufacturing industry is also transforming itself by adopting enhanced and next-gen technologies which will help the sector to improve its production processes, save costs and at the same time also deliver better quality drugs. So, which are these three smart pharma manufacturing solutions? Read on to find out…

With the successful takeover of the MBCC Group, which generated sales of 2.3 billion dollars in 2022, Sika aims to strengthen its sustainable product portfolio in the global construction industry.

With an aim to cater to the North American market for electric vehicle batteries, Umicore is currently developing a 35 GWh equivalent battery materials production plant in Loyalist, Ontario, Canada.

Haldia Petrochemicals has selected numerous Lummus technologies including its olefins conversion technology for developing India’s first on-purpose propylene plant and the country’s largest cumene and phenol plant. The move is expected to boost the country’s petrochemical market.