Barrday and Arkema have created a joint venture to manufacture and market carbon fiber and specialty polymer tapes for the growing oil and gas industrial market.

Nextpharma will be acquiring two of Lonza’s production sites located in Ploermel, France and Edinburgh in the UK respectively. Both the sites produce liquid-filled hard capsules as well as softgels and with this deal Nextpharma intends to develop its technology for lipid based finished dosage forms.

With an aim to develop the circular economy, Solvay is testing the blockchain technology for tracing its supply chain. The move is part of the European Union-funded Chemchain project which intends to create a decentralized open-source blockchain infrastructure to store and track chemical-related information along the supply chain.

Microencapsulation of essential oils by spray granulation using spouted bed technology – Essential oils contain the power of nature. To use this power companies aspire to modern process technology. This is because the microencapsulation in closed cycle mode ensures highquality products as well as an efficient production process.

A story of the replacement of the process control system – Cht R. Beitlich’s decentralized control system with isolated PDA had seen better days. Rather than helping to optimize production, it was tying up valuable resources. Changes to the system were tedious; replacement parts were getting harder and harder to come by. The company began surveying the market for an appropriate replacement. In the end, there was only one system that met all of their requirements.

Global lubricant and fuel additive producer Afton Chemical Corporation announced the completion of the Phase II expansion of its chemical additive manufacturing facility in Jurong Island, Singapore.

Stefan Klebert is expected to take charge from November 15, 2018. He will succeed Jürg Oleas who has been serving the company since a long time.

Numaligarh Refinery has selected Axens for its Numaligarh Refinery Expansion Project in Assam, India. Under the terms of the agreement, the refinery’s crude capacity will be expanded from 3 MTPA to 9 MTPA by setting up a new refinery of 6 MTPA.

With his appointment, the company plans to further support the fast-growing polymer industry in the Middle East. The firm also intends to promote the local production of customer-specific antioxidant blends in the country.

The software company Aucotec has introduced a new, standardized interface to ERP and PLM systems for its object-oriented cooperation platform Engineering Base (EB). The integration platform is capable of shortening the integration time as well as the data exchange.