With this deal, Sandoz will acquire the global rights to three of GSK’s brands – Zinnat, Zinacef and Fortum – in more than 100 markets. The transaction will also enable Sandoz to strengthen its global position in antibiotics.

Austria's OMV is expanding and modernizing the cracker facilities and petrochemical cold section at the Burghausen refinery. The aim of the measures is to increase ethylene and propylene production capacity at the site.

Markus Regner will be in charge of running the Karlsruhe-based facility along with CFO and COO of Romaco Holding, Carsten Strenger.

Technip, in partnership with China HuanQiu Contracting & Engineering Corporation (HQC), was awarded by Basra Gas Company (BGC), a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for Ar Ratawi Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) train1 project at North Rumaila in Basra Province, Iraq.

A case study on packaging – Designing a line that exactly fits into an existing space and boosts productivity at the same time is a challenging task. Despite the demanding set-up and a tight timeframe, Bosch Packaging Technology accepted the challenge. With joint forces, the processing and packaging specialist installed a tailor-made vial powder filling line for Tabuk Pharmaceuticals in Saudi Arabia within only a few months, while increasing the output to three times its previous amount.

Optimized combination of modular valve block solutions and durably reliable sealing with sealing method free from O-rings.

BP has begun to directly supply gas customers in China with gas from liquefied natural gas (LNG) that it has imported into the country. This is the first time that the company has created a fully integrated gas value chain into China, directly connecting upstream resources, transportation and trading with downstream gas customers.

Bürkert’s Type 8681 universal valve control head enables data exchange for IOT applications in hygienic processing.

Claimed to be the energy industry’s first autonomous vehicle trial, BP and Oxbotica held the autonomous vehicle trial at BP’s Lingen refinery in Germany. With these self-driving vehicles, BP aims to improve safety, increase efficiency and decrease carbon emissions at its sites.

Siemens Energy and Air Liquide have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the objective to combine their expertise in PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) electrolysis technology. They intend to focus their activities on these key areas: co-creation of large industrial-scale hydrogen projects in collaboration with customers, laying the ground for mass manufacturing of electrolyzers in Europe, especially in Germany and France, and R&D activities to co-develop next generation electrolyzer technologies.