In times of flexible production and small batch sizes, the chemical and pharmaceutical industries are using modular construction. Also Bilfinger CEO Tom Blades wishes to grow further with pharmaceutical projects and pre-assembled systems and is investing in new production capacity for this purpose. Can a plant from the modular system reverse the fortunes of the foundering maintenance specialists?

Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions will provide engineering and technical procurement services for Paradeep Phosphates' phosphoric acid facility in India. On completion, the plant is expected to deliver a daily capacity of 1,400 tonnes of phosphoric acid.

A consortium including Abengoa, Sidem and SepcoIII have bagged a contract from Acwa Power to build a reverse osmosis desalination plant in Rabigh, Saudi Arabia. With a capacity of 600,000 m3/day, the plant is expected to be the largest in the country with reverse osmosis technology.

At Brau Beviale, Watson-Marlow showcased its specialist range of technology for the drinks industry, including the Sine pump Certa. The pump’s high performance and versatility has been illustrated with the mixer Turbo Digi which is manufactured by Famix-Maschinenbau. This system uses Certa for metering syrup, providing gentle transfer and excellent CIP-capabilities.

Encina’s new plant – The Point Township Circular Manufacturing Facility is claimed to be the maiden project in the region to convert post-consumer plastic materials into feedstock with the assistance of advanced technologies.

For brewers malt is an essential ingredient. But for workers of the packing unit it means hard work: Malt producer Thomas Fawcett & Sons required a more efficient system to pack pale ale malt into 350 kg to 1000 kg bulk bags, sold across the UK and internationally.

The European chlorine industry has now reached a crossroads. An EU directive mandates the early phasing out of the conventional amalgam process. We were at the Euro Chlor Technology Conference 2014 in Madrid to listen in on what the European chlorine industry plans to do next..

At 1:00 a.m. last Wednesday an explosion occurred at the TPC Group's plant in Port Neches. A second explosion shook the Texas community 13 hours later - miraculously, no fatalities occurred.

Air pollution control has become a focus of policy makers and industry: Regulations force industrial production and power plants to the observe valid limits.

Fully integrated hybrid system for mAb harvest clarification  — Harvest systems for 2K single use bioreactors are a border area between single use technology and stainless steel technology, and home-made equipment set up can be found in most cases. A consistent hybrid system design with the best fit of both technologies is the better solution which transfers the responsibility for a workable system from the user to the equipment vendor.