The Chinese robot company Chongqing Sevnce Technology exhibited an intelligent explosion-proof inspection robot at a recently held trade show in Iran. With an Ex d IIB T4 Gb China explosion-proof certification along with an IP65 waterproof and dustproof certification, the robot paves the way for digitization, intelligent, and safe industrial development in the oil & gas industry.

Sanofi recently announced that it has completed the acquisition of Protein Sciences, a vaccines biotechnology company based in Meriden, Connecticut in the United States. This completion follows Federal Trade Commission approval, having met all the conditions required for the closing of the transaction. The acquisition helped Sanofi Pasteur add Flublok, a promising product to its influenza vaccine portfolio.

The heroic age has passed. Very little revolutionary process technology has emerged in the chemical industry in recent years. No pioneering achievements like Haber-Bosch. Nevertheless, the labs are still alive and well — a journey to the world of developers and innovation.

The 5-kilo tonne plant will be constructed at the Chemie Park Delfzijl in the Netherlands and is expected to cost 33 million dollars. The project is anticipated to play a vital role towards the adoption of sustainable feedstock in the chemicals industry.

Sulzer’s Chemtech division has been granted a license covering the Total-patented Wash Tank Technology for Oil Processing.

Brother Enterprises, a Chinese leather chemicals producer has purchased the Chrome Chemicals Business from Lanxess. On completion of the deal, Lanxess received cash proceeds of about 89 million dollars.

The pharmaceutical industry has never been more dynamic. The rapid development of Covid-19 vaccines is the best example, and an excellent opportunity for an innovation leader in aseptic ­production. Bausch+Ströbel is determined to be at the forefront of the competition for the best technical solutions.

LG Chem’s new flame-retardant engineering plastic product has the potential to prevent the spread of flames in batteries, thus offering the world’s longest fire-resistance performance. Commercial production of the new product is expected to commence in 2023.

With an aim to reduce methane emissions across all its upstream Oil & Gas sites, Total Energies has implemented a worldwide drone-based emissions detection campaign which will make use of the greenhouse gas quantification technology Ausea (for Airborne Ultralight Spectrometer for Environmental Applications).

At SPS 2019, Phoenix Contact extended its Axioline I/O system portfolio to include plug-in, system-independent I/O Smart Elements featuring a compact design and up to 16 channels.