The Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) has plans to replace all industrial pump bearings at its facilities across Dubai with grease-free Thordon water lubricated bearing solutions. With the installation of these solutions, DEWA aims to reduce downtime as well as the costs associated with grease and spare parts procurement.

The company has combined its Pharma & Biotech as well as Consumer Health & Nutrition business to form a new Lonza Pharma Biotech & Nutrition (LPBN) segment. Stefan Stoffel has been appointed as the COO of this new segment.

With the establishment of the new plant in Azerbaijan, the company aims to meet the growing demands of high-density polyethylene in the domestic market as well as export the remaining 75 % to the Turkish and European markets.

Solvay along with its partners L’Oréal and Ultimaker have launched the additive manufacturing (AM) competition wherein students, engineers and manufacturers from across the globe can send in their innovative design for a 3D-printed real application.

Merck is the first multinational enterprise to dedicate a large-scale green-field investment (€ 170 million) to the production of pharmaceuticals on China’s Essential Drug List. Now the company announced a further invest of 80 million €

Namur’s (User Association of Automation Technology in Process Industries) working Group 2.6 'Digital Process Communications' has recently published a Position paper which focuses on APL network topologies for the process sector.

Ametek Fluoropolymer Products has launched a new generation of Q-Series filled fluoropolymer heat exchanger tubings with improved performance in severe environments.

Lödige Process Technology has developed a granulator especially for compacting powdery foodstuff such as tea or cocoa and coffee. The innovation is based on the Mixing Granulator type MGT, a vertical system for mixing and granulation of powders and granules.

Gea’s new pharmaceutical separator lines ‘aseptic’ and ‘pure’ are ushering in a new era for biopharmaceutical separation processes. The separator lines are used in all pharmaceutical and biotechnological downstream processes.

KBR announced the successful completion of performance tests and official handover of the Dyno Nobel ammonia plant in Waggaman, Louisiana.