Since the company was founded in 1959, the clear objective of Vega Grieshaber has been the development of innovative and pioneering products for challenging measurements of level, point level and pressure. Particularly in the area of radar sensor technology for level measurements, almost the entire process engineering world looks to the company from the Black Forest for solutions.

Solvay has reached an agreement to sell its cellulose acetate tow business, Acetow, to private equity funds managed by Blackstone. The transaction is based on an enterprise value of about € 1 billion.

Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization has selected several companies to conduct a feasibility study on the receiving and distribution business of hydrogen in the Chubu Region. The Study will also aim to focus on developing a large-scale hydrogen supply chain.

PROCESS celebrates its 25th anniversary — and we look forward to taking you on a journey through time to the high points in the process industry. We hope to present technology that will excite and companies that have impressed us as pioneers and trendsetters. In the period up until the summer of 2020, we are going to show off a glittering range of innovations that will thrill and inspire in equal measure. We promise!

There is an obvious necessity to have safety and process control processes in place to prevent hazardous situations in specialty chemical industries. These systems, however, are expensive and need to be upgraded depending on industry standards. This article takes a look at the current trend of integrating these technologies onto one platform, to ensure efficiency and cost savings.

Sartorius Stedim Biotech and Novasep have entered into a collaboration agreement in the area of chromatography and single-use bioprocessing. The joint systems are to provide an alternative to batch and continuous resin-based chromatography.

Rotary vacuum dryer/pulverizer fitted with electric lump–breakers–Italvacuum’s Criox system is a multi–product rotary vacuum dryer/pulverizer that completely removes solvents from wet products leaving a filter or centrifuge. It is a versatile technology that is equally suitable for intermediates, fine chemicals, active pharmaceutical ingredients, sterile materials and injectable products. It safely handles materials that are temperature–sensitive, delicate, with varying degrees of fineness, unstable, photosensitive, or chemically reactive.

For years, Siemens has been the number one trendsetter and driving force behind digitization. The technology giant has created a dedicated digital ecosystem that covers every aspect of the value creation chain: from design and planning through production and operation to maintenance and service. At its heart is the so-called “digital twin”, which enables a seamless exchange of information via integrated data models.

Sartorius has always had an intuitive understanding of the needs of the industry. Whether through in-house developments or intelligent acquisitions and external cooperations, the company from Göttingen has made its mark on the laboratory technology industry and bioprocess engineering and shapes the industries it works in through innovative technologies.

Software developer Aucotec is only around 30 years old, but in the company's young history it has already achieved a number of milestones. Earlier than anyone else, the Hanover-based company backed database technology and object-oriented programming and developed Engineering Base, one of the most state-of-the-art engineering tools currently available. In time for Achema 2018, Aucotec brought EB up to speed for Industry 4.0 and thus catapulted itself to the forefront of this development.