Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB and the University of Stuttgart aim to use the climate-damaging greenhouse gas carbon dioxide as a raw material for the production of chemicals. To do this, they are developing a combined plasma and membrane process that splits CO2 into oxygen and the chemical base material carbon monoxide.

In recent years a steady stream of bad news of deflation, structural crises and a shrinking population have increasingly dampened public interest in Japan as the second biggest economy in the world. In many cases the incredible economic growth of its huge neighbor, China, has also meant that current developments in Japan are being overlooked. This feature provides a brief insight into the Japanese pharmaceutical and biotechnology markets.

Toray Industries is going to construct a large-scale facility to manufacture carbon paper for electrode substrates of fuel cell stacks at its Ehime Plant.

The portable, non-metallic Flex-I-Liner rotary peristaltic pump from Vanton evacuates drums and totes containing acids, caustics, salts, chlorides and reagent grade chemicals, without corrosion or contamination – using a clever choice of materials...

Aspen Technology, a leading provider of optimization software for the process industries, has announced the availability of aspenONE Manufacturing and Supply Chain V8.7 software.

Ineos Styrolution announced the completion of the acquisition of the global K-Resin styrene-butadiene copolymers (SBC) business from Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC (Chevron Phillips Chemical) and Daelim Industrial.

Eaton has integrated a new generation of stacked disc cartridges using Becopad premium depth filter sheets into its range of products to provide a more efficient and cost-effective stacked disc cartridge filtration.

Water treatment and purification is a technologically demanding process. Dosing is a core task here: Additives and auxiliary agents or highly effective chemicals need to be added both cost-effectively and safely for the environment, which means that the requirements for dosing pumps are just as high. Digitalization is the order of the day here as well.

Triplan goes international: The engineering specialists have founded a subsidiary in Pune, India, that shall provide engineering services for refinery projects in the region.

A multinational pharmaceutical company wanted to install an effluent management system in its new plant. However, power consumption was one of the major concerns of the company. ATE Enterprises solved the problem by offering a combination of two effective systems.