Materials, machinery and men – these three factors pose the highest risk in pharmaceutical packaging production. This is why pharmaceutical industry suppliers are required to comply with exacting standards when it comes to product safety, hygiene and risk minimization. Here’s an overview of how Sanner meets these standards by implementing a quality management system tailored to the specific needs of the pharmaceutical industry.

Saudi Gazette reports that a new joint venture has been signed between Maydan Industry for Industrial Development & Investments, Ahmad Kassim Al-Amoudi Group and the South Korean technology company SFC, to establish a $ 50 million manufacturing plant in Plaschem Park in the kingdom’s Jubail Industrial City 2.

Neste recently held a foundation stone ceremony in Singapore. The ceremony marked the extension of a new production line which aims to expand the firm’s renewable products production capacity in the country.

By investing in DMC Biotechnologies, Solvay Ventures has made the company its first portfolio company in biotechnology. The biotech firm offers robust and predictably scalable biocatalysts through microbial fermentation which leads to the production of cost-competitive bio-based chemicals for numerous applications.

Ashland's Specialty Ingredients unit has reached an agreement with Dairen Chemical of China under which Dairen will produce redispersible powder (RDP) products for the company beginning in January.

Metsä Fibre announced that preparations for the start-up of their next-generation bioproduct mill are currently under way in Äänekoski, Finland. Start-up is scheduled for late summer 2017. In 2015 Metso was selected as the main supplier of the bioproduct mill's valve solutions.

Claimed to be Stork’s maiden evergreen contract in the UK, the contract involves Centrica’s onshore and offshore oil and gas assets in the region. Stork also has plans to open a new site in northeast England with an aim to expand its operations in the country.

Air Products announced that its joint venture in India, Inox, will build six new air separation units. The plants will serve the growing onsite and merchant liquid industrial gases market in India.

The conglomeration on “Coal and ash handling at the thermal power plants” held on November 19 to 21, 2012 at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, witnessed the participation of around 60 delegates from various thermal power plants, equipment and system suppliers, consultants across the nation.

Nobian has become the first company in Germany to supply certified green hydrogen from chlor-alkali electrolysis. The produced green hydrogen complies with the leading TÜV Süd CMS 70 Standard and can produce up to 2,700 tons of green hydrogen annually at the firm’s Bitterfeld site in Germany.