Boehringer Ingelheim is making use of digital technologies to improve healthcare solutions. The company’s pilot project with start-up Sound Talks enabled to prevent diseases among farm animals.

Lonza has plans to expand its drug product development and manufacturing network in Switzerland. The company’s investment also includes the installation of a new aseptic fill and finish line in Stein and the expansion of Drug Product Services in Basel (CH).

The major oilfield service company Halliburton has partnered with Vietnam’s IT firm FPT to accelerate digital transformation in the oil and gas sector. Under the collaboration, FPT will draw upon the capabilities of software provided by Halliburton’s Landmark business, which includes its DecisionSpace 365 and iEnergy hybrid cloud offerings. The move will help end-users to automate their workflows to enhance production efficiency.

BASF has introduced new catalysts for producing isopropyl alcohol efficiently. Apart from this, it has also launched a new catalyst for n-butane based maleic anhydride production which increases the efficiency in the biodegradable PBAT value chain, and lastly sustainable lightweight Selective Hydrogenation Catalysts have been developed for steam crackers and refineries.

BASF intends to build an additional production plant for sodium methylate in South America. Argentina is the planned location for the second plant with an annual capacity of about 60,000 metric tons.

The technology company The Linde Group has recently been selected by Gazprom and Project EPC contractor SRDI Oil & Gas Peton as the licenser for a mid-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) production, storage and shipment complex in Portovaya, located in Russia at the Baltic Sea. The plant will liquefy natural gas coming from the nearby compressor station which is part of Gazprom’s Nord Stream pipeline.

The new NX Ultraclear PP is the optimal, cost-effective option to help brand owners address the growing packaging trends for both resource efficiency and attention-grabbing appeal.

In this project, renewable raw materials will be used for the production of bio-based chemicals. Budgeted at 10.9 million dollars, the project aims at creating a sustainable bio-based industry sector in the European region.

Integra 520 V is the fastest of the robotic blister packaging lines made by Marchesini Group.

Merck and Siemens have plans to develop solutions that make machine-to-machine (M2M) connected industrial value chains trustworthy. The solution will help customers to rely on a single-source-of-truth between production and laboratory quality control, thus, enhancing quality, transparency and traceability of products along value chains as well as enabling new disruptive business models.