The Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) and the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) announce the joint publication of a guide for Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to help the pharmaceutical industry improve quality culture by providing recommendations for tools, techniques, and processes.

In addition to its range of instruments based on the thermal and Coriolis measuring principle, Bronkhorst has introduced a unique series of low-flow ultrasonic flow meters and controllers for liquids.

Solvay’s multi-year plan to expand its sulfone polymers business in the USA includes capacity increase for its Udel PSU sulfone polymer of over 25 % by 2024 as well as for its dichlorodiphenyl sulfone by more than 25 % by 2024.

Versalis has begun the production of bioethanol at its Crescentino plant in Italy. The facility complies with the European legislation for the development of renewable energy RED II and makes use of the Proesa technology to produce sustainable bioethanol.

A new Yellowbook by PCI Nylon attests the global polyamide market a positive trend. Most of this development is, however, driven by the Chinese economical growth.

Titan Enterprises conducted a study on the use of electronic flow meters in high-speed batching processes and recently also published a white paper on it which showcased how the Atrato flow meter helped to achieve a cost-effective solution for high accuracy and rapid batch control.

Since the company was founded in 1959, the signals have been continuously set to growth at Vega. Today, the company generates turnover of around 420 million euros. This is thanks to the fact that it has concentrated on two core technologies: level and pressure measurements. But it is in part also down to a very unique corporate culture.

The supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, W. R. Grace, contracted to license its Unipol PP process technology to Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery, a subsidiary of Hengli Group.

In all segments of the water and wastewater industry, there is still plenty of scope for innovations, as the sector will be amply demonstrating at this year’s IFAT. The exhibitors will come up with plenty of new ideas in water and wastewater treatment. Here are just some examples …

With the new plant, BASF has replaced its existing production unit at the Ludwigshafen Verbund site in Germany which has been in operation since the past 40 plus years. The new facility has the same production capacity as the previous plant of more than 10,000 metric tons of 2-mercaptoethanol per year.