Coperion's newly redesigned ZSK 26 Mc18 twin screw laboratory extruder has an increased torque of 15 Nm/cm3 and is capable of higher throughputs. With its unique setup it is also better suited to simulate the company's ZSK Mc18 series.

Graco has launched the Sealed 4-Ball Plus Lower. Competitive analysis shows that the new high-capacity circulation pump lower has the industry’s highest fluid delivery at the lowest cycle rates.

Diosna Dierks & Söhne has recently introduced a new tabletop and compact device – Spheronizer which proves beneficial for granulation and pelletizing of oral solid dosage forms. The device can be used as a stand-alone machine or as an add-on to Diosna’s laboratory mixers.

Under a deal between Solvay and Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials, both the companies will work together to recycle end of life medical components, which are made up of Solvay’s polysulfone thermoplastic, and reuse it in the original applications.

No rest for Akzo Nobel: After having refused a 26-million-takeover offer from PPC, CEO Ton Büchner and Antony Burgmans, chairman of the supervisory board, leave the company. The new management now prepares for the spin-off of the Specialty Chemicals branch.

Breaking up soft agglomerates, dewatering slurries or screen bulk products for pharmaceuticals productions - centrifugal screeners are versatile tools. Kason now presents the Centri-Shifter, a new centrifugal screener with sturdy performance and good hygienic properties.

Shin-Etsu Chemical has announced that a fire occurred on November 12 at the Shirakawa plant. Two people have been injured by the accident however the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.

Fritsch introduces the premium model of its Disk Mill for fine grinding of hard-brittle to medium-hard solids: The unit is more powerful and safer due to an automatic locking of the collecting vessel and grinding chamber, the company says.

The ‘Hygreen Provence’ project will be developed via this deal which aims to produce, store and distribute green hydrogen. The project will make it possible to produce 1,300 GWh of solar electricity and renewable hydrogen on an industrial scale.

Russia's Kuibyshev Azot and Maire Tecnimont announce the incorporation of a joint-venture to develop, build, finance, maintain and operate a green-field urea plant, to be implemented in Tolyatti, in the Samara region of the Russian Federation.