This past year was one of the best in a decade for the chemical process industries (CPI), according to the American Chemistry Council’s (ACC; Washington, D.C., www.americanchemistry.com) year-end report [ 1]. The report details that output of U.S. chemical producers…
Read Part 1: Industry Reduces its Thirst for Water Recycling - state of the art recycling is a good investment Enery and water management become one Industrial water management will be one of three focal topics at ACHEMA 2015 on…
Water management conserves resources and cuts cost Efficiency: Water management is also energy management Technology: Effluent-free production (zero liquid discharge) How well does industry manage water resources? The general tendency today is to take a holistic systems approach. More process…
Characterization of bulk solids facilitates smooth production flows Nanoparticles pose a special challenge Bulk solids expertise needed for urban mining Roughly 50% or more of substances used in the chemical industry are solids which need to be processed, handled and…
Lab automation enables the efficient handling of tens of thousands of samples The challenge is how to make good use of “big data” Current initiatives aim for a standardisation of data Time and cost pressure, a heterogeneous set of hardware,…
Trend towards large and mega projects continues European industrial plant manufacturers face major challenges Investors in the chemical industry are looking for new project partnership models The chemical industry is a booming sector for industrial plant manufacturers.Among other things, the…
Efficient formulation development leads to up to 60 % time and cost savings Modular or integrated solutions are available Qualified service partners provide own expertise Efficient systems for automated formulation development save valuable research time, and they can also reduce…