Nestlé is hiring for the head of operations post. Magdi Batato, currently Executive Vice President and Head of Operations, will retire at the beginning of 2024 after more than 30 years with Nestlé. He has held various positions on three continents. In his current position, Batato is responsible for the operations of...
The industry is discovering more and more possibilities for the use of artificial intelligence (AI). However, when implementing and using AI in the chemical industry, many peers face similar challenges that still need to be solved. For this reason the chemical companies Covestro and Evonik as well as the consulting...
The EMVA Young Professional Award 2023 goes to Dr. Pieter Blok for his work “Advanced deep learning for harvest robotics”. The awardee was announced on 05 May during the 21th EMVA Business Conference in Seville/Spain, where he also had the opportunity to present his work as part of the regular conference program....
Under the tagline "Welcome Home", this year's Interpack 2023 welcomed visitors from all over the world. A total of around 143,000 interested people from 155 countries came to the trade show in Düsseldorf, two thirds of them from abroad. In addition to many countries in Europe, the largest visitor nations were India,...
Gea increased its order intake in the first quarter of 2023 by 2.4 percent to a record level of around €1.6 billion, compared with €1.5 billion a year earlier. This development was driven among other things by five major orders with a total value of €126 million. Among the customer industries, vegan products, beverages...
On May 2, 2023, Tüv Rheinland has completed the acquisition of ABB’s UK technical engineering consultancy, part of ABB’s Energy Industries division. ABB’s UK technical engineering consultancy will complement the existing risk, safety and integrity management services provided by Tüv Rheinland and will be integrated...
Wacker Chemie closed the first quarter of 2023 with lower sales and earnings figures. In the quarter under review, the Munich-based chemical group generated sales revenue of €1.74 billion. This is 16 percent less than in the previous year, when €2.08 billion were generated. The main reason for the decline was lower...
GSK will buy Canadian-based biopharmaceutical company Bellus Health, investing $2 billion. The acquisition will give the U.K.-based pharmaceuticals company access to a cough medicine for the treatment of chronic cough (RCC for short). The drug is currently in Phase III clinical development with anticipated approval and...
Pumps for soap, lotion or shampoo dispensers: the Alpla Group is expanding its product portfolio with innovative systems for pumps made of plastic. The globally active packaging and recycling company is entering into a joint venture with Hana Innovation for this purpose. The South Korean producer has developed a...
From circular economy to digitalisation: At Interpack, the hot topics of the industry meet the latest technologies and innovations. In a few weeks, the global processing and packaging industry will finally meet again in Düsseldorf. ‘We are ready’, says Thomas Dohse, Director of Interpack. ‘All our exhibitors and...
