Four members of the European Aluminium Packaging Group (EAPG) and the manufacturers of aluminium rolled products Constellium, Elval, Novelis and Speira have signed an agreement for a standardisation project that aims to increase the recycled content of beverage cans and thus significantly reduce carbon emissions. The...
There has been an organisational change at the Crailsheim-based packaging machine manufacturer Schubert. At the end of February, Johannes Schubert took over the role of Head of Sales at Gerhard Schubert from Martin Sauter, who is relinquishing the position for health reasons. Johannes Schubert, who is currently...
Handtmann will be presenting modular production systems for the production of a diversified range of pet food products on a stand area of around 120 square metres in exhibition hall 5 booth 207 at Interzoo in Nuremberg from 7th to 10th May. Solutions will cover process steps from product preparation all the way through...
Analytica will once again bring the international laboratory industry together in Munich from 9 to 12 April 2024. This year, the trade fair will address more sustainability in the pharmaceutical laboratory, for example with energy-efficient devices, as well as the megatrends of artificial intelligence and data...
Anuga Foodtec 2024 draws a successful balance. Around 40,000 trade visitors from 133 countries came to Cologne, almost 15,000 more than at the previous event in 2022. The largest non-European visitor groups came from China, the USA, Korea, Israel and Japan. As the central platform for the global food and beverage...
Siemens has signed an agreement to acquire the industrial drive technology (IDT) business of Ebm-Papst. The business, which employs around 650 people, includes intelligent, integrated mechatronic systems in the protective extra-low voltage range and innovative motion control systems. These systems are used in free-...
Cognizant announced the launch of an Advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) Lab. Based in San Francisco, the lab will focus on advancing the science and practice of AI through innovation and development of intellectual property and AI-enabling technologies. With a team of researchers and developers, including AI...
In 2023, Nestlé achieved a net reduction of 13.5 percent in its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared to its 2018 baseline, while continuing to grow its business over the same period. This includes a reduction of more than 15.3 percent in methane emissions. The company has successfully decoupled its growth from its...
In 2023, 55 new drugs were approved by the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). These included 17 biopharmaceutical drugs. Rentschler Biopharma was involved in the development of four of these biopharmaceuticals, i.e. almost 25 percent of the approvals in this area....
Just one year after announcing its ambitious "Sustainability Roadmap", BASF's Monomers division is celebrating the successful certification of production sites in all regions where it is represented. With the addition of MDI production in Geismar, Louisiana/USA to the ISCC Plus and Redcert2 certified sites, the...
