Process Technology

Intensive exchange at the exhibitor stands at Brau Beviale 2023

Brau Beviale 2023 in Nuremberg can look back on three emotional days. With Thursday's final day, Europe's leading trade fair for the brewing and beverage industry got back on track after a four-year break. Rolf Keller, Managing Director of organizer Yontex, is appropriately satisfied: "With strong visitor demand from...

David Chan, Managing Director for Southeast Asia

This summer, Arburg took another important step towards an even greater global presence. The company has opened a new branch in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. The main aim is to bring Arburg's products and services closer to local customers in Vietnam. With the new subsidiary in Vietnam, the machine manufacturer is now...

MAP tray

Klöckner Pentaplast (KP) has taken a remarkable step towards sustainable packaging design for the European fresh protein market with "kp Elite", the MAP modified atmosphere tray made from 100 percent recycled PET (rPET), creating a fully closed-loop packaging system for the industry. At the heart of the new packaging...

Multi-sensor sorting system for positive detection of clear PET in pre- and post-sorting

Croatia's accession to the European Union has also brought the topic of recycling into focus. The aim here is to implement the EU's waste directives and current targets and, above all, to drive forward the circular economy at national level. The EU target of recycling more than 65 percent of municipal waste by 2035...

Chen Jun, Co-CTO of Hiphi (left) and Markus Steilemann, CEO of Covestro (right)

The automotive industry is working intensively on decarbonization and smarter solutions. New material developments can make an important contribution to achieving this goal. Against this background, Covestro and the Chinese premium electric vehicle brand Hiphi have opened a joint laboratory at the China International...

The Hydro PRS plant in Teesside is scheduled to go into commercial operation in 2024

Mura Technology celebrated the commissioning of the world's first Hydro-PRS plant in the UK with a pre-opening at the end of October 2023. Hydro-PRS stands for Hydrothermal Plastic Recycling Solution and is a chemical recycling process. Plastic waste is not incinerated, but simply converted back into crude oil in 30...

Expanded ethylene oxide and derivatives complex at BASF site in Antwerp

In line with its customer-oriented corporate strategy, BASF has expanded its capacities for ethylene oxide and ethylene oxide derivatives at the Belgian Verbund site in Antwerp. The investment increases BASF's production capacity for the corresponding products by about 400,000 metric tons per year. The investment of...

Clariant successfully inaugurates Daya Bay Exolit OP flame retardant plant

Clariant has officially inaugurated its new and state-of-the-art halogen-free flame retardants production facility in Daya Bay, Huizhou, in China. The investment of CHF 60 million in the plant's first production line gives local customers access to novel and sustainable Exolit OP flame retardants. It also brings strong...

Board member Peter Wilkes congratulates the new management team, Photo: Biesterfeld Group

Biesterfeld Spezialchemie, a business unit of the Biesterfeld Group, is bundling its business in the three overarching clusters "Industrial", "Consumer" and "Healthcare" with immediate effect. With the new structure and a newly created management level of Global Business Directors, the Group, which is one of the...

Groundbreaking ceremony for Covestro TPU plant in Zhuhai in Southern China

Covestro broke ground on its new Thermoplastic Polyurethanes (TPU) production site in Zhuhai, China. The investment had been announced in February. The new site will be built in three phases and is expected to achieve up to a maximum annual production capacity of 120,000 tons of TPU after the final phase of expansion....