Anton Paar Acquires Brabender GmbH & Co. KG

Integration as Anton Paar TorqueTec GmbH

09-Aug-2023 - On August 1, 2023, Anton Paar acquired the German company Brabender, which will be integrated into the Anton Paar Group as Anton Paar TorqueTec GmbH. The effective, retroactive date of the acquisition is January 1, 2023. The company, based in Duisburg, Germany, offers measurement and process ...

Röhm to build innovation center in Worms

Pooling of research activity in Germany - Research also strengthened in China and the USA

01-Feb-2022 - With the construction of a new state-of-the-art innovation center in Worms (Germany), Röhm intends to further expand its technology leadership. In future, around 100 scientists of the chemical company will work on the development of new products and processes under one roof. “By pooling our ...

BASF opens research center for catalysts and processes in Ludwigshafen

Highly automated testing facilities for continuous data supply

27-Mar-2019 - BASF officially opened a pioneering research center at the heart of the Verbund site in Ludwigshafen, close to the famous Ammonia Lab. This new pilot plant facility for catalyst and process development will be operated by the global research unit Process Research & Chemical Engineering. It houses ...

Successful ACHEMA closes in Frankfurt

15-Jun-2018 - At the trade show for the process industry, more than 3,700 exhibitors from 55 countries showcased the latest equipment and innovative processes for the chemical, pharma and food industry. Whether in the classic process technology hall, the pump exhibition or in the plant engineering section, ...

STA Pharmaceutical to open new transition metal catalysis center

19-Oct-2017 - The center will allow STA to introduce transition metal catalyst-screening technology to their existing small molecule process development and manufacturing platform. STA Pharmaceutical, a WuXi AppTec company, has announced plans to launch a new transition metal catalysis center at their ...

Evergreens and hot topics: ACHEMA preparations shift into high gear

29-Jan-2015 - The countdown is on: from 15 to 19 June 2015 the doors will open on ACHEMA 2015. Over 3,100 exhibitors have already registered but, as in 2012, the organisers anticipate around 3,800. Moreover, the congress programme is shortly to be released. Already a clear trend is emerging: besides the three ...

New test center for up to 100 customer trials per year

23-Sep-2013 - Following an intensive planning and construction phase, Coperion GmbH, recently opened the world’s largest compounding test center. It replaces the existing test center and serves to provide customers both the optimum system design for required throughput rate capacity of compounding lines – ...

An alternative raw material for polyamide 12

Evonik is operating a pilot plant for bio-based amino lauric acid

31-Jul-2013 - In early 2013, Evonik Industries began operating a pilot plant for amino lauric acid (ALS) in Slovenska Lupca, Slovakia. The effort represents Evonik’s next step forward in the production of sustainable high-performance plastics. The biobased amino-lauric acid is an alternative to petroleum-based ...

Bayer MaterialScience commissions new hydrogenation technical center

Pooling of research activities for the efficient production of MDI and TDI

17-Jan-2012 - Bayer MaterialScience has commissioned a new technical center for the development of isocyanate production processes at Chempark Dormagen. The research center was erected in just under a year with an investment of EUR 5 million. “All global research activities related to the production of ...

Enzymicals AG Acquires Proprietary Rights on Pig Liver Esterases (PLE) from Evonik AG

15-Oct-2010 - The Enzymicals AG gained proprietary rights for the well-known recombinant pig liver esterases (PLE) from Evonik AG in Hanau. The intellectual property (IP) covers a range of PLE isoenzymes for hydrolysis of several compounds such as esters of secondary and tertiary alcohols, lactones and ...