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New high-pressure homogenizer series for small- and medium-scale production

The KOB series is a new cost-efficient line of homogenizers capable of reaching pressures up to 400 bars. The series is designed to give small and medium production plants economic access to industrial-grade performance. With KOB models 11, 22, 45…

Messer completes strategic acquisitions in Malaysia and Singapore

Messer Group GmbH (Bad Soden, Germany) announced the completion of the acquisition of 100% of the shares in WKS Group (Singapore and Malaysia), in Wipco (Malaysia) and the signing of an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in Kobewel…

Lonza to expand HPAPI manufacturing capacity at Visp site

Lonza AG (Basel, Switzerland) announced plans to enhance its drug-linker center of excellence and expand payload-linker manufacturing capacity at its Visp site. The expansion will establish new commercial-scale capabilities for the manufacture of highly complex and highly potent active pharmaceutical…

Schneider Electric to acquire AI firm Cognite for $3.1 billion

Schneider Electric SE (Paris) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of Cognite Holding (Tempe, Ariz.), a leading provider of industrial data and AI software, in an all cash transaction valued at $3.1 billion. Industrial…

New powder-coating system allows primer and topcoat to cure together in a single bake cycle

OneCure is a patented dust-on-dust (DoD) powder-coating system that allows primer and topcoat to cure together in a single bake. OneCure has transformed finishing operations for original equipment manufacturers (OEM) needing speed, durability and consistency at scale. Built from multiple…

Lithium Hydroxide Production: How Does Electrolysis Stack Up on Cost?

The growing demand for lithium, driven by the rapid expansion of electric vehicles and energy storage systems, has intensified interest in more sustainable and economically viable refining technologies that permit domestic refining capacity. Electrolysis-based lithium refining presents a promising alternative…

Focus On: Temperature Measurement and Control

A temperature monitor to help reveal abnormal conditions The Synchros temperature monitor (photo) is designed to gather surface and ambient temperature data that can reveal abnormal conditions across assets such as pumps, heat exchangers, rotating equipment, steam systems and heat-tracing…

Facts At Your Fingertips: Particle Stress and Feed Requirements for Impact Milling

The chemical process industries (CPI) include many applications of impact comminution to process solid matter, such as minerals, chemical products, foods and pharmaceutical products. This one-page reference discusses conditions for particle fracture and feed characteristics in industrial milling equipment. Particle…

Electrolysis at Scale: Unlocking Sustainable Lithium Hydroxide Production

Electrolysis-based lithium refining presents a promising alternative to conventional approaches, offering benefits related to reduced reagent consumption and effluent production, higher-purity products and an improved environmental footprint Electrolysis, a process that uses electric current to drive non-spontaneous chemical reactions, has…

Innovation in Respiratory Protection Systems

Investing in high-performance respiratory-protection technologies not only supports employee health and safety, but also strengthens the reliability and resilience of companies’ operating systems and workflows In countless sectors of the economy, workers are exposed to risks to their respiratory systems.…