Vishay Intertechnology is introducing the Vishay Systems G4 family of advanced process control instruments. Watson-Marlow Bredel Pumps is launching the SPX-Duconite hose pump, which is specifically designed for resistance to aggressive chemicals. Manner Sensortelemetrie has developed a sensor telemetry system especially for ‘explosion protected zone’ applications to acquire process data from rotating parts. The shift to oleochemical-based products are likely to minimise the problem of overcapacity, stabilise prices and reduce regulatory pressures for participants in the European anionic surfactant market. Two new innovations show what the chemical reactors of the future could potentially look like. One involves a microreactor, the other a nanoreactor Stork Veco has developed an improved disc filter (leaf filter) for cake filtration in, for example, the additives for lubricant industry. Problems caused by traditional wire-mesh screens, such as difficult cake discharge, cleaning and clogging, are solved with the Veconic Plus screen. Biotechnology Journal is Wiley-VCH’s international resource devoted to biotechnology with a focus on nutrition, technology and healthcare. Designed to handle a wide variety of chemicals and low-pH process fluids, the Wilden Typhoon plastic mag-drive pumps from Axflow are available from 0.75kW (1HP) through to 3.75kW (5HP). The ATEX Directive, 94/9/EC, seeks to improve process equipment safety by defining standards for machinery in potentially-explosive environments. At the same time, ATEX has created new obstacles to compliance, which chemical processors must now surmount. Bentley Chemicals has launched the EZ~Spray Junior which sprays or injects five different materials from one gun and can be used for insulation, coating, encapsulation and specialised moulding. High-quality pipe system email 250 light is an alternative for aggressive and exhaust air waste water in industrial processes introduced at Achema. The Anderson Development Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mitsui Chemicals, Inc of Japan, is a speciality chemicals company located in Michigan, USA. In all likelihood, in the spring of 2007, the new European chemicals legislation REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals)) will enter into force. In spite of various substantial revisions and improvements of the proposal, REACH is, without question, the most important challenge for the chemical industry in the past decades. The chemical industry could be the first to benefit from a European project that is taking existing radio frequency identification (RFID) systems up to the next level An ingenious remote video monitoring and cleaning system developed by Ionix’s Telespection Services team, is saving significant time and money at Huntsman Tioxide’s plant in Grimsby. prev    next