eschbach Launches Shiftconnector’s AI-Driven Smart Search to Improve Plant Performance

eschbach Launches Shiftconnector’s AI-Driven Smart Search to Improve Plant Performance. (Photo: eschbach, PR005)
Global software developer eschbach, the provider of Shiftconnector® digital manufacturing software for process manufacturing, announces that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now an integral component of its enterprise platform. Now with AI search engine capabilities, Shiftconnector will bring a new level of intelligence to the plant floor. eschbach is making its announcement at Booth #15 at AVEVA World in San Francisco and at the SOCMA Annual Summit in New Orleans, events that are focused on process manufacturing innovations and digitalization.

Malvern Panalytical and Applied Photophysics announce distribution agreement for Protein Stable’s SUPR-DSF

Malvern Panalytical and Applied Photophysics announce distribution agreement for Protein Stable’s SUPR-DSF. 
(Photo: Malvern Panalytical)Malvern Panalytical (Malvern, UK) and Applied Photophysics (Leatherhead, UK) have today announced their commercial agreement for Malvern Panalytical to distribute Protein Stable’s microplate-based differential scanning fluorimeter, SUPR-DSF, in the United States of America and Canada.

BENEO Reduces Specific Energy Consumption While Increasing Production Capacity of Chicory Root Fibres

BENEO Reduces Specific Energy Consumption While Increasing Production Capacity of Chicory Root Fibres. (Photo: BENEO, PR013)BENEO, one of the leading manufacturers of functional ingredients, is demonstrating how supply security and sustainability can go hand in hand. While increasing global capacity for its prebiotic chicory root fibres by 30%, thanks to a 90 million Euro investment into its production plant in Pemuco, Chile, it is reducing specific energy consumption by 35% at the same time.

GCR abre un centro de innovación para la «cocreación» en desarrollos de soluciones sostenibles

GCR Innovando un futuro sostenible. Abre un centro de innovación para la «cocreación» de soluciones de desarrollo completas.Con una inversión continuada, GCR Group ha anunciado la reciente apertura de un centro especializado de I+D en La Bisbal del Penedés, Tarragona (España). Este «Centro de innovación» está concebido para aprovechar los 20 años de experiencia en tecnología de materiales y para desarrollar soluciones con polímeros a corto y largo plazo que minimicen el impacto ambiental. Se espera que la inversión general de la empresa alcance los 100 millones de euros en el 2025. Estas inversiones, junto con la nueva planta de reciclaje de 200 000 toneladas de última generación que se abrirá en 2023, reflejan una visión a largo plazo creada cuando la empresa se fundó en 2001; «Innovando nuestro futuro sostenible»’.

SONGWON Industrial Group announces sound Q3 2022 results

SONGWONSONGWON Industrial Group today published its financial results for the 3rd quarter of 2022. During the quarter, the Group achieved consolidated sales of 350,731 Million KRW and reported a net profit of 41,376 Million KRW. When compared to the sales (Q3/2021: 260,137 Million KRW) and net profit (Q3/2021: 20,972 Million KRW), recorded in previous year, this marked an increase of 34.8% and 97.3% respectively. In Q3/2022, SONGWON reported a slight decline in its gross profit margin of 1.8%-points compared to Q3/2021.

“Design4Circularity” wins 2022 Sustainable Packaging Award

“Design4Circularity” wins 2022 Sustainable Packaging Award.Personal Care packaging concept “Design4Circularity” is the recipient of this year’s Sustainable Packaging Award, announced at the 2022 Sustainable Beauty Awards ceremony on November 7.

Solvay Partners with French Start-Up Ostium in Single-Use Surgical Instruments Material Recycling

Solvay partners with French start-up Ostium in single-use surgical instruments material recycling. 
(Photo: Solvay, PR064)Solvay, a leading supplier of advanced materials, has teamed up with French start-up Ostium in a joint project designed to enable the mechanical recycling of end-of-life single-use surgical instruments molded in glass-fiber reinforced Ixef® polyarylamide (PARA) from Solvay’s portfolio of specialty polymers.

Ascend buys majority stake in recycler Circular Polymers

AscendAscend Performance Materials has purchased a majority stake in California-based Circular Polymers, a recycler of post-consumer, high-performance polymers including polyamide 6 and 66, polypropylene and polyester (PET). The deal provides Ascend with a consistent supply of high-quality PCR materials for its ReDefyne™ sustainable polyamides, launched at K 2022.