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: Innovare un futuro sostenibile. Prossima apertura di un centro innovativo per la co-creazione di soluzioni di sviluppo end-to-end

GCR: Innovare un futuro sostenibile. Prossima apertura di un centro di innovazione per la co-creazione di soluzioni end-to-end di sviluppo.Come partedel continuo investimento , GCR Group ha annunciato la recente apertura di un centro dedicato alla Ricerca & Sviluppo in Spagna, a La Bisbal del Penedés, provincia di Tarragona. Il progetto di questo "Centro di Innovazione" è quello di aggiungersi a 20 anni di esperienza nella tecnologia dei materiali e sviluppare soluzioni basate sui polimeri che permettano di ridurre l’impatto ambientale a breve e lungo termine. L'investimento complessivo dell'azienda ammonterà a 100 milioni di euro entro il 2025. Insieme al nuovo impianto di riciclo d'avanguardia da 200.000 tonnellate che verrà aperto nel 2023, questi investimenti riflettono lavisione a lungo termine creata in occasione della fondazione dell'azienda nel 2001; Innovare il nostro futuro sostenibile’.

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.