Plant Construction & Process Technology

Duloxetine: Refining its Chemical Synthesis with Biocatalysis

09.03.2014 - Competing With Generics - With product innovation falling and drugs going off patent, the generic pharmaceutical market is becoming more predominant. It is expected that generics...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Pharma In Africa

05.03.2014 - Up And Up - Long known for its struggles with infectious diseases and poverty, the continent of Africa is experiencing widespread economic growth. An increasing middle class and...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Emerson adds PROFINET protocol to automation system platform

18.02.2014 -

Emerson Process Management, with strategic partner for industrial Ethernet MYNAH Technologies, will add PROFINET protocol to the DeltaV digital automation system.

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Focal Point: Industrial Services

10.02.2014 - Rebranding Strategy - At the beginning of the year, Germany-based Bilfinger Group restructured its industrial segment that generated revenues of around €3.7 billion in 2012...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Less Can Be More

10.02.2014 - Fine-Tuning The Alarms - Avoiding operating upsets along with minimizing reject rates and outage times is gaining ever-increasing importance in today's process industries...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Chemical Engineering Matters

10.02.2014 - Seeking Solutions For Society - The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) issued a poster in the 1980s, extolling the virtues of chemical engineering. The narrative went...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

U.S. API Manufacturing and Sustainability

16.01.2014 - Moving Away - Many would argue that the future of pharmaceutical growth in the coming years will come from emerging markets; U.S. pharma sales have been sluggish recently with a...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

The Opportunities and Risks of Standard IT

16.01.2014 - There are plenty of advantages to be had from standard IT tools and operating systems in the area of production as well as in the lab. However, there are two sides to every coin...