BASF plans to expand the global production capacity of its Basoflux range of paraffin inhibitors at its site in Tarragona, Spain. This investment will enable the chemical company's Oilfield Chemicals business to meet current and future demand for novel paraffin inhibitors for the oil and gas industry. Additional equipment will provide efficiency and flexibility in the production of newly developed solutions, such as more sustainable water-based dispersion paraffin inhibitors and solvent-based products.

In 2021, Janitza began a thorough examination of its corporate carbon footprint, aiming to achieve climate neutrality by 2030. To this end, all processes in the company were scrutinised together with the service provider Climate Partner at the beginning of 2023. The complete assessment was carried out in accordance with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol for all three scopes. By the end of 2023, Janitza, itself a manufacturer of energy management systems, had already completed a full carbon footprint for the year 2022.

In hygiene-sensitive areas of laboratory automation, the pharmaceutical industry or the food sector, Yaskawa robots from the new "Motoman HD" series can perform a wide range of handling tasks. With the first two models with a payload of seven and eight kilograms respectively, the manufacturer is expanding its range of solutions for hygiene-critical robot applications. The abbreviation HD stands for "Hygienic Design". 

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Already from June 10 to 14, 2024, the next Achema will take place outside the regular cycle in Frankfurt am Main as a world forum for the process industry. The trade show acts as a signpost and showcase for the globally networked process industry and its players. Interested parties will meet suppliers and cooperation partners here for new equipment and novel processes for the chemical, pharmaceutical and food industries to give their projects new impetus.