From crop protection to cleaning products: why adjacent markets matter in specialty chemical manufacturing
Seasonality has always shaped specialty chemical manufacturing. What has changed is the level of strain it places on operations, says Chris Storer, General Manager...
Gallium Oxide: A Promising Ultra-Wide Bandgap Material with the potential to redefine power electronics
Gallium oxide (Ga2₂O3) — especially in its most stable β phase — is attracting strong interest as an ultra-wide bandgap (UWBG) semiconductor with the...
Why safer chemistry is vital to materials innovation
By Anna Zhenova, founder and CEO of Green Rose Chemistry a partner of Foundation Industries Ventures (FIVe) supporting innovators to embed green chemistry in...
Ensuring polymer consistency at scale
With global plastic production soaring to almost 450 million tonnes annually, small variations in polymer quality can quickly cascade, leading to scrap, downtime or...
Flow photochemistry supports peptide breakthrough
A flow chemistry system equipped with a UV-150 photochemical reactor has been used by scientists at Novo Nordisk for the functionalisation of peptides and...
Toll processing considerations for chemical manufacturers
Toll processors play a crucial role in supporting chemical – as well as food and drink – manufacturers, by providing additional capacity, helping them...
Greener, cheaper method to accelerate chemical reactions developed by King’s and partners
The team proved that electrical fields can catalyse chemical reactions for large-scale chemical production.
A new, greener and cheaper method to accelerate chemical reactions has...
Discovery of new plant protein fold may be seed for anti-cancer drugs
University of Michigan researchers have discovered a new plant biochemistry and its unusual ability to form cyclic peptides—molecules that hold promise in pharmaceuticals as...
AI-powered design launched for industrial processing equipment
University of Birmingham Enterprise have launched EvoPhase, which delivers services to optimise existing and new process equipment that mixes, blends, stores, or stirs granular...
Pharmaceutical Specification Vacuum Conveyors from Volkmann
With the transfer capabilities of the highly successful “PPC” pharmaceutical specification vacuum conveyors, Volkmnann is offering transfer rates to over 11,100 litres per hour.
The...
