Jan 10, 2012 | Frankfurt

The symposium is targeting experts from industrial and academic research, who are involved in the chemical use of renewable resources. Innovative solutions for raw material production, biomass treatment and process engineering along the value chain will be presented. The topics of the conference are

* Bio-economy * Sustainability in the cultivation of renewable resources * Biorefinery concepts * Pretreatment and conversion of biomas * Platform chemicals from renewable raw materials * Bio-based products.

The conference is organized in cooperation with GDCh, DBU FNR, VCI, and for the first time also with the European institution EERMA and the French association CdV.

Dec 13, 2011 | Frankfurt

DNA strands of megabasepair size stand for a revolution in biotechnology. Genes and gene clusters, even artificial chromosomes and viral and bacterial genomes can be sythesized today. The potential for biological research, biomedicine, and biotechnology appears to be boundless: tedious procedures of genetic engineering are becoming obsolete and the programming of cells, e.g. for the rational design of biosynthetic pathways, is tremendously facilitated. Moreover, the de novo construction of complete micro-organisms – already technically feasible – should come within reach. At 'Synthetic DNA: Writing with the letters of life' (Frankfurt am Main, 24 January 2012) pioneers of the field – John Glass (J Craig Venter Institute), Jutta Heim (Evolva SA), Emily LeProust (Agilent), Philippe Marlière (Heurisko), Chris Voigt (MIT), Ralf Wagner (Life Technologies), and Eckhard Wimmer (Stony Brook) – will present latest technological advances as well as the fascinating projects and perspectives.

Nov 22, 2011 | Frankfurt

A good six months before the start of ACHEMA, exhibitor registrations have passed the mark of 3,000. In preparation for the global summit of the process industries, the newest edition of ACHEMA Worlwide News offers information on biomass processing, energy, pumps, Brazil and the latest on ACHEMA 2012.

Aug 02, 2011 | Frankfurt

Stuxnet and other cyber attacks targeting company networks or industrial plants have caused alarm bells to ring in the chemical industry: the very complexity of modern chemical plants makes them increasingly vulnerable both to acts of sabotage and to potential system errors. The current spiralling demand for innovative security concepts hardly comes as a surprise – clearly visible already now through significantly increasing booking figures at ACHEMA 2012 in the Control and Automation Group which will showcase the latest innovations in this field.

Jun 07, 2011 | Frankfurt

ProcessNet has issued a call for submission of potential candidates for the ProcessNet Medals 2012. These awards are conferred triannually for distinguished works in the areas of mechanical, chemical and thermal process engineering.