New chairman appointed
At the end of this year’s PARTEC, Professor Stefan Heinrich, Director of the Institute of Solids Process Engineering and Particle Technology at the Technical University of Hamburg, handed over the chairmanship of PARTEC for 2022 to his successor Professor Arno Kwade from the Technical University of Brunswick, Institute for Particle Technology. The congress takes place every three years parallel to POWTECH in the spring.
Concentrated expertise in forums and special shows
The two forums provided the latest findings and in-depth expertise from the areas food, pharmaceuticals and chemicals. In the English-language programme of the Pharma.Manufacturing.Excellence Forum, which is coordinated by the APV (International Association for Pharmaceutical Technology), representatives from the pharmaceutical sector had the opportunity to learn more about the manufacture of pharmaceutical excipients, tablet production, coating and continuous manufacturing. The presentations and table-top displays were complemented by corresponding guided tours.
The Expert Forum Chemicals & Food was also very impressive and covered the latest hot topics like compressed air supply, food safety and explosion protection. The latter topic in particular was very popular. The controlled explosions in the outdoor grounds provided a live demonstration of how to avoid accidents in production facilities. The VDMA special show “Dust recognises boundaries – free trade doesn’t” exhibited drying processes that are in use worldwide.
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