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Impressions of Achema
I
first visited Achema some years ago, while I was working in Europe as
an R&D project leader for a large, international chemical company. It
was my first year living in the Netherlands on an expatriate assignment
from the U.S., and I, along with several of my engineering colleagues,
set off on a roadtrip from the Netherlands to Frankfurt, Germany. All of
my European colleagues seemed to be very familiar with Achema, but
for me, it was my first exposure to this important event for the chemical
process industries (CPI). I recall my first impressions of Achema - it was
huge, larger than any trade fair I had previously attended. Even though
I spent several days there, I remember thinking that there was so much
more to see and learn.
Achema
Achema (www.achema.de) is one of the largest exhibitions and conferences
for the CPI in the world. It occurs once every three years at
the fairgrounds (Messe) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and is organized
by Dechema (www.dechema.de), a non-profit professional association
for chemical engineering and biotechnology. The event was
started in 1920, and will reach its centennial anniversary by the next
exhibition in 2021.
In recent years, I have had the privilege of attending Achema regularly
to cover the event for Chemical Engineering and the Achema
Daily. The editors of Chemical Engineering magazine, together with
colleagues from Vogel, a German
publishing
company,
write and produce the Achema
Daily, which is distributed in
print on the fairgrounds and
digitally worldwide.* The publication
is written in both English
and German. Even with a
total of 256 pages over the five
days of the event, the Achema
Daily could cover only part of
what was going on at the trade fair.
This year's event was held June 11-15 with more than 3,700 exhibiThe
CE editors at Achema (left to right): Scott Jenkins,
Mary Page Bailey, Dorothy Lozowski, Charles
Butcher and Gerald Ondrey
tors from 55 countries and about 145,000 visitors. Three focal points for
the event included: flexible production, focusing on modular solutions;
biotech for chemistry, which showcased the integration of biotechnological
methods into the CPI; and chemical and pharma logistics, which
showed how the supply chain is being integrated more and more into
the process industries. There was much activity around digitalization
and new trends in automation.
After all these years, Achema does not disappoint - it is still huge,
and offers something for everyone in the CPI.
In this issue
For those who were not able to attend Achema, we have summarized
some of the highlights in this month's news story on pp. 14-17, as
well as in a brief article on new membrane distillation technology in
our Chementator section. And, many of our new products this month
were featured at the event as well. We hope you enjoy reading these,
along with our wide variety of articles on agitators, materials of construction,
solids processing and much more.
■
Dorothy Lozowski, Editorial Director
*As an example, this link is to one of the five Achema Daily issues: https://epaper.vogel.
de/process_87418/index.html
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