News & Media

Successful webinar and live Q&A on solidifying molten asphaltene pitch residues

18 Jul. 2022

In a webinar hosted by Hydrocarbon Engineering on July 12th, Marvin Petit-Homme (Global Product Manager for Residuals), and Bernd Fischer (Process Development Engineer and Application Specialist) presented IPCO’s pastillating and flaking solidification processes for molten asphaltene pitch residues. 164 registrants joined us to learn about our processes for converting liquid pitch from an upgrading scheme...

IPCO presented at 1st VW and ACMA Sustainability Pitch Event

13 Jul. 2022

Volkswagen and ACMA hosted a first virtual Sustainability Pitch Event held 12th July with participants from VW Group in Germany and from other countries where VW’s 8 car brands are manufactured. Primary focus for this event where the products or processes that enable sustainability in composite materials. These include decarbonization, light weighting, carbon neutral /...

New article on GMP in the cosmetic industry

8 Jun. 2022

The beauty and personal care market is estimated to be worth anything from $300-§500 billion a year, with some predicting it will reach $800 billion by 2025 – about the same as the GDP of Switzerland. Whatever the actual figure, that’s a lot of make-up, perfume, toiletries, deodorants and haircare/skincare products. The production of cosmetics...

Webinar and Q&A on July 12: “Molten asphaltene pitch residue handling”

23 May. 2022

Hydrocarbon Engineering is hosting our webinar “Handling the asphaltene/pitch stream for residue upgrading processes” on 12 July. You can sign up here, totally free of charge: https://bit.ly/3P65aIw In this webinar, Marvin Petit-Homme, Global Product Manager Residual Products, and Bernd Fischer, Process Development Engineer and Application Specialist, will provide an in-depth explanation of both the pastillation...

2022, May 28th-31st: Visit us at Africa Food Manufacturing, Cairo | Egypt

28 Apr. 2022

We are ready to welcome you in Cairo, Egypt. In addition to manufacturing and supplying steel belt, we can also provide support in the form of system design and a comprehensive range of conveyor components ranging from bearings and frames to advanced tracking solutions. Get your updates on conveyor component upgrades. Our team is looking...

IPCO production solutions for decarbonized composites

26 Apr. 2022

IPCO’s unique range of double belt press technologies is enabling the production of sustainable high performance thermoplastic composites – often with increased recycled content. As the drive towards greater use of sustainable products gains speed, the importance of and demand for thermoplastic composites as a high strength, low weight replacement for legacy materials – metals...

New video available: Production solutions for sustainable high performance composites

26 Apr. 2022

Sustainability is a major factor in everything we make and do. IPCO’s process solutions achieve high levels of energy efficiency to help customers reduce their CO2 footprint. And – as the world works towards carbon-neutrality – we are investing in solutions that enable the production of environmentally friendlier products, i.e. renewable, biobased solutions (stronger, lighter...

“Sustainable is attainable: a unique, innovative and proven process technology”

21 Mar. 2022

At Thermoplastic Composites Conference in San Diego (22.-24.3.2022), our expert Michael Tobiasz presents IPCO’s innovative technology that has enabled the development and commercialization of several “world’s first” carbon negative thermoplastic composite materials in the automotive, transportation, building materials, and high-performance composites sectors. He talks about a wide range of process applications, new generation materials to...

IPCO installs pilot steel belt-based double belt press

2 Mar. 2022

IPCO has completed commissioning of a modular steel belt-based pilot press. The new ThermoPress SB (steel belt) press joins existing ThermoPress TB (PTFE belt) and CB (Combi belt) units to complete the set now available at the company’s 1600 sq.m. dedicated test and demo center in Göppingen near Stuttgart. The new unit, 16.5 m long...

New article: Granulating high viscous melts in the food industry

15 Feb. 2022

Ulrich Nanz, Sales and Marketing Director at IPCO, describes the particular issues involved in granulating high viscous melts used by the food industry and explains how Rotoform technology has been tailored to overcome these challenges: Food processing – like that of chemicals, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals – often involves combining a number of ingredients to create...