Maximum value and life cycle from steam control valves wanted! But how to achieve it? To find the answer, not only the steam control valve itself has to be viewed closer. Twelve steps lead to proper installation and application of control valves.

Microsoft and Halliburton announced plans to enter into a strategic alliance to drive digital transformation across the oil and gas industry.

Biopharmaceutical segment occupies around 75 per cent in the pi-chart of the Indian Biotechnology sector, which is on a fast-growth track – targeting to reach $10-billion revenue by 2015 from $4 billion posted in the last fiscal. Bangalore-based Sartorius Stedim India is all set to boost this growth. In an exclusive interview with PROCESS India, Amit Chatterjee, Managing Director of the company, reveals his company’s strength and service strategy for the Indian market.

Mærsk has signed an agreement to sell their complete oil business to Total for $ 7.45 billion in a combined share and debt transaction.

Toray has decided to construct a new PPS (polyphenylene sulfide) compound production facility at the Hungarian site of its US subsidiary Zoltek Companies. It is the company’s first resin compound production facility in Europe and is expected to start operations in March, 2018 with 3,000 tons annual production capacity.

Exxon Mobil Chemical Company's Singapore affiliate has completed the acquisition of one of the world’s largest aromatics facilities on Jurong Island in Singapore. The acquisition was first announced in May 2017.

Reuters reports that Thailand's PTT Global Chemical is partnering with Toyota Tshusho Corporation and Sanyo Chemcial Industries in a chemical project with a volume of $ 900 million.

At FCE Pharma (May 12–14, Transamerica Expo Center, São Paulo, Stand D45), the Marchesini Group will exhibit one of its best Track & Trace lines composed of a carton labelling machine BL A420 and a semi-automatic casepacker PS 310 TT.

Enablers for a digital transformation: With developments from new software versions for more efficient engineering through digital drive systems to the cloud-based IoT system Mindsphere, electronic giant Siemens positions itself as a leading expert in IIoT and Industry-4.0-technologies.

The ever-evolving computer based simulation has revolutionised the way industrial processes are developed today: In many fields, accurate simulations can replace experiments and plant field tests with multi-scale and multi-physics models. But can these products bridge the gap between science and engineering?