“No more bets please!” – When all bets have been placed, that’s when you see who has chosen the right strategy. The situation is not different when it comes to large industrial plants. But a turnaround doesn’t have to be a lottery. Strategy makes a plant shutdown a safe bet ...

Technip will modify and expand onshore gas processing facilities of Total E&P Borneo in Brunei for a “significant” double-digit million dollar sum. This project aims at the modification of onshore facilities as well as the construction of a new pipeline, to transport Maharaja Lela & Jamalulalam South gas to the Brunei Liquefied Natural Gas (BLNG) plant

The digital transition requires increased networking between different components, machines, production facilities, and even companies. Learn how to allow networking of machines using the license-free, open-source standard MTConnect.

The specialty chemicals group Evonik has established a new plant for the production of organically modified specialty silicones. The aim behind this move is to strengthen the company’s presence in one of the world’s most dynamic markets.

At the recent “Thailand 4.0 Towards Connected Industries” symposium, PTT Global Chemical encouraged partnerships with Japanese companies and foreign investors for projects in Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).

Will the visitor record of 16,000 for the previous event be broken this year? There is no reason why it should not be like that with regard to the focus topics of Powtech 2017. And the challenges of the bulk solid process industry are unabatedly high. Containment, traceability and, of course, digitalization demand new ideas and technologies.

The increasing global demand for electrical heat tracing, heating mats and heated hoses for even more complex applications fuels the need for high-quality measuring and control systems in this sector. Reliable and precise temperature control especially plays a key role in the pharmaceutical, chemical and petrochemical industry. To meet these requirements, Eltherm, a global leader in industrial heat tracing solutions, has developed the innovative electrical temperature controllers ELTC-14 and ELTC/H-14.

Chevron Corporation announced a seven-year partnership with Microsoft establishing the company as their primary cloud provider, accelerating the application of advanced technologies including analytics and the Internet of Things (IoT) to drive performance and improve efficiencies.

Documentation of valuable scientific data using paperbound lab books often poses several challenges to scientists. However, with the advent of digital lab books, for instance, the labfolder, record keeping for scientific research is no more an arduous task.

Roughly 50 % or more of substances used in the chemical industry are solids which need to be processed, handled and transported, so it is hardly surprising that exhibitors and visitors at ACHEMA have an interest in bulk solids technology. A learning curve is associated with the handling of powder and granulate.