A chemical pump must meet a variety of standards. Against the background of these standards, it seems very difficult to generate additional value for the customer that is not already explicitly covered in the standards’ scope. Nevertheless, designing a new chemical pump opens up new opportunities if expertise concerning application and experience in the field is taken as the basis for improvements.

Aveva has combined with Schneider Electric’s industrial software business to drive digital transformation across the asset and operational life cycle for capital-intensive industries.

Many companies in the industrial ecosystem fail to take the necessary steps to minimize their security risks. In an effort to accelerate commissioning time, many companies do not even take advantage of a product’s built-in security features. Know more about best practices to secure the plant against cyber risks.

Bertrand Bodson, Steffen Lang and Shannon Klinger have been appointed to the Executive Committee of Novartis (ECN).

Covestro announced that it has begun commercial production of a continuous fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composite material (abbreviated to CFRTP). The novel lightweight, high-strength and aesthetic material can be produced efficiently and is attracting interest from various customers and industries, the company announced.

For the expansion of Bhushan Steel’s steel plant at Meramandali, india, Larsen and Toubro carried out the design, engineering, supply, erection, testing and commissioning of the raw material handling system that included 43 kilometres of belt conveyors.

Exxon Mobil announced a growth strategy to more than double earnings and cash flow from operations by 2025 at today’s oil prices. Growth plans include steps to increase earnings by more than 100 % — to $ 31 billion by 2025 at 2017 prices — from last year’s adjusted profit of $ 15 billion, which excluded the impact of US tax reform and impairments.

Statoil has established an integrated operations support centre and a drilling operations centre in Bergen. The centres will be connected to all Statoil installations on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS), starting this year.

Location has been the key to success in petrochemicals: playing in emerging markets and accessing cheap feedstock. As the industry shifts, companies will have to work harder on core capabilities and strategy, a study published by McKinsey reveals.

The Marchesini Group recently presented a newest counting line for the American market. Compact 24 Synchro is a Monoblock able to run high production speeds combined with top counting precision.